Emergency Preparedness & Response Officer, SC-8, Cox's Bazar

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.  Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

BACKGROUND

Operational readiness is central to optimizing the speed, volume and quality of humanitarian assistance to be delivered during a large-scale disaster. The way emergency responses are operated has a massive impact on the speed and quality of the assistance provided to disaster victims. 

Enhancing resilience for vulnerable communities has been a core foundation of WFP’s work in Bangladesh for decades. WFP commits through its new Country Strategy Plan (CSP) for innovative approaches to enhance resilience so that improvements in livelihoods, food security and nutrition are not repeatedly lost in areas, which are most exposed to climate-related shocks.

Since 2017, the risk landscape of Cox’s Bazar has significantly changed - particularly in Ukhia and Teknaf Upazilas - with the mass influx of Rohingya refugees, double in number compared to the local population, and posing significant additional demands on the Administration, as on the emergency infrastructure. Any response to large scale disaster will require to consider both the local population and the Rohingya refugees and will need appropriately adapted capacity and resources.

The overall goal of the project intervention is to support the ISCG in enhancing disaster response preparedness for the refugees and for the surrounding host communities. The intervention will contribute to update and improve inter-sector and agencies contingency plans, at both district and local level, and to ensure that the coordination mechanisms are in place between the national and local levels.

JOB PURPOSE

The purpose of this position is to provide support to the ISCG in coordinating EPR operations within the overall refugee response.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

The team member will work under the direct supervision of the International EPR Advisor.

The overall aim is to provide technical support to the ISCG on its preparedness and response to monsoon and cyclonic disaster risks, focusing on planning, capacity development, monitoring and evaluation, and documentation of critical experiences. More specifically the EPR Officer will:

• Support the ISCG in coordinating emergency related activities within the overall refugee response, such as dealing with cyclones, flooding, landslides, or other sudden-onset emergencies affecting the refugee population and surrounding host communities;
• Support the work of the ISCG EPR advisor in Cox’s Bazar;
• Coordinate on behalf of ISCG with relevant emergency related working groups and task teams across sectors and agencies response, to ensure effective coordination of EPR plans and processes, identify key gaps, and propose solutions;
• Facilitate the work of the Emergency Preparedness Task Force (EPTF) chaired by the EPR advisor;
• Work closely with the ISCG government liaison staff on EPR related issues;
• Facilitate follow up with technical and other coordination mechanisms, jointly with partners and government agencies;
• Oversee timely incident reporting; and ensure that emerging trends and risks are identified and triggered into action;
• Manage Early Warning information analysis and appropriate dissemination to actionable mode, including alerts on cyclones, heavy rains, or other risks;
• Support Strategic Operational Coordination processes, including inter-sector and inter-agency contingency planning, soliciting and negotiating response mechanisms with relevant authorities;
• Maintain contacts with government, military and local authorities, UN agencies, NGOs, media, and donors, as required to support EPR activities in Cox’s Bazar and in the field; and
• Ensure that the latest policies, lessons learnt, including Gender and PSEA related, are integrated into EPR coordination, and mechanisms.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
•  Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
•  Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Contract Type             : Service Contract, SC8

Contract Duration        : 6 months

Duty Station                : Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Nationality                   : Bangladeshi

Monthly Salary            : BDT. 188,945

Number of post           : 1

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

23 March 2019

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Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.