National DRR and Anticipatory Action Specialist

Supports FAO Viet Nam’s anticipatory-action project by conducting baseline capacity work, advancing disaster-law and technical standards, integrating forecasts and risk maps, strengthening local and national capacity, and monitoring activation of early actions for typhoons, floods and drought.

Department: FAO Viet Nam

• Develop baseline capacity-assessment tools and recommendations
• Support anticipatory-action provisions in disaster legislation
• Draft technical standards, protocols and operating procedures
• Integrate hazard, exposure and vulnerability data into risk maps
• Review forecasts, triggers and drought-index methods
• Deliver capacity building and stakeholder workshops
• Monitor activation of early actions and document lessons

• Advanced degree in environmental management, environmental science, climate change, disaster risk management, agriculture, public policy or a closely related field
• At least five years of relevant experience in disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation or emergency response in Vietnam
• Specific experience in anticipatory action
• Working Level C English and fluency in Vietnamese
• Vietnamese nationality

• Home-based national Personal Services Agreement in Vietnam
• Selection is subject to medical fitness, accreditation, residency or visa requirements and security clearances