JOB DESCRIPTION

 

Your Role

As a Disaster Risk Management Officer, you will provide in-depth technical support to the development, implementation and coordination of ADB’s Disaster Risk Management (DRM) agenda. The staff will work closely with other members of ADB’s DRM team to support country teams with upstream analysis, Country and Regional Partnership Strategy development, technical assistance and investment programming, act as a member of ONE ADB team to maximize disaster risk management outcomes in sector investments, and monitoring progress of ongoing thematic and sector work related to disaster resilience. The Disaster Risk Management Officer will also support the design, development, processing, implementation, and evaluation of technical assistance projects related to disaster risk management.

You will:

A. Country programming

Support the Armenia resident mission to integrate disaster risk management considerations into the development of the country partnership strategy and annual country programming missions and maintain an overview of country level disaster risk management operations.
Act as the key person to engage with implementing agencies and ministries on disaster risk management; and connect key government actors with relevant sector teams and CCSD.

B. Technical and strategic advisory services on Disaster Risk Management

Contribute to upstream engagement on disaster risk management (including policy and sector issues, best practices), data collection, and analyses to support project development, policy and sector work;
Conduct disaster risk management related analysis, produce knowledge products and briefing notes; and monitor, compile, and update policy and sector initiatives, activities, products, and tools at the national and sub-national level including projects, programs, roadmaps, guidelines, standards, case studies, and other activities and materials that can provide direction in furthering ADB’s disaster risk management engagement
Work with sector and disaster risk management team members to provide technical inputs in the design, development, processing, implementation, and evaluation of ADB investments and technical assistance on or relevant to disaster risk management including consultant selection and recruitment and review of consultants’ outputs.
Work with the disaster risk management team and project teams to advise on, support and review disaster related assessments, requirements and documentations such as upstream risk assessments, disaster risk financing analysis etc.
Support countries to strengthen the enabling environment to mobilize, effectively allocate and manage resources for disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction.

C. Operational Support

Lead the coordination and preparation of DRM inputs to CWRD, Sectors Group, and CCSD Management Information System, work plans, quarterly accomplishment reports, write ups on the three-year rolling work program, and ADB annual report.
Oversee the performance of assigned administrative staff, providing clear direction and regular monitoring and feedback on performance.

D. Information and Dissemination

Provide technical inputs in the preparation and dissemination of knowledge and communication products and events on Disaster Risk Management including speeches, conferences, national and international fora as requested

 

F. Mobilizing and Managing DRM finance

Support the resident mission to access resources for DRM (both emergency funds such as through the APDRF, technical assistance and other relevant resources)
Contribute to efforts to mobilize external resources for DRM

G. Knowledge Generation and Sharing

Conduct DRM awareness raising and capacity strengthening activities for staff, executing agencies of developing member countries, and other concerned parties as relevant.
Actively participate in national DRM networks and inter-agency relations and contribute to ADB’s knowledge sharing efforts

g. H. Other tasks

Lead, coordinate support and/or handle ad hoc assignments as assigned. This may involve occasional support to other resident missions in CWRD.

Qualifications

You will need:

 

Bachelor’s degree preferably with advanced training in DRM, civil/structural engineering, economics, urban planning, social sciences, or related fields.
At least 8 years of relevant work experience.
Demonstrated competency to work across the hazard spectrum to support a holistic approach to risk reduction and DRM
Demonstrated expertise in seismic risk management and/ or disaster risk financing would be an advantage
Background in urban development, risk analytics and/or public financial management in emergencies, and experience in processing and implementation of investment projects would be an advantage.
Demonstrated understanding of the country’s DRM system and established network with key stakeholders is essential
Knowledge of ADB or other multilateral organizations’ products, processes, and systems on project/program processing and other programming activities, an advantage.
Demonstrated strong research, writing and presentation skills.
Effective report-writing and verbal proficiency in in both Armenian and English.
Skills and competencies to liaise and work effectively with internal and external stakeholders of ADB; and work collaboratively with teams.
Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for National Staff Levels TL5

Benefits

ADB offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package. The salary will be based on ADB’s standards and comparator markets, taking into account your qualifications and experience.

· Paid leave (including parental)

· Medical and health benefits

· Life and other insurance plans

· Staff development

· Retirement plan

· Housing and education allowance (if applicable)

· Expatriate benefits (for international staff)

 

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements