DRR Technical PM – 12 months – Lyon

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project management and coordination

• Supervise and coordinate the planning of activities in line with proposal indicators and objectives;
• Oversee budget monitoring and follow up in collaboration with the appointed HQ finance officer to ensure activities are carried out within budget;
• Ensure an efficient and collaborative liaison and coordination with country teams and other HI departments on operational matters.
• Support country teams in the management of consultants (objectives, contractualisation, follow-up…)

Monitoring, Reporting and Assessment

• Lead on the development of programme-level monitoring tools and supports the development of their design.
• Organize programme-level performance review meetings and visits of field at a set frequency and proposes necessary adjustments;

Technical Capacity-building, quality and knowledge management

• Ensure technical support to country teams on Anticipatory Action (AA) technical area, as well as DRR when gaps are identified;
• Provide technical guidance according to internal and external guidelines and standards.

HR support for DRR technical area

• Technical dotted line report of technical staff working on the project;
• Support recruitments of staff linked to this project.

Representation and external coordination

• Attend and actively contribute to events with key stakeholders at international level and, where relevant, at field level.
• Support learning within global initiatives for anticipatory action through active dissemination of project lessons and knowledge products;
• Facilitate as required specific working sessions on inclusion within the global anticipatory action community of practice.

Technical programme support on DRR for a specific set of countries

• Ensure strategic and technical support to DRR projects implemented in a set of countries, promoting the mainstreaming of HI crosscutting approaches in their sector.
• Contribute to the development and dissemination of lessons learnt and research emerging from the targeted countries when relevant;
• Oversees the animation of a sectorial talent pool in each country, through technical interviews of prospective staff and professional development;
• Contribute to the development of major opportunities or new innovative projects under his sectorial scope in the targeted countries, including through the identification of relevant partnerships.

DESIRED PROFILE:

• You hold a Master degree in Disaster Risk Reduction/Management, International Humanitarian assistance, Early Warning and Risk Analysis or relevant field.
• You have a minimum of five years of experience in Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness, Climate Change Adaptation and humanitarian assistance in fragile contexts affected by climate-related extremes, including work experience with national and international NGOs, UN agencies, governments or donors.
• Experience with Anticipatory Action, Forecast based Action or equivalent approaches;
• Extensive experience managing and coordinating global, high value donor-funded projects;
• You have strong networking, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• The position requires fluency in written and spoken English and French.

CONDITIONS OF THE POSITION:

• 12 months contract – potentially extendable
• Additional benefits: luncheon vouchers and health insurance
• Working hours: 39 hours a week with 22.5 days of RTT (work time reduction) to be taken each year
• 5 weeks of annual leave
• Great advantageous telework agreement