Anticipatory Action Specialist

Overview

Provide technical and coordination support to strengthen anticipatory action and climate risk management systems across the Pacific. The role supports the application of climate and hazard risk analysis, forecasting, and financing shock-responsive delivery mechanisms.

Key Responsibilities

• Support governments to design, operationalize and scale integrated climate risk management through anticipatory action, climate and hazard risk analysis and shock-responsive social protection systems.
• Ensure coherence and integration across pre- and post-shock interventions.
• Lead the development and application of climate and hazard risk analysis, forecasting, climate information services, trigger methodologies and risk models.
• Contribute to regional anticipatory action frameworks.
• Coordinate with meteorological services, disaster management agencies, other government counterparts and regional partners.
• Strengthen the integration of climate risk management and anticipatory action within national policies, programmes and institutional frameworks.
• Support the operationalization of inclusive, accessible, and accountable feedback mechanisms.
• Coordinate simulation exercises, operational readiness assessments, post-distribution monitoring and after-action reviews.
• Provide technical assistance, training, and knowledge transfer to government institutions, regional partners and WFP teams.

Required Experience

At least five years of progressively responsible experience in climate and disaster risk management, anticipatory action, disaster risk financing, resilience programming, social protection or related areas. Demonstrated experience in designing and/or operationalizing programmes related to anticipatory action, climate risk management, shock-responsive social protection, cash-based interventions or DRF. Proven experience working with government systems and partners climate and hazard risk analysis, vulnerability assessments, forecasting, policy development, system strengthening or programme implementation. Experience in multi-country or regional contexts is desirable, particularly in humanitarian or development settings. Exposure to food security analysis, vulnerability assessments, climate information services and early warning systems is an advantage.

Qualifications

Advanced university degree in climate risk management, environmental sciences, economics, public policy, social protection, disaster risk management, development studies, finance or a related field; or a first university degree with additional years of relevant professional experience.

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