Avis de recrutement : UNDRR recrute un(e) Consultant(e) chargé(e) de coordonner l’élaboration d’un rapport d’évaluation régional sur la réduction des risques de catastrophes pour les Amériques et les Caraïbes 2023.

Avis de recrutement : UNDRR recrute un(e) Consultant(e) chargé(e) de coordonner l’élaboration d’un rapport d’évaluation régional sur la réduction des risques de catastrophes pour les Amériques et les Caraïbes 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant will report to the Risk Knowledge officer of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean (ROAMC) and have the following functions and duties:

a. Overall coordination of the research for and production of the written report. This involves overall coordination and lead for the associated researchers engaged in the RAR.

b. Prepare a work plan subject to review and approval by the Technical Advisory Council.

c. Based on the concept note and considering existing UNDRR contributions, propose, prepare and achieve institutional acceptance of the final index of contents of the RAR 23.

d. In collaboration with the associated researchers, define and coordinate the collection of information, bibliography, data and other elements necessary for the writing of the report, including from interviews with key people.

e. Using the information collected and other relevant inputs, integrate the analysis and results into a RAR 23 that brings together in a succinct, comprehensive, balanced and integral manner, the results, analysis, conclusions and recommendations arising from the ideas and discussions present in the literature and in other sources of information.

f. Deliver for discussion and finalization the by-products agreed in the work plan to produce RAR 23.

g. Present the draft(s) and final versions of the Regional Assessment Report in digital format, for revision and approval by the Senior Technical Advisor, RAR team of the UNDRR ROAMC (Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean), Technical Advisory Council and Political Council.

h. Participate in remote work meetings scheduled with associated researchers, to regularly report on the progress in the development of the RAR and to receive technical and strategic guidance.

i. Coordinate remote work meetings with the national contributors from the region, and other relevant actors in each country, to obtain the key information that contributes to the collection, review, analysis, and synthesis of the available information.

j. Coordinate with the different institutions and stakeholders at the regional and national levels to implement the planned activities and elaborate the expected products responding to the achievement of the objectives of this consultancy.

k. Present monthly progress reports as well as a final report of the consultancy.

l. Support the organization of the Special Session and Technical Session of the Regional Platform 2023 (RP23); Mid-Term Review (MTR) of Sendai Framework and Regional Action Plan (RAP) for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework in the Americas and the Caribbean:

Qualifications/special skills

Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Social Sciences, National Resources Management, Disaster Risk Management, or related fields is required. A first-level university degree in combination with 2 additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
A minimum of at least 8 years of progressive work experience in regional programme coordination, intergovernmental processes, disaster risk reduction, climate change, public policies, financing and investing and/or sustainable development is required.
Prior experience in coordination and management of research projects, specifically on national and international comparative disaster risk reduction is required.

Languages

Fluency in English and Spanish is required. Knowledge of another UN language is an asset.

Application deadline : February 12^th, 2023

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