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Mission and objectives
About OCHA Pacific
The Pacific is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. Small, vulnerable island states are isolated by vast expanses of ocean. They experience frequent and intense disasters with disproportionately high economic, social and environmental consequences.
In 1999, OCHA established an office for the Pacific (OP) to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors.
Emergency Preparedness & Response
The first responders in any emergency are disaster-affected people and their governments. OCHA’s key objective is to support national efforts to protect the lives, livelihoods and dignity of people in need. International assistance can only be mobilized when a request is made by the affected government.
OCHA maintains a surge support capacity that allows the international humanitarian system to establish quick links with affected countries. It does this through the response capacity of its staff in the Pacific, the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) system, OCHA global staff, standby partners, and through the coordination of Pacific Humanitarian Team clusters and member organizations. This flexible approach allows OCHA to find different and appropriate solutions for assistance requests across the Pacific.
OCHA OP personnel can provide support in information management, reporting, mapping, media and communications, assessments, humanitarian financing and inter-cluster coordination. OCHA can deploy UNDAC teams at short notice to assist in the coordination of incoming international relief at the earliest stages of an emergency.
The Pacific is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. Small, vulnerable island states are isolated by vast expanses of ocean. They experience frequent and intense disasters with disproportionately high economic, social and environmental consequences.
In 1999, OCHA established an office for the Pacific (OP) to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors.
Emergency Preparedness & Response
The first responders in any emergency are disaster-affected people and their governments. OCHA’s key objective is to support national efforts to protect the lives, livelihoods and dignity of people in need. International assistance can only be mobilized when a request is made by the affected government.
OCHA maintains a surge support capacity that allows the international humanitarian system to establish quick links with affected countries. It does this through the response capacity of its staff in the Pacific, the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) system, OCHA global staff, standby partners, and through the coordination of Pacific Humanitarian Team clusters and member organizations. This flexible approach allows OCHA to find different and appropriate solutions for assistance requests across the Pacific.
OCHA OP personnel can provide support in information management, reporting, mapping, media and communications, assessments, humanitarian financing and inter-cluster coordination. OCHA can deploy UNDAC teams at short notice to assist in the coordination of incoming international relief at the earliest stages of an emergency.
Context
Climate change is intensifying humanitarian risks in Pacific Island countries, including through tropical cyclones, flooding, drought, coastal impacts, food and water insecurity and compound hazards. OCHA Pacific works with governments, UN partners and regional organizations to ensure that climate and disaster-risk information informs humanitarian preparedness and early action. The assignment will support analysis and practical knowledge products linking climate risk with humanitarian preparedness, coordination and response.
Task description
Under the direct supervision of an international OCHA staff member based in Suva, the Climate Risk and Humanitarian Action Associate will undertake the following tasks:
• Support research and analysis on climate-related humanitarian risks and their implications for preparedness and response in assigned Pacific Island countries and/or assigned portfolios.
• Contribute to country and regional risk profiles, briefing notes and presentations on climate-related hazards, vulnerability and potential humanitarian impacts.
• Assist in reviewing early-warning, seasonal and hazard information and translating relevant findings into humanitarian preparedness products.
• Support analysis of compound and cascading risks, including impacts on food, water, health, displacement and essential services, as relevant to OCHA's mandate.
• Contribute to consultations and workshops with governments and partners on climate-informed humanitarian preparedness and early action.
• Assist in documenting good practices, lessons learned and regional approaches at the intersection of climate risk and humanitarian action.
• Support research and analysis on climate-related humanitarian risks and their implications for preparedness and response in assigned Pacific Island countries and/or assigned portfolios.
• Contribute to country and regional risk profiles, briefing notes and presentations on climate-related hazards, vulnerability and potential humanitarian impacts.
• Assist in reviewing early-warning, seasonal and hazard information and translating relevant findings into humanitarian preparedness products.
• Support analysis of compound and cascading risks, including impacts on food, water, health, displacement and essential services, as relevant to OCHA's mandate.
• Contribute to consultations and workshops with governments and partners on climate-informed humanitarian preparedness and early action.
• Assist in documenting good practices, lessons learned and regional approaches at the intersection of climate risk and humanitarian action.
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