Overview
Provides technical and programmatic support to strengthen child-sensitive disaster risk reduction and climate resilience programming, and ensures effective emergency preparedness and response coordination.
Key Responsibilities
- Strengthen child-sensitive DRR and climate resilience programming
- Ensure effective emergency preparedness and response coordination
- Support integration of risk-informed programming across sectors
- Support the integration and institutionalization of shock-responsive social protection (SRSP) within national systems
- Strengthen partnerships with a broad range of stakeholders
- Strengthen public awareness, education, advocacy and communication
- Support the design and implementation of child-centered DRR and climate resilience programmes
- Support the integration of shock-responsive social protection (SRSP) into DRR, climate resilience programming, post shock social protection and financing systems
- Mainstream DRR and climate risk into sectoral workplans
- Contribute to risk-informed programming
- Support the development of evidence, risk assessments, and vulnerability analysis
- Promote innovative approaches for resilient services
- Work with local communities to strengthen resilience capacities
- Conduct hazard, vulnerability, and capacity assessments
- Support the development and updating of country contingency plans, early warning systems, and emergency preparedness measures
- Contribute to the planning, coordination, and monitoring of emergency preparedness and response plans
- Provide technical support and advice on emergency preparedness and response
- Maintain relevant data, information systems, and resource mapping
- Support preparedness actions for social protection in emergencies
- Participate as a member of the Emergency Response Team during emergencies
- Support rapid assessments of emergencies during emergencies
- Assist in the implementation of emergency response plans during emergencies
- Strengthen institutional and community-based response mechanisms
- Support the design and implementation of shock-responsive social protection responses
- Liaise with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and relevant ministries and agencies
- Participate in inter-agency coordination mechanisms and clusters/sectors
- Identify opportunities for partnership and resource mobilization
- Strengthen partnerships with UN agencies, NGOs, donors, and the private sector
- Support advocacy for child-sensitive DRR and emergency response policies and financing
- Contribute to policy development on DRR and climate adaptation
- Contribute to positioning UNICEF in the national DRR and climate resilience agenda
- Prepare communication materials, position papers, and campaign materials
- Ensure the visibility of DRR programmes through media and digital platforms
- Translate technical DRR concepts into accessible content
- Support community-based DRR communication
- Maintain documentation of lessons learned and best practices
- Support monitoring of DRR and emergency programmes against targets and indicators
- Contribute to programme reporting
- Document lessons learned, best practices and innovations
- Strengthen knowledge management systems and facilitate learning within CO
- Support capacity development of government counterparts and implementing partners
- Integrate climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction into development programs
- Develop guidance, tools, and training materials on DRR/EPR
- Provide technical inputs to programme design, reviews, and evaluations
- Support capacity building of government counterparts and partners on shock-responsive social protection (SRSP)
Required Experience
- At least one year of relevant professional work experience at national or international level in DRR, climate resilience, emergency preparedness and response, programme/project development is required
- Experience in Mongolia context (climate, dzud, emergencies) is an advantage
- Relevant work experience in areas related to children’s health, and children’s rights is an asset
- Experience working with government and/or UN/NGOs is an asset
- Specialized training/experience in emergency response management is highly desirable
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
Qualifications
A university degree in one of the following fields: Social sciences, humanities, disaster and emergency management, environmental sciences, or another relevant technical field.
