Overview
Strengthen national and local government capacities in Albania to plan, prioritize, coordinate, and mobilize disaster risk reduction (DRR) financing and risk-informed investments. This role supports enhanced disaster and climate resilience in Albania and stronger regional coherence across the Western Balkans.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop an initial DRR financing landscape study and recommendations, including mapping stakeholders, conducting consultations, assessing economic impacts of disasters, analyzing financing policies and flows, and developing capacity building processes for municipal authorities.
- Identify prioritized short- and long-term action areas to advance DRR financing needs in Albania.
- Prepare, organize, and facilitate a national DRR financing workshop to present findings, discuss actions, and agree on an action plan.
- Contribute to lessons learned and enhanced coherence in regional and sub-regional DRR financing discussions.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 7 years of working experience in the field of public finance, DRR/climate finance, disaster risk management, or related fields is required.
- Experience in DRR and civil protection policies and processes, public financial management and decentralization reforms in Albania is required.
- Experience in engaging with and coordinating stakeholders in a political setting is desirable.
- Experience in delivering similar technical assistance (comparable assignments, contracts, or projects) within the sector is desirable.
Qualifications
- An advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in disaster risk reduction, public policy, economics or finance-related area is required.
- A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
