Overview
Provide strategic technical advisory support on disaster losses and damages tracking systems and risk and disaster information governance in the Pacific.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic guidance on the rollout and operationalization of the DELTA Resilience system.
- Provide technical advisory support to initiatives in Kiribati and Fiji.
- Provide advisory support, technical review and feedback on outputs produced by national consultants.
- Advise on alignment of DELTA with national disaster information management systems and data governance frameworks.
- Provide technical advice on strengthening disaster losses and damages data systems.
- Support improvements in data collection, analysis, management, and reporting of disaster losses.
- Provide guidance on the use of disaster losses and damages data for risk-informed planning.
- Support capacity development of national stakeholders.
- Provide technical inputs to the analytical framework and conceptual approach of the Pacific Disaster Loss and Damage and Resilience Outlook Report.
- Contribute to analytical sections and interpretation of disaster loss trends.
- Support the development of policy-relevant messages for Pacific leaders.
- Review technical documents related to disaster loss and damage tracking initiatives.
- Provide feedback on methodological approaches for disaster loss data analysis.
- Support quality assurance of technical outputs.
- Provide technical and strategic advisory support to other Pacific Island countries.
- Provide ad hoc technical inputs, reviews, or advisory support as required.
Required Experience
- Minimum 10 years of experience in disaster risk reduction, disaster information management, climate risk management, or related fields is required.
- Experience working with disaster loss and damage databases or risk information systems is required.
- Experience working with international organizations or government institutions is required.
- Experience in providing strategic advisory inputs and analytical contributions to policy reports is required.
- Experience working in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) or the Pacific region is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree in Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change, Environmental Management, Development Studies, Public Policy, or a related field is required. A first-level university degree with at least 2 additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
