Overview
The Policy Officer will ensure REAP partners co-create ideas and processes for collective policy messages and pathways to influence the integration of Early Warning, Early Action (EWEA) into Disaster Risk Management (DRM) policies and strategies.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and coordinate the implementation of the REAP 2030 Policy Plan.
- Design policy processes for partners to agree on actionable policy priorities.
- Design and implement innovative policy dialogues.
- Support the development of policy activities to shape the post-2027 Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative.
- Provide advice to the Secretariat and partners on effective policy processes.
- Identify and prioritize key policy spaces for influence.
- Work closely with key multilateral actors to ensure coherence and strategic alignment of policy processes.
- Coordinate closely with IFRC Disaster Law and DCC teams.
- Engage humanitarian policy actors to strengthen the linkage between humanitarian AA evolution and national EWS processes.
- Support influencing donors in integrating ‘preparing legal and regulatory frameworks for EWS/AA as part of Disaster Risk Management (DRM)’ in their funding envelopes.
- Lead REAP’s policy engagement towards the integration of EWS and AA within the Treaty on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters.
- Support the development of a regional policy approach.
- Coordinate the design and implementation of innovative policy processes that focus on shaping new EWS and AA policy priorities.
- Support partners in leveraging regional and national DRM policy and legislative processes to streamline EWEA within them.
- Lead the development and implementation of activities to post-disaster policy reform.
- Lead the design of a policy process for the creation and sustainability of a network of parliamentary champions.
- Design and implement policy influence strategies through media engagement.
- Contribute to build coherence across partner policy messages.
- Coordinate the design and implementation of the REAP policy academy.
- Coordinate high quality policy related capacity strengthening activities.
Required Experience
Min. 3-5 years of relevant professional experience in policy in the development and/or humanitarian sector. At least 2 years of experience in policy process development or implementation, influencing legal and policy reforms. Track record in designing, organizing and coordinating high-level convenings that result in concrete outcomes (policy, financing or joint initiatives). Experience with global and regional policy frameworks and key regional policy mechanisms. Multi-stakeholders coordination experience, preferably in the development/humanitarian sector. Preferred 2 years of project management. Experience working within networks, partnerships and coalitions. Experience in Early Warning, Early Action and Anticipatory Action.
Qualifications
University/bachelor’s degree in relevant field (e.g. international relations, public policy, law, environmental studies, etc.). Preferred Post-graduate degree in relevant field. Certificate/training in Project Management.
