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Projet Intégré de Lutte contre les Inondations et le renforcement de la Résilience” (PILIER) follows on from the floods of 2022, which caused considerable damage to infrastructure in towns and villages, to irrigated areas along the Logone and Chari rivers, and extensive damage in 18 of the country’s 23 provinces, including N’Djamena, where it was estimated that by mid-November 2022, 110 square kilometers of N’Djamena and its immediate surroundings were under water. The floods affected 1,426,948 people nationwide in 237,317 households, destroying 149,900 homes, disrupting water sources and submerging 325,184 hectares of agricultural land (MATHU, 2022). An assessment of post-flood recovery needs carried out with UNDP support estimated the cost of flood damage and losses at over 231,913,000,000 FCFA, or around 387,000,000 USD.
Thus, the Government of Chad has obtained a grant of 150,000,000 USD from the World Bank to finance the “Projet Intégré pour la Lutte contre les Inondations et la Résilience Urbaine à N’Djaména” (PILIER), aimed at reducing the vulnerability of populations exposed to the risk of flooding through an integrated multi-sectoral approach targeting as a priority the areas most affected by the 2022 floods, while taking into account the imperatives of community development and capacity building of governance structures at both central and local levels.
More specifically, PILIER aims to (i) mitigate the negative impacts of flooding through green and grey infrastructure to protect vulnerable areas of N’Djamena from recurrent fluvial and pluvial flooding, and (ii) improve urban planning and management while taking flood risks into account by promoting climate-resilient community interventions and strengthening certain flood-related services.
PILLER comprises four components:
Component 2 includes a sub-component 2.2 dedicated to strengthening flood-related urban services, with an emphasis on local community involvement. This sub-component encompasses two components: firstly, small-scale urban interventions targeting participatory flood protection at neighbourhoods’ level, and secondly, strengthening disaster preparedness and response mechanisms at city level.
Sub-component 2.2 of community interventions has been designed using a progressive approach and targeting the following interventions:
All N’Djamena neighbourhoods will be eligible for these interventions, with a particular focus on low-income and climate-vulnerable areas.
The Government of Chad, through the Ministry of Land Management, Housing and Urban Planning (MATHU), has signed a partnership agreement with the UNDP office in Chad to implement the activities of this sub-component 2.2 over a provisional period of 48 months.
In this context, the UNDP Chad office is looking for an Urban Resilience Analyst to support the implementation team of sub-component 2.2 on the aspects of taking into account disaster risk reduction in microprojects, including preparation for resilient post-disaster recovery. He/she will ensure coordination and collaboration with the PILIER PMU’s technical teams, and specifically with the quality assurance of the infrastructures to be built under sub-component 2.2.
The Urban Resilience Analyst will focus on: (a) Subcomponent 2.2 implementation; (b) capacity building of key stakeholders, and (c) policy and programme development, including resource mobilization in the following four areas:
Duties and Responsibilities
A. Ensure Urban Resilience
B.Ensure Recovery Preparedness
C. Facilitate Knowledge Management
In collaboration with the communication specialist, the urban resilient will:
D. Advocacy, partner engagement and resource mobilization
Contribute to and support the development of capacity through coaching, mentoring and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) national staff or non-governmental counterparts, including Implementing Partners (IPs) as well as academia and young professionals working in urban resilience and recovery/risk reduction.
The incumbent will perform other duties within his functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the STARR portfolio and the Country Office programme.
IV. Institutional Arrangement.
The Urban Resilience Analyst will work under the direct supervision and will report to the subcomponent 2.2 Manager. S/he will work closely with the DRR focal points and experts of the UNDP STARR portfolio as well as the designated focal points in partner organizations for effectively fulfilling assigned responsibilities.
V. Competencies
Core | |
Achieve Results | LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work |
Think Innovatively | LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking |
Learn Continuously | LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning |
Adapt with Agility | LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process |
Act with Determination: | LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously |
Engage and Partner | LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships |
Enable Diversity and Inclusion | LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making |
Thematic Area | Name | Definition |
Business Direction & Strategy
| System Thinking |
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Business Development | Knowledge Facilitation |
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Business Management
| Project Management |
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Business Management
| Communication |
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2030 Agenda: Prosperity | Inclusive Growth |
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2030 Agenda: Prosperity | Recovery Solutions and Human Mobility |
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• Applicants with a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in the relevant field of study are not required to have professional work experience. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) are required to have a minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience in a development context and with a focus on urban design/planning/management; disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
• Experience working on urban development and management, and urban risk reduction concepts, frameworks and principles and ability to apply to community situations;
• Knowledge/experience of how multiple risks and impact on development, and the delivery of resilience to communities through reducing vulnerability and reducing risk;
• Hands-on experience in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and reporting related to development of community projects;
• Experience in working jointly, coordinating, and collaborating with communities, municipalities, national technical structures, NGOs, and civil society organizations;
• Knowledge/experience of core recovery principles and frameworks, and ability to guide delivery at national, provincial and community levels;
• Knowledge/experience of disaster risk reduction concepts, frameworks and principles and ability to apply to community situations;
• Full proficiency in French is required.
• Working knowledge in English is desired.
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