UNV Project Officer (DRR)

Details

Mission and objectives

Bangladesh is amongst the most vulnerable worldwide to the impacts of climate change, both in terms of sudden onset hazards (cyclones, floods) and slower onset processes (droughts, heavy rainfall, coastal erosion, sea level rise). Different patterns of human mobility related to climate change have been reported across the region, including disaster risk management and evacuations, labour migration and urbanization in contexts of environmental degradation, and planned relocation processes. In 2018, IOM started Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) activities in the host communities of Cox’s Bazar with the aim of providing multi-level DRR support for reducing disaster risks while achieving climate resilience and protection of vulnerable groups in times of disaster. Substantial structural and non-structural capacity building initiatives in disaster management, early warning and prevention have been implemented with different levels of Government authorities and local host communities in several districts and sub-districts of Cox’s Bazar. IOM will be implementing an 18-month project within host communities, focusing also on enhancing DRR social protection and support the development of coherent approaches in the Cox’s Bazar to address the challenges of Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change, Environment Protection and Resilience in the context of sudden-onset and slow-onset disasters, including by taking into consideration relevant recommendations from international frameworks, such as the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), the Paris Agreement and the UNFCCC, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Context

Under the overall supervision of the Programme Manager of Social Cohesion and direct supervision of the DRR Officer, the successful candidate shall assist in the implementation and monitoring of IOM Cox’s Bazar’s Activities at field level particularly in the areas of DRR and DRM community engagement and community mobilization. The successful candidate shall also provide similar assistance to ensure the successful implementation of the activities at field level of the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate Change, Environment Resilience, other Social Cohesion Program under technical supervision of managers of the relevant units.

Task description

• Provide technical and implementation support to IOM interventions on DRR, Climate Change and Resilience in Cox’s Bazar context. • Support coordination with donors, government including JICA and non-government ac-tors to monitor the project and further enhance the partnership • Conduct desk research on Disaster Resilient livelihoods activities in line with the project framework, and mainstreaming DRR tools in livelihoods interventions. • Support Engagement with a wide range of partners at the national and local levels on DRR, environment and climate change issues in the framework of the projects, humanitarian sector response, relevant DRR development partners. • Draft, review and coordinate the production of documents and reports on DRR, Climate Change and resilience for Donor and government counterparts, the international community, and other stakeholders. • Support assessments of beneficiary’s eligibility for different supports within the programme according to set criteria; and ensure that women and men can benefit equitably from the project activities and are appropriately represented in community consultations, implementation • Support the Social Cohesion Unit in identification, development and implementation of community based and DRR activities including awareness raising within communities • Support DRR Social Cohesion team in liaising and coordinating with relevant government officials and other actors in the field to ensure synchronize and harmonize approach on the supports provided to the communities. • Support monitoring and evaluation of the programme activities including preparation of project reports. • Perform such other duties as may be assigned.