Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of Risk Knowledge Programme Management officer, the consultant will be responsible for: • Conduct a thorough review of the existing early warning systems and their messages to pinpoint any deficiencies in Somalia • Conduct comprehensive capacity assessments of national risk knowledge systems, including gaps, priorities, needs, and existing institutional arrangements. • Facilitate the finalization of national roadmap to strengthen national capacities based on assessment findings, in alignment with international best practices and standards. • Integrate considerations of gender and disability into roadmap for EW4ALL to ensure that the early warning systems are inclusive and sensitive to the needs of all demographics. • 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 05 years of work experience in early warning systems coordination and implementation is required. • Experience in coordination with UN actors and national government in Somalia 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.