UNISDR is looking for a national consultant based in Uganda to support the implementation of the project in Uganda, who will cooperate with other consultants under this project based in Kenya, Ethiopia and the Regional Economic Commissions.
Duties and responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the Head of the UNISDR Regional Office for Africa, the Project Coordinator and in close collaboration with the Department of Disaster Management in the Office of the Prime Minister as chair of the Uganda National Platform for DRR and the relevant country focal points of project partner organizations, the Project Officer will:
Development of a 'Strategic Implementation Plan” for the Draft Uganda National Policy for DRR, including a resources mobilization strategy for the implementation of the National Policy for DRR.
Support capacity development of the National Platform for DRR, the Meteorological Department, District/Community Committees and implementing partners, through organization and facilitation of training workshops.
Support National Platform for DRR activities related to the project, including design and running of a media/awareness campaign on prevention and mitigation of drought disasters.
Develop a comprehensive drought risk and vulnerability map in the context of a changing climate, taking in consideration existing maps from different stakeholders in cooperation with the Meteorological and hydrology Departments as well as relevant academic institutions.
Support development of early warning bulletins and alert messages targeting districts authorities and communities in collaboration with partners, National Platform for DRR, the Meteorological and hydrology departments and the civil society (local NGOs and Red Cross).
Support community centered early warning communication and dissemination in collaboration with key media partners, local authorities and community actors/leaders.
Capture and consolidate field experiences and good practices (scientific and indigenous).
Gather project information and experiences and feature it in different websites and publications to ensure visibility and coordination with partners
Ensure coordination among state and non-state partners for all national project activities as appropriate
Support reporting tasks related to the project.
Be responsible for planning, monitoring and reporting for activities conducted in the country.
Organize training course if necessary as well as workshop for planning with relevant stakeholders.
Final evaluation of the project should be shared with partners through workshop or relevant mechanisms.
Contribute to workshop on cross borders issues and information sharing (Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia).
Key deliverables
1. ‘Strategic Implementation Plan’ and resources mobilization strategy for the implementation of the Draft Uganda National Policy for DRR.
2. 3 national training workshops on drought risk reduction and early warning (National Platform for DRR members, District/Community Committees, implementing partners).
3. Media/awareness campaign on prevention and mitigation of drought disasters.
4. Drought risk and vulnerability map in the context of changing climate.
5. Early warning bulletins and alert messages.
6. Communication and dissemination plans.
7. Information/good practices on drought risk reduction gathered and published through various media.
8. Detailed Work plan as well as mid review planning workshop to address challenges which may arise.
9. Monitoring, evaluation and timely reporting....
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