Overview
This consultancy position will support the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) in aggregating, structuring, and synthesizing national statistical data to establish a baseline for DRR strategy development and enhance risk knowledge.
Key Responsibilities
- Aggregating, structuring, and synthesizing national statistical data.
- Executing data validation, quality assurance, and formatting protocols.
- Developing, calibrating, and piloting digital data collection templates.
- Leading data gathering and strategic research to map capacities and identify vulnerabilities.
- Managing GIS data integration, spatial analysis, and visualization.
- Authoring and finalizing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Managing the deployment and technical execution of training sessions.
- Populating the national risk knowledge repository.
- Coordinating cross-functional inputs among stakeholders.
Required Experience
- At least 3 years of work experience in risk data management, statistics, risk information, research, or policy coordination is required.
- Proven experience in organizing high-level national workshops or multi-stakeholder consultations is required.
- Experience in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and humanitarian-development-peace collaboration is desirable.
- Experience in supporting international technical experts is highly desirable.
- Experience in working within the Syrian public sectors is highly desirable.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree in Communications, International Relations, Public Administration, Social Sciences, or any 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.
