Background
The Disaster Management Specialist will be based at DM department, Jharkhand and under the overall supervision of the Principal Secretary (DM), he/she would be responsible for developing the framework and implementation of the state level activities for disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Support SDMA/Dept of DM in enhancing sustainable disaster risk reduction initiatives in the state;
- Build frameworks and mechanisms, and support development and implementation of state level initiatives/schemes for disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness;
- Facilitate enforcement of appropriate norms and by-laws for land-use, building and planning standards that are based on professionally established hazard and vulnerability assessments;
- Ensure the participation in disaster planning and management of all the stakeholders.
- Establish a comprehensive information system that identifies and assesses the risks involved in disaster-prone areas and facilitate risk informed development.
Competencies
Corporate Competencies:- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
- Treats all people fairly without favoritism.
Functional Competencies:
Knowledge Management and Learning
- Promotes a knowledge sharing and learning culture in the State;
- Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in the subject area of the project, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills.
- Ability to apply conceptual models in support of implementation of the programme;
- Good knowledge of the results based management of the projects;
- Strong IT skills;
- Ability to lead implementation of initiatives.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Post Graduate degree/diploma or equivalent in any of the disciplines under Social Sciences, Management, Disaster Management and/or relevant fields.
Experience:
- At least 10 years’ experience in the development sector having relevance to disaster management;
- Work experience in government/national and international agencies and civil society organization.
Language:
- Fluency in English.
- Working knowledge of Hindi and/or any other Indian language is desirable.
- Extensive travel within the country, state, districts and cities would be required.
Remuneration Package is INR 84,802/- per month (Taxable).
The contract will be administered by UNDP on behalf of the Disaster Management Department, State Government of Jharkhand.