Early Warning ExpertNew

Leads coordination and technical delivery for UNDRR's Water at the Heart of Climate Action project, strengthening Uganda's multi-hazard early-warning systems and resilience to water-related climate disasters. The consultant works with government and consortium partners on risk-data governance, situation-room operations, capacity building and project activities across the early-warning programme.

• Coordinate Water at the Heart of Climate Action project delivery with the Office of the Prime Minister, UNDRR and consortium partners
• Support establishment and operationalisation of Uganda's national situation room
• Link the situation room with emergency-coordination centres and the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Action System
• Plan and deliver country project activities that strengthen multi-hazard early-warning systems and community resilience
• Facilitate capacity development, risk-data governance and technical assessments
• Support workshops and consultations with national and local government counterparts
• Support data-maturity assessments and multi-hazard risk-assessment training
• Undertake project-related travel as required

• Advanced degree in disaster risk reduction, early warning, meteorology, climatology, geomatics, hydrology or hydrogeology, or a first-level degree with two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least five years of experience in disaster-risk assessment, early-warning systems and risk analysis
• Experience with hydrometeorological-hazard assessment, mapping, vulnerability assessment, weather forecasting and monitoring
• Experience leading or contributing to country-led strategy-development initiatives
• Experience with a government institution or international organisation on early warning, early action or disaster-risk reduction
• Fluency in English

• Experience convening multi-stakeholder partnerships, events or consultations
• Experience in capacity strengthening and resource mobilisation

• Early Warning Systems
• Disaster Risk Assessment
• Risk Analysis
• Risk Data Governance
• Hydrometeorological Assessment
• Capacity Building
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Project Coordination

• Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Action System

• Six-month home-based consultancy with project-related travel as necessary