Antecedentes
Deberes y responsabilidades
- Review of the Act to produce a bill through comprehensive consultations with government institutions, development partners, UN agencies, civil society organisations and other stakeholders involved in disaster risk management at national level.
- Ensure that policy statements as elaborated in the draft National Disaster Risk Management policy are backed with necessary provisions in the bill.
- Explore whether thresholds for the declaration of disasters at village, area, district and national level are viable and what these thresholds could be.
- Review and recommend coordination mechanisms and terms of reference for disaster management and disaster risk reduction (DRR).
- Review literature, including but not limited to:
- Existing Acts that have a bearing on DRM to ensure linkages. These shall include but not limited to Environment Management Act (1996), Forestry Act (1997), Local Government Act, Water Resources Act (1969), Irrigation Act (2001).
- Policies and strategies that are linked to DRM. These will include National Environment Policy (1996, 2004), Agriculture and Food Security Policy (2006), Energy Policy (2003), Water Policy (2005), Forestry Policy (1996) and Health Policy, National Land Policy, National Water Resources Policy (2005), the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy II (2011-2016), Decentralization policy (1998).
- Existing DRM strategies and documents such as the Operational Guidelines for DRM, National DRR Framework and the draft DRM policy, Study on Economic and Financial Decision Making in Disaster Risk Reduction, Flood Risk Management Strategy, National Contingency Plan, Situational Analysis of DRM Programs and Practices.
- Recommend avenues to provide for the mainstreaming of disaster risk management by all stakeholders.
- Facilitate stakeholder’s consultative workshops.
- Assess and analyse international instruments in DRM and determine how they can apply to Malawi in reference to the bill.
- Draft the new bill on Disaster Risk Management
Competencias
- An inception report detailing the strategy to be utilised, defining clear roles and responsibilities of the consultants, work plan and a list of stakeholders to be consulted. This is expected within the first week of commencement of contract;
- A draft Disaster Risk Management Bill within 3 weeks;
- Presentation of the draft Disaster Risk Management Bill at a national stakeholders workshops A final draft Disaster Risk Management Bill after incorporating comments from the national stakeholders’ workshop.
Habilidades y experiencia requeridas
- A minimum of masters degree in law, social sciences, disaster risk management or related field.
- A minimum of 10 years of professional international experience in disaster risk management or related field.
- Experience in the development or review of legislation.
- Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
- Excellent organising and facilitation skills.Proven ability to meet deadlines and work with minimum supervision.
- Excellent command of written and spoken English.