Deadline: 04 August, 2021
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has opened applications for the role of National Early Warning System Specialist.
FAO is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
Responsibilities
- Develop technical design of the early warning system and lead all technical consultations with OPM, DLGs and other ministries, departments and agencies of the government of Uganda
- Determine system requirements, including information technology infrastructure and datasets in collaboration with relevant stakeholders and FAO divisions
- Carry out a disaster risk prioritisation exercise for Karamoja subregion, including analysing recurrence intervals, likelihood assessments, and impact assessment
- Lead the process of indicator selection in consultation with key stakeholders as well as build stakeholder consensus of (biophysical) thresholds for early action and response
- Develop a template for the early warning system bulletin and integrate bulletin generation through the system in consultation with key stakeholders
- Determine and design a strategy for the early warning system bulletin to enrich livelihoods and impact socio activities in Karamoja meaningfully
- Develop a communication strategy to ensure early warning system messages are disseminated to communities of Karamoja through an appropriate medium
- Determine and develop strategies to ensure that the early warning system bulletin is read by the communities of Karamoja subregion
- Develop and maintain an early action repository for Karamoja subregion as well as contribute to district local governments (DLG) contingency planning processes
- Contribute to the disaster scenario planning exercises in collaboration with key project stakeholders
- Develop technical Terms of Reference (ToR) for implementing partners and support all procurement processes in line with FAO’s rules and regulations
- Supervise and coordinate the work of capacity building officers based at DLGs of Karamoja
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the project’s monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEAL) framework
- Identify and develop training and capacity building opportunities for project staff and stakeholders
- Attend project coordination meetings as well as support the work of the project steering committees
- Regularly travel to Karamoja for project monitoring and provision of technical support
- Perform any other duties related to the development and implementation of the early warning system
Requirements
- University degree in Meteorology, Agro-meteorology, Hydrology, Agriculture, Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources Management, Disaster Risk Reduction, or a related field
- Five years, minimum, of relevant experience in agriculture, early warning systems, vulnerability analysis, disaster risk management, information technology, and/or project management
- Extent of experience and knowledge with geographic information systems, remote sensing or computer programming
- Extent of experience and knowledge of managing technical projects
- Proficiency in English
- Nationality of Uganda
To apply and for more information, click here.
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