National Consultant Implementing Child -Friendly Early Warning Systems

To provide technical support to design, implement, and operationalise child-centred Early Warning Systems (EWS) in Nepal. The focus will be on enhancing the resilience of children by conducting child-centred risk assessments, integrating the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) Disaster Risk Management (DRM) frameworks, and developing climate-change-calibrated scenarios for targeted interventions.

To design, implement, and operationalize child-centred Early Warning Systems (EWS) in Nepal, ensuring they are aligned with the latest climate change projections and address the specific vulnerabilities of children.

The consultant will:

Conduct child-centred risk assessments:

• Conduct child-centred risk assessments using the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) Disaster Risk Management (DRM) frameworks.
• Identify key climate vulnerabilities faced by children and develop climate-change-calibrated scenarios for targeted interventions.

Develop and integrate child friendly EWS:

• Design and implement child friendly EWS tailored to local contexts.
• Enhance existing systems to be accessible, understandable, and actionable for children and youth.
• Integrate the CCRI-DRM into visualisation tools like Geo-Sight or national platforms for enhanced accessibility.

 Develop and strengthen contingency planning:

• Update and revise contingency plans to explicitly address the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children.
• Ensure alignment with the “Early Warnings for All” (EW4ALL) initiative.

Capacity Building:

• Provide technical support to country office teams on implementation targeted interventions in areas of child friendly EWS and DRR.
• Train government officials, community leaders, and youth on the application of CCRI-DRM and EWS tools.
• Facilitate knowledge exchange on collaboration among key stakeholder on child-sensitive disaster risk reduction.
• Develop an investment case for child-responsive disaster prevention strategies.
• Provide technical support for incorporating child-sensitive criteria into national disaster risk budgets.
• Support advocacy and fundraising efforts on child centred EWS.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

Education:

• Advanced degree in Climate Science, Disaster Risk Management, Environmental Engineering, or related fields.

Work experience: 

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in designing and implementing Early Warning Systems.
• Expertise in child-centered disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation solutions.
• Proficiency in using data visualisation tools and DRM frameworks like CCRI.
• Strong facilitation and capacity-building skills.
• Familiarity with climate actions and a commitment to child-sensitive approaches.
• Experience in developing strong business cases and concept notes for fundraising and strategies to strengthen partnerships.
• Familiarity with and commitment to the principles and values of the United Nations, particularly in the context of sustainable development and environmental stewardship.

Skills and attributes desired:

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
• High level of analytical ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative data, including using relevant software packages.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high quality, concise, analytical and insightful reports and presentations in English.
• Proven ability to conceptualize, innovate, plan and execute ideas.
• Strategic thinking and critical analysis.
• Commitment and drive, with a clear focus on results.
• Ability to manage competing priorities under pressure, whilst maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines.

Languages: 

• Strong writing skills and fluency in the English language is required

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/579903