Experto en Recuperación Temprana
Organizational Context
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Colombia works to advance peace, reconciliation, and human development by mobilizing knowledge and resources. UNDP fosters strategic alliances to strengthen democratic governance, eradicate poverty, protect biodiversity, and respond to crises. The organization supports anticipation, prevention, response, and recovery from conflicts, disasters, and economic, social, and environmental disruptions, aiming for resilient and sustainable development. This role is within a project focused on strengthening early recovery and crisis response in Colombia, addressing challenges from human mobility, armed conflicts, and disasters.
Job Purpose
The UNV Early Recovery Expert will provide technical advice and support to public administrations and territorial actors in planning and implementing early recovery processes. This involves identifying needs, priorities, and actions for resilient and sustainable recovery, particularly in the Valle del Cauca region. The role contributes to UNDP's crisis response, early recovery, and risk management efforts by supporting coordination with public entities, territorial actors, and cooperation partners. The expert will also assist in diagnostics, reporting, and developing technical documents to strengthen institutional capacities and guide recovery decisions, ensuring effective and coordinated crisis management.
Responsibilities
Provide technical assistance to public administrations and territorial actors for identifying early recovery needs, priorities, and actions. Support the formulation of strategies, plans, and actions for resilient, sustainable, and territorial-based recovery, incorporating risk reduction measures. Develop diagnostics, territorial analyses, and needs assessments to guide decision-making and prioritize recovery actions. Generate technical inputs for planning and monitoring early recovery and crisis response interventions. Support the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of UNDP initiatives related to crisis response, early recovery, and integrated risk management. Apply UNDP tools and methodologies to enhance the technical quality of interventions. Participate in inter-agency coordination spaces, particularly Local Coordination Teams (ELCs). Provide technical support for coordination with public entities, territorial actors, community organizations, and cooperation partners. Facilitate workshops and meetings for needs identification and action planning. Prepare reports, technical documents, methodologies, and guidelines. Systematize experiences, progress, and lessons learned from crisis response and early recovery interventions. Execute other related technical activities as required.
Work Experience
Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in early recovery, crisis response, and/or disaster risk management. Experience providing technical assistance to public administrations for disaster risk management planning and implementation. Proven experience in identifying needs, setting priorities, and formulating recovery actions for crisis-affected territories. Experience in developing diagnostics, territorial analyses, reports, and technical documents. Experience in inter-institutional and inter-agency coordination. Experience in strengthening institutional and community capacities, preferably in humanitarian contexts. Knowledge of disaster risk management and recovery policies in Colombia is valued. Familiarity with differential, gender, disability, and intersectional approaches is beneficial.
Skills
Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Creativity, Judgment and Decision-making, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Self-Management. Expertise in Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Response.