Consultant-Enhancing Resilience in in São Tomé and Príncipe at United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

About UNDRR As the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR brings governments, partners and communities together to reduce disaster risk and losses to ensure a safer, more sustainable future. UNDRR (formerly UNISDR) is the United Nations focal point for disaster risk reduction. UNDRR oversees the implementation of the Sendai Framework for...

 

Consultant-Enhancing Resilience in in São Tomé and Príncipe

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
  • Experience5 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldConsultancy  , Project Management 

The consultant will be responsible for the following:

  • Technical guidance and capacity building:
  • Provide expert guidance on stakeholder engagement to promote risk information management.
  • Assists in the organization of meetings and workshops. Provides technical input and facilitates training and capacity-building workshops for local stakeholders.
  • Supports processes and follows-up on actions related to the implementation of the project.
  • Guide the integration of risk information into São Tomé and Príncipe's early warning systems in line with the EW4All initiative.
  • Support the improvement of the disaster data management system in the country.
  • Provide technical support for uploading data into the Sendai Framework Monitoring platform to track progress in risk reduction.
  • Assist the national institutions in their efforts to use disaster data to inform disaster risk reduction policies and actions.
  • Assist the city of São Tomé and Príncipe in developing or enhancing their DRR and/or resilience strategy under the MCR2030 initiative.
  • Assessment and analysis:
  • Conduct comprehensive assessments of existing EWS and risk information initiatives in São Tomé and Príncipe. 
  • Identify and analyze institutional and operational capacity gaps.
  • Recommend strategies for integrating exposure and vulnerability data into EWS.
  • Stakeholder engagement:
  • Engage and coordinate with key stakeholders, including national authorities, local governments, and partners, to ensure alignment of activities with existing DRR initiatives and national priorities.
  • Facilitate consultations with relevant stakeholders to gather insights and support for the implementation of the consultancy's objectives.
  • Reporting and documentation:
  • Prepare regular progress reports detailing activities, outcomes, and recommendations for improving risk knowledge integration in early warning and action.
  • Document lessons learned and best practices from the project to inform future initiatives in São Tomé and Príncipe and similar contexts.   
  • Contribute to the development of knowledge products including policy briefs and technical documents. The candidate for this consultancy will be home based.

Qualifications/special skills

  • Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Disaster Risk Management, Geography, Hydrology or other relevant fields is required.
  • A first-level university degree in any of these fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Five (5) years of relevant experience at the national or international level in implementing Disaster Risk Reduction Programmes or other relevant field is required.
  • Experience in managing early warning or disaster operations projects and working in São Tomé and Príncipe or Africa at regional or national level on Disaster Risk Reduction/Management (DRR/M) is required.
  • Experience as a professional forecaster, including data management, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Early Warning Systems (EWS) management of emergency information, coordination of people and tasks, for the generation of Early Warning (EW) messages is desirable.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction on careers.un.org to apply

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