Overview
The SADC Anticipatory Action and Emergency Officer will work closely with SADC to strengthen and institutionalize a regional anticipatory action and early response system.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the institutionalization of Anticipatory Action Programming within the SADC region and the Regional Anticipatory Action Working Group (RAAWG) as the formal technical advisory body to the DRR Unit on Anticipatory Action (AA) and Early Response.
- Collaborate with RAAWG to develop a regional AA framework, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and minimum standards, ensuring alignment with national AA systems and implementation by National Anticipatory Action Working Groups (NAAWGs).
- Ensure that the AA framework is integrated into SADC’s regional planning and decision-making processes and harmonized with broader DRR strategies.
- Strengthen regional integration by leveraging Member States’ data and planning inputs to inform regional analysis and decision-making, ensuring coherence between national and regional AA systems.
- Ensure that National and Regional information management processes including the Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis Programme integrate indicators that support early action planning and guides contingency planning and response readiness.
- Support the integration of AA into regional contingency planning/disaster preparedness and response planning processes to enable multi-risk analysis and timely AA and early response, in coordination with Member States, R-ERT and partners.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of regional knowledge products, tools, and systems that support AA implementation and learning.
- Facilitate information exchange and data-sharing platforms to coordinate lessons learned and inform policy development.
- Support SADC in building strategic partnerships with governments, institutions, regional bodies, and development partners to strengthen AA, early action, and preparedness at both regional and national levels.
- Contribute to the development of proposals and action plans to foster and enhance existing and new partnerships.
Required Experience
Minimum ten (5) years of professional experience in humanitarian response, DRM systems, or emergency.
Qualifications
Post-graduate degree (Masters) in disaster risk management, environment and climate change management, development planning, rural and urban planning, environmental management, international development, or another relevant field. A first-level university degree plus additional experience may be accepted.
