Antecedentes
- Floodplain development policy introduced to incentivize long term resilience to flood / flash flood risks;
- Climate resilient practices of flood management developed and implemented to reduce vulnerability of highly exposed communities;
- Early warning system in place to improve preparedness and adaptive capacity of population.
Deberes y responsabilidades
- Provide technical leadership for all hydrological analyses to be carried out in the project;
- Responsible for the research, collection and analysis of all datasets relevant to hydrological modeling;
- Input to the scope for limited channel surveys for Rioni basin;
- Contribute to guidance for undertaking field surveys for river topographic surveys, river flow surveys;
- Advise on and select the appropriate hydrological modeling software to be used, based on the available data;
- Responsible for the conceptualisation and development of catchment hydrological models. Oversee the hydrological modelling studies;
- Work closely with local hydrologists to undertake the hydrological modeling;
- Work closely with the lead hydraulic modeller and input to the hydrodynamic model calibration and sensitivity analysis;
- Responsible for design event hydrological modelling (2, 5, 20, 50, 75, 100, 500, 1000 year return period flow events);
- Provide input to consultation on flood zone designations;
- Provide training to national and regional staff in advance climate risk management planning and flood prevention measures (covering hydrology);
- Produce flood risk modelling and mapping guidance document (covering catchment hydrological modelling topics of the guidance);
- Contribute to the development and implementation of a methodology (such as the EU NaRAS methodology or similar) to undertake the multi-hazard risk assessment for Rioni Basin;
- In collaboration with other technical experts, undertake multi-hazard risk assessment for Rioni basin;
- Work with the flood forecasting specialist to undertake hydrological studies in support of the design and implementation of flood forecasting model(s) for Rioni basin (using appropriate industry-standard software or bespoke software).
For more information, please, refer the IC Procurement Notice and ToR available at:
http://undp.org.g/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=27&info_id=11665
Competencias
- Proven strong analytical abilities;
- Ability to work under pressure with several tasks and various deadlines;
- Actively generates creative, practical approaches and solutions to overcome challenging situations;
- Excellent writing, presentation/public speaking skills;
- A pro-active approach to problem-solving.
Habilidades y experiencia requeridas
Education:- A post graduate academic degree preferably PhD. in hydrology, flood management, or river basin management.
- Minimum eight years of professional experience in hydrology, specifically flood hydrology and flood forecasting;
- Minimum three years of experience in hydrological modeling;
- Experience of hydrological Modeling software;
- Good understanding of developments in international flood hydrology and flood risk management;
- The specialist should have good knowledge of climate modelling and downscaling. He/she should have good knowledge in hydrological modelling;
- He/she should have good knowledge of hydrological and water resources information systems, and should be familiar with conventional and modern equipment and techniques for hydrological data collection, including up-to-date knowledge on remote sensing and data transmission technology;
- IT literacy.
- Fluency in the English language.