International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
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Summary
- Vacancy: 1
- Location: Dhaka
- Experience: 10 to 12 years
- Published: 10 Oct 2024
Requirements
Education
Master’s degree in Disaster Management, Environmental Science, Geography & Environment, Development Studies, Social Science, Atmospheric physics/ science or related discipline (Education qualification will be relaxed in case of potential/ experienced candidates.
Experience
- 10 to 12 years
Additional Requirements
- Minimum 10 to 12 years’ experience in managing Disaster Risk Management programs (working experience with humanitarian/development organization and in Forecast based Financing/Action (FbF/A) or Anticipatory Action (AA) will be preferred).
- At least 5 years workings experience to work as senior position like Project Manager/ Coordinator/ consortium coordinator
- Strong coordination and multi stakeholder management skill.
- Strong project cycle management skills: assessments, design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and strategic planning skills.
- Having good knowledge on hydro-met services and atmospheric science will be considered as added value.
- Ability to understand and work with Government /Ministries, departments, agencies, policies and regulations.
Responsibilities & Context
Duration of the contract : 12 months, with possible extension based on project funding ability
Reporting to: Functionally to International Anticipatory Action Coordinator, Anticipatory Action Secretariat and administratively and functionally to Director, Disaster and Climate Risk Management (DCRM), Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS)
Job Purpose:
Anticipatory Action (AA) is a relatively new but widely accepted approach as it focuses on anticipating the impact of a disasters rather responding to them. Anticipatory action refers to actions taken before a crisis hits to prevent or reduce potential disaster impacts prior to a shock or before acute impacts are felt. The actions are carried out based on forecasts or predictions of how the event will unfold. The types of actions are varied and depend on the hazard and context and early actions are based on in-depth forecast information and risk analysis. This is a growing area of disaster management that relies on data analysis to predict where crises might strike and act ahead of time. Anticipatory action works best if activities (the delivery), as well as triggers and decision-making rules (the model) are pre-agreed to guarantee the fast release of pre-arranged financing (the money). By using early warning systems and scientific advances in predicting disasters, anticipatory action maximizes the window of opportunity between the moment of prediction and the arrival of a forecasted shock to trigger interventions that prevent or mitigate imminent humanitarian impacts. This calls for more humanitarian action linked to risk and vulnerability, instead of a singular focus on needs and suffering.
There is growing evidence that acting prior to the onset of a predictable shock is significantly faster, dignified and more (cost-)effective humanitarian response. Scaling up anticipatory action requires investment to improve national disaster risk reduction in management systems, including national and local DRR strategies, ensuring availability of risk data, and strengthening social protection systems, among others.
In Bangladesh, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), in collaboration with German Red Cross (GRC), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and World Food Programme (WFP) with technical support from Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC) have been working since 2015 to design and further develop the FbF approach. Since beginning of the piloting of FbF, it gained lot of momentum among different stakeholders. Currently FbF has gained prominence in the country, and other stakeholders as well have adopted this approach in managing the anticipated risk of the imminent disasters. As FbF is growing and gradually scaling up, involved actors identified a need to have a working group to discuss, coordinate and harmonise all issues and initiatives vis-à-vis the FbF. Considering the need, the discussion started in June 2019 to form a FbF working group. The group officially formed at the beginning of 2020 and now being termed as Anticipatory Action Technical Working Group.
BDRCS being the pioneer to introduce and pilot anticipatory action in Bangladesh, was the first to develop two Early Action Protocols (EAP) in Bangladesh back in 2018 and took the lead to coordinate FbF/A working group. Following the progress on AA in country and the discussion between RCRC Movement, RCO and UN OCHA, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) offered to host an Anticipatory Action Secretariat which will be an independent body supporting and servicing all the actors working in the field of anticipatory action in a better coordinated way. The vision is to create an AA Hub in Bangladesh which will enable knowledge management and dissemination of best practices.
Main purpose is this role to support the coordination and implementation of Anticipatory Actions agenda in Bangladesh in close collaboration with International Coordinator for Anticipatory Action Working Group in collaboration with MoDMR, UNRCO & other relevant UN organizations including WFP, Red Cross Red Crescent RCRC including BDRCS, IFRC & GRC and other national/international stakeholders.
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Employment Status
Contractual
Job Location
Dhaka