Overview
The consultant will enhance disaster risk data governance and management in Haiti, focusing on strengthening early warning governance through the implementation of the DELTA Resilience system and upgrading the national geospatial data portal.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure enhanced risk data governance and management are in place based on a Data Maturity Assessment (DEMA) toolkit.
- Provide a comprehensive mapping of data providers and clear specifications of their datasets.
- Establish protocols and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for data exchange, storage, interoperability, and access.
- Identify and roll out all key components and actions required for the implementation of the DELTA Resilience system.
- Conduct capacity-building efforts among contributing institutions.
- Upgrade and secure the operability of the national geospatial data portal, Haitidata.org.
Required Experience
- Minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in developing, implementing, and managing data systems.
- Experience in deploying and customizing data and information management software.
- Experience in developing operational protocols, user manuals, or capacity-building materials tailored to national institutions and diverse stakeholder groups is desirable.
- Experience with disaster risk standards, including the UNDRR-ISC Hazard Definition and Classification, and the ability to implement adjustments to existing platforms is desirable.
- Experience with Haitian institutional context, data environments, and relevant stakeholders (e.g., DGCP, UHM, SEMANAH, and the National Office of Statistics) is desirable.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Disaster Risk Management, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Data Science, Information Technology, 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.
