National Consultant for Early Warning for All in Vanuatu

Organizational Context

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is the UN system's focal point for coordinating disaster risk reduction efforts. It guides, monitors, and reports on the implementation of the Sendai Framework, catalyzing action and raising global awareness. UNDRR works with member states and diverse partners to reduce disaster risk.

Job Purpose

This role supports Vanuatu's participation in the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, a UN Secretary-General's special initiative aiming to protect everyone with early warning systems by 2027. The consultant will develop a comprehensive, multi-hazard national roadmap to assess and improve existing early warning and early action systems in Vanuatu. This involves identifying gaps, proposing solutions, and ensuring the roadmap aligns with national priorities and is validated by stakeholders.

Responsibilities

The consultant will conduct stakeholder mapping and desktop reviews to identify key actors across the four Early Warning Systems (EWS) pillars: risk knowledge, observation/monitoring, dissemination/communication, and preparedness/response. They will design and implement interviews, surveys, and consultations to gather information on needs and gaps. Based on this, a gap analysis and a costed roadmap with clear actions and timelines will be developed. The consultant will also support authorities in validating and endorsing the Vanuatu EW4All roadmap, ensuring its alignment with national priorities.

Work Experience

A minimum of five years of experience is required in disaster risk management, anticipatory action, resilience, or public administration. Experience in organizing training and capacity-building workshops in the Pacific, and in drafting strategic planning documents, reports, and conducting stakeholder consultations, is also necessary.

Skills

Stakeholder mapping, desktop reviews, needs and gap analysis, roadmap development, cost estimation, validation and endorsement processes, disaster risk management, early warning systems (EWS) pillars (risk knowledge, observation, monitoring, analysis, forecasting, dissemination, communication, preparedness, response), multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS), strategic planning, report writing, consultation facilitation.

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