Jobs:Job-00374
Apply before: 30 April 2021
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Position: Hydromet Expert - IGAD/ICPAC
Apply before: 30 April 2021
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Facilitate the establishment of a continental impact based EWS for Early Action and Transboundary Risk Management through:
- The improvement of risk understanding
- Establishment of a situation room at the AU premises, and capacitation of other situation rooms at ACMAD, RECs and Member States through a common web-based platform and Standard Operating Procedures.
Deliverables:
- Inception report
- Detailed implementation plan
- Development of data exchange policy
- Provision of input to AUC situation room for EWS and situation reports/updates
- Design of IGAD/ICPAC situation room centre
- Development of SoPs for the situation room and in exchanging information with AUC Situation room and other centres
- Installation of myDEWETRA Data Server in IGAD/ICPAC for the operation exchange of information, testing of the system in full consideration of internal systems and portals at ICPAC
- Customized continental legal framework to IGAD/ICPAC context
- Final Report
Work Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Expected duration
Start as soon as possible until September 2021 with a possibility of extension up to 24 months
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Hydromet Expert will work under the overall supervision of the Deputy Chief, UNDRR Regional Office for Africa and will liaise with the Coordinator of IGAD Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Unit in collaboration with the Senior EWS and Disaster Operations Experts and has to also closely coordinate their work with the CIMA Coordinator at the AUC.
Qualifications/special skills
Academic Qualifications: Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in environmental engineering, physics, environmental science, hydrology, geography or a 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
Experience: Five (5) years of experience in project management is required. Experience in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) field with experience in hydrological modelling and a managing situation rooms are Required. Experience in GIS, data manipulation and analysis, and proven knowledge of hydrological modelling and operational hydrology is required.
Experience in working in Africa at the regional or national level on Disaster Risk Reduction/Management (DRR/M) is desirable.
Language: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position fluency in English is required. Knowledge of French is desirable.
