Early Warning For All (EW4ALL) Consultant for Somalia
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Location:
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Salary:negotiable / YEAR
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Job type:CONTRACTOR
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Posted:2 months ago
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Category:
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Deadline:24/08/2024
JOB DESCRIPTION
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision of Risk Knowledge Programme Management officer, the consultant will be responsible for: • Update the establishment of situation rooms or similar mechanisms to support real-time analysis of hazards and risks, combining impact data with predictive analysis and supporting warning dissemination and response actions • Provide training and technical support on impact-based forecasting techniques, incorporating vulnerability and exposure data into early warning messages for targeted actions • Provide trainings on the Handbook on the Use of Risk Knowledge for EWS • Support the implementation Early warning implementation in supervision of Risk Knowledge officer.
• Follow-up and ensure that assigned activities are implemented in an effective and timely manner. • Coordinate, maintain and initiate effective dialogue with key stakeholders at the local and national levels that are involved in the EW4ALL implementation. • Facilitate consultations between the government, stakeholder groups and implementing partners on the national and local levels. • Develop monthly updates on activities and submit to UNDRR-Regional Office for Arab States. • Perform other tasks as required by the Risk Knowledge Programme Management Officer.
Qualifications/special skills
• Advanced university degree in disaster management, information technology management or related field is required. • A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree • At Least 10 years of work experience in early warning systems coordination and implementation is required. • Experience in coordination with UN actors and national government is required. • Experience in policy and stakeholder engagement is required. • Experience in disaster risk reduction legislation is desirable.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consultancy, Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Arabic or French is desirable.
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