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Rapid Assessments Consultant

WMOHome-basedRemote
Category | Grade:Professional | CONDeadline:30 Jul 2026Job ID:35598Posted on:20 Jul 2026
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Overview

The consultant updates Pillar 2 Rapid Assessments for at least 30 Early Warnings for All countries, coordinating meteorological services and regional offices to collect, verify and document complete evidence on national hazard-monitoring, forecasting and warning-system capacity.

Department: Planning, Foresight and Performance Office

Languages

Required: English

Desired: French, Another UN language

Job Areas

  1. Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
  2. Emergency & Disaster Response

Minimum Experience

7 years

Salary

Payband C

Responsibilities

  • Develop the country data-collection workplan and engagement schedule
  • Coordinate consultations with regional offices and national meteorological services
  • Conduct online interviews to update assessment questionnaires
  • Collect and verify policies, reports, data and supporting evidence
  • Resolve missing responses, inconsistencies and clarification needs
  • Document engagement records, evidence gaps and follow-up actions
  • Submit a complete data-collection package for each country

Requirements

  • University degree or equivalent in social science, statistics, disaster risk reduction, meteorology, hydrology, geosciences, development studies, international relations or a related field
  • At least seven years of progressively responsible experience in monitoring and evaluation, data collection, stakeholder engagement or policy work
  • Experience conducting assessments or evaluations, applying monitoring frameworks and supporting structured data collection
  • Experience facilitating country engagement and stakeholder consultations
  • Excellent written and spoken English

Skills

Monitoring and evaluationStructured data collectionAssessment facilitationEvidence verificationStakeholder consultationData management

Tools

EW4All Rapid Assessment methodologyMulti-Hazard Early Warning Systems

Additional info

  • Financial proposal required with the application