Vacancy title:
Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Specialist

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: , Category: Admin & Office]

Jobs at:
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Kenya

Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, July 9 2025

Duty Station:
Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, June 23 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Duties and Responsibilities

The DRR & Resilience Specialist is based in Nairobi to provide day-to-day support to targeted countries in Africa, and to assist the project team and UNDP COs in the implementation of agreed interventions of the project, in accordance with the project document and the contribution agreement with the European Commission. The DRR & Resilience Specialist will be responsible the design and delivery of technical assistance and capacity development activities at both regional and country-level under the following Outputs:

• Provided integrated solutions for risk-informed development planning and budgeting in Western Africa, Central Africa, and Eastern Africa;
• Increased risk awareness of communities and local stakeholders to take action that reduces risk in Western Africa, Central Africa and Eastern Africa;
• Strengthened post-disaster recovery capacities in all ACP regions.

Provide technical support to COs and regional team for implementation of the project activities

• Provide technical inputs for the design, development, and implementation of agreed project’s activities at country and regional level;
• Lead project implementation in the 5 targeted countries;
• Participate in field missions to countries in support of project implementation and monitoring;
• Assist the Project Manager in mobilizing goods and services to support project activities, including drafting TORs and works/product requirements and specifications;
• Contribute to or facilitate regular implementation meetings with COs;
• Provide regular updates on the project implementation to the project team and DRT Africa and in particular, identify challenges, needs or gaps and suggest solutions to overcome them.

Facilitate knowledge management

• Contribute to the compilation, analysis, reporting and codifying of project’s results and lessons learned from country offices, foster cross-country learning and collaboration;
• Identify and contribute to the facilitation of South-South exchanges and experiences sharing where valuable;
• Provide inputs to country offices (COs) with requests for information on best practices and experiences  on disaster risk reduction and recovery together with partners and expert institutions;
• Encourage and support targeted COs to capture good practices through blogs, videos, photo essays etc. and promote on social media and other regional channels;
• Ensure project communication is in accordance with the visibility rules and communication standards of EU and UNDP.

Build Strategic partnership and resource mobilization

• Participate in coordination meetings and contribute to the strong collaboration and coordination with the partners’ project and in particular with EU, UNDRR and OACPS;
• Together with the project manager, the DRT Africa Team Leader and the regional specialist, identify opportunities and contribute to the development and nurturing of partnerships with the regional economic communities in Africa, the African Union Commission, donors and stakeholders key for the project;
• Support the DRT’s engagement in partnership through reporting and developing briefing notes and background information when required;
• Support resource mobilization efforts through technical support to the development of concept notes and proposals and contribute to resource mobilization.

Ensure Communications and visibility 

• Work with the Project Manager to identify opportunities and support communications and visibility activities.
• Coordinate with partners on the development of joint communication products across the thematic areas of focus.
• Facilitate development of publications of key reports/products on disaster risk reduction.
• Facilitate engagement with key stakeholders, including mapping of emerging priorities and key events.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Institutional Arrangement

The DRR & Resilience Specialist works under the direct supervision of the Brussels-based Project Manager for the UNDP- UNDRR “Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance and Recovery Capacities” Project. On a day-to-day basis, the DRR & Resilience Specialist will work closely with the Resilience Hub in Nairobi and the other Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Officer working under this project.

Competencies

CORE

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact 
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems 
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 3: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands 
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 3: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 3: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity

Cross Functional & Technical Competencies

Business Direction and Strategy: System Thinking:       

• Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system.

Business Management: Project management 

• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals

Business Management : Partnerships Management      

• Build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies

Business Management : Communication           

• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience. Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels

2030 Agenda Planet: Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery   

• Risk Governance: Disaster and Climate Risk Governance

2030 Agenda Planet: Nature     

• Climate Change Adaptation

 2030 Agenda: Prosperity            

• Recovery Solutions Human Mobility: 
• Resilience: Community-Based Resilience Building

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Urban Studies and Planning, Earth Sciences, Environmental Science, Disaster Management, or a relevant related field of studies is required.  Or
• A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the areas stated above,  in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years (with Master’s degree) or 7 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant work, in fields of disaster risk reduction, resilience-building or climate change adaptation, including in supporting policy and programme advice in the areas of disaster risk reduction, resilience building and recovery, urban risk management, urban planning or urban development in different development contexts is required.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to UNDP on estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com to apply

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