Climate Change Adaptation Specialist

Nepal’s current landscape of disaster risk management is guided by its Constitution (2072) (2015 AD) and the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Act 2074 (2017 AD). The spirit of the constitution suggests that local governments shall do as much as they can on their own, and where they cannot, provincial and federal governments shall provide back-up or assume primary responsibilities for disaster risk reduction and management. However, the spirit is not well translated into actions mainly due to lack of capacity, and also due to ambiguity and confusion about roles, responsibilities and accountability between all three tiers of governments. Lack of clear strategic planning document on DRM in agriculture sector has been found one of the bottlenecks for timely preparedness, reducing risks and effective response activities in case of various disasters with clearly defined roles and responsibilities at all levels.
The A-DRMP will allow agricultural stakeholders at local, provincial and national scales to determine the best possible strategies for preventing or reducing the impact of future disastrous events. The A-DRMP will promote the adoption of available innovations, scale up disaster risk management solutions, including enhancing early warning and anticipatory actions in the agriculture sector. The A-DRMP is expected to guide in planning and implementing disaster risk management measures in the agriculture sector’s regular plans and programs, to identify capacity gaps and adequate resources to be allocated for actions at all levels. Moreover, a well-defined DRM strategy and action plan can effectively safe people and properties by facilitating timely and effective rescue, relief and rehabilitation thereby reducing losses and impacts including trauma among people.
Developing a five-year DRM strategy and action plan for the agriculture sector is essential for ensuring food security, building resilience and sustainable development of the farming communities in Nepal. The A-DRM Plan will also facilitate the urgently needed integration of multisectoral and multi hazard DRM strategies and measures into agriculture policies and programmes.
This project is a collaborative effort with the Ministry of Agriculture and livestock (MoALD) to develop this five-year Agriculture Sector Disaster Risk Management Strategy and Action Plan (A-DRMP), the implementation of which will enhance the capacity of farming communities to prevent, reduce and manage disaster risks in agriculture sector, reducing damage and loss, building resilience and strengthening the quality of life of farming communities through, amongst others, risk-informed planning and implementation of agriculture development interventions.
The A-DRMP will help the agriculture sector to combine resources and coordinate with various stakeholders at all levels responsible to manage disaster risks. It will contribute to make the sector resilient and contribute to the FAO’s Strategic Objectives of four Betters; Better Production, Better Nutrition, Better Environment and Better Life, Leaving No One Behind, and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In this context, FAO Nepal seeks to hire a national specialist who will support/lead in the process for the formulation of the A-DRMP for Nepal.
Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative (FAOR) in Nepal, the direct supervision of Assistant FAOR (Programme), and the technical supervision of the RAP Senior Resilience Officer/ Lead Technical Officer (LTO), Emergency and Resilience coordinator at FAO Nepal, the incumbent will support/lead the process for formulation of the A-DRMP. The incumbent will work in close consultation and coordination with Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD), National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), Nepal Agriculture Research Council (NARC), other relevant organizations, departments and ministries at federal, province and local level.
Provide needful support for programme and project operations as envisioned in the Terms of Reference (TOR).
The National Agriculture Disaster Risk Reduction/ Climate Change Adaptation (DRR/CCA) Specialist will be responsible to carry out the following tasks for the TCP/NEP/3906/C3: Support to Development of Agriculture Sector Disaster Risk Management Plan for Nepal (A-DRMP).
Key responsibilities include but not limited to the following:

Candidates Will Be Assessed Against The Following:
Minimum Requirements :