Job Description
Scope of work
Responsibilities
- The Disaster Risk Reduction & Resilience Officer is based
in Nairobi to provide day-to-day support to targeted countries in Africa,
and to assist the project team and UNDP COs in the implementation of
agreed interventions of the project, in accordance with the project
document and the contribution agreement with the European Commission. The
DRR & Resilience Officer will be responsible for supporting the design
and delivery of technical assistance and capacity development activities
at both regional and country-level under the following Outputs:
- Provided integrated solutions for risk-informed development
planning and budgeting in Western Africa, Central Africa, and Eastern
Africa;
- Increased risk awareness of communities and local stakeholders
to take action that reduces risk in Western Africa, Central Africa and
Eastern Africa;
- Strengthened post-disaster recovery capacities in all ACP
regions.
Technical support to COs and regional team for implementation of the project activities:
- Provide technical inputs for the design, development, and
implementation of agreed project’s activities at country and regional
level;
- Lead project implementation in at least 2 targeted countries
and provide technical support to the others;
- Participate in field missions to countries in support of
project implementation and monitoring;
- Assist the Project Manager and the Regional Specialist in
mobilizing goods and services to support project activities, including
drafting TORs and works/product requirements and specifications;
- Contribute to or facilitate regular implementation meetings
with COs;
- Provide regular updates on the project implementation to the
project team and DRT Africa and in particular, identify challenges, needs
or gaps and suggest solutions to overcome them.
Knowledge Management
- Contribute to the compilation, analysis, reporting and
codifying of project’s results and lessons learned from country offices,
foster cross-country learning and collaboration;
- Identify and contribute to the facilitation of South-South
exchanges and experiences sharing where valuable;
- Provide inputs to country offices (COs) with requests for
information on best practices and experiences on disaster risk reduction
and recovery together with partners and expert institutions;
- Encourage and support targeted COs to capture good practices
through blogs, videos, photo essays etc. and promote on social media and
other regional channels;
- Ensure project communication is in accordance with the
visibility rules and communication standards of EU and UNDP.
Partnership And Resource Mobilization
- Participate in coordination meetings and contribute to the
strong collaboration and coordination with the partners’ project and in
particular with EU, UNDRR and OACPS;
- Together with the project manager, the DRT Africa Team Leader
and the regional specialist, identify opportunities and contribute to the
development and nurturing of partnerships with the regional economic
communities in Africa, the African Union Commission, donors and
stakeholders key for the project;
- Support the DRT’s engagement in partnership through reporting
and developing briefing notes and background information when required;
- Support resource mobilization efforts through technical
support to the development of concept notes and proposals and contribute
to resource mobilization.
Actively Participate In Implementation Of Urban
Resilience Actions
- In addition to these key responsibilities and at the request
of the DRT Africa Team Leader, the DRR & Resilience Officer will
support the DRT Africa and the Resilience Hub in key activities related to
urban resilience.
- Considering the strong interconnection between the
“Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance and Recovery Capacities” project
and urban resilience thematic area, these additional duties will be
performed in coordination and collaboration with the project team,
building on the project’s results and achievements in Africa.
The following key cross-cutting duties have been
identified:
- Provide technical support in designing and developing urban
resilience programmes and activities;
- Support the organization and/or ensure strong participation of
UNDP’s DRT Africa and Resilience Hub for Africa in high level events on
urban resilience;
- Provide support in compiling research, documenting and
analyzing urban resilience issues in Africa in the purpose of providing
evidence for project and programme development, and positioning UNDP’s key
role in that thematic area;
- Strengthen existing and develop new partnership with AUC,
RECs, UN agencies, donors and other strategic stakeholders;
- Identify opportunities and support resource mobilization
through the participation to the development of concept notes and
proposals.
Communications And Visibility
- Work with the Regional Coordinator for Africa and the Project
Manager to identify opportunities and support communications and
visibility activities;
- Coordinate with partners on the development of joint
communication products across the thematic areas of focus;
- Facilitate development of publications of key reports/products
on disaster risk reduction;
- Facilitate engagement with key stakeholders, including mapping
of emerging priorities and key events.
Institutional Arrangement
- The DRR & Resilience Officer works under the direct
supervision of the Brussels-based Project Manager for the UNDP- UNDRR
“Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance and Recovery Capacities” Project,
with secondary reporting to the DRT Regional DRR Team Leader based in
Nairobi. On a day-to-day basis, the DRR & Resilience Officer will work
closely with the Regional Specialist leading the project implementation in
Nairobi.
Competencies
Core
- Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays
attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline.
- Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known
risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements.
- Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares
knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback.
- Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively
handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible.
- Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation,
able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident.
- Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates
compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.
- Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect
differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.
Project Management
- Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources,
procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.
Partnerships Management
- Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private
partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and
mutual understanding;
- Ability to identify funding sources, match funding needs
(programmes/projects/initiatives) with funding opportunities, and
establish a plan to meet funding requirements;
- Ability to capture and sustain attention, interest and
agreement of high-level, influential policy and decision makers and secure
their buy-in of high-level vision and objectives.
- Communication
- Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous
manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages
and choose communication methods depending on the audience.
- 2030 Agenda: Planet
Required Skills And Experience
Minimum Education Requirements:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in
Urban Studies and Planning, Earth Sciences, Environmental Science,
Disaster Management, or a relevant related field of studies is required
or;
- A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in a
relevant field in combination with an additional two years of qualifying
experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced
university degree.
Minimum Years Of Relevant Work Experience
- Minimum two years (with master’s degree ) or four years (with
Bachelor’s degree ) of professional experience, in fields of Disaster Risk
Reduction, resilience-building or climate change adaptation, including in
supporting policy and programme advice in the areas of disaster risk
reduction, resilience building and recovery, urban risk management, urban
planning or urban development in different development contexts is
required.
Required Skills
- Proven track record, knowledge and experience in the field of
disaster risk reduction, urban resilience and recovery;
- Knowledge/Experience of urban development and management,
urban risk reduction, disaster risk reduction and climate change concepts,
frameworks and principles.
- Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the
competencies section:
- Experience in either, public sectors (national or
multilateral, including UN), or private sectors (academia, non-
governmental sector, corporate). Experience with the workings of the UN,
European Union institutions and the Secretariat of the ACP Group of States
is an asset;
- Coordination experience working with intergovernmental
organizations, governments, development partners, and international
organizations (will be an asset);
- Experience in supporting programme design, coordination,
implementation and project management processes;
- Experience in working in fast-paced environments including in
international/multi-country settings;
- Knowledge and experience in working with multiple stakeholder
involving AU, RECs, Member States, and Development Partners such as the UN
systems and other development organizations;
- Experience in office management and administration would be a
strong added advantage;
- Strong writing, negotiating and communication skills and
ability to mobilize support from a wide range of partners (public,
private, academic, civil society, business community leaders);
- Minimum 6 months of experience working in Africa on urban risk
reduction and/or climate change adaptation and/or recovery in an urban
context;
- Proven Ability to efficiently handle and share information and
knowledge;
- Proven Ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of
international and national personnel.
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