Policy Analyst - Disaster Recovery

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP’s policy work is carried out at HQ, Regional, and Country Office levels, and forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan. Within the GPN, the Crisis Bureau guides UNDP’s corporate crisis-related strategies and vision for crisis prevention, response, and recovery. UNDP’s Crisis Bureau, under its recent Offer 2.0, aims to galvanize the organization’s efforts to support programme countries to build resilience by strengthening capacities to prevent, anticipate, respond to, and recover from the impacts of crises and shocks on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These efforts are geared towards reducing countries’ reliance on external humanitarian relief and peace interventions, and risk-informing development planning and decision-making so that development investments minimize the creation of new risks.

The Crisis Bureau’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery (DRT) for Building Resilience Team provides integrated policy and programme support on disaster risk reduction and recovery in the context of UNDP’s broader approach to resilience building. The Team specifically fosters the integration of risk reduction as a key element in sustainable development and recovery at national, sub-national, and sectoral level. Whilst working in close collaboration with related fields such as climate change, governance, conflict prevention and livelihoods, the Team focuses its support on the following thematic areas:

· Disaster and Climate Resilience · Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Risk Governance · Risk Information, Early Warning and Preparedness · Recovery Preparedness, Assessments, and Implementation · Urban and Community Risk Management and Resilience

The Disaster Recovery sub-team of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery Team (DRT) of the UNDP Crisis Bureau is responsible for policy and practice development on disaster recovery. It is also the responsibility of the Recovery sub-team to provide support to UNDP Country Offices and UN Country Teams in their efforts to strengthen national capacities in preparedness for recovery, which includes building capacities for recovery assessments, recovery planning, and implementation. The team provides high quality advice and programmatic support in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of recovery activities. The Disaster Recovery Team is based at the Resilience Hub in Nairobi, Kenya.

The UNV will provide support to the Recovery sub-team of the DRT in ensuring effective development of the disaster recovery practice and assistance to countries in establishing and/or reinforcing capacities and institutional, legislative, and policy frameworks for disaster recovery planning and implementation.

1) Support recovery policy and programme development and implementation (30% of the staff time):

· Provide monitoring and coordination support for recovery projects under implementation. · Support communication and reporting related to these projects with donors and relevant partners. · Facilitate access for country offices to toolkits, knowledge products, guidelines, lessons learned documents on disaster recovery that are necessary for the implementation of project activities. · Provide technical inputs for the design, development, and implementation of new capacity building programmes in recovery management (preparedness for recovery) at national and local levels.

2) Knowledge Management and Community of Practice (50% of the staff time):

· Contribute to the development of knowledge products on disaster recovery by conducting background research and data collection to inform these documents. · Develop and maintain a database for PDNAs and Recovery Knowledge Products. · Take stock of the lessons learnt and good practices in disaster recovery to inform policy and programme development and share them with colleagues of the DRT at both HQ and regional level and the DRR and Recovery community of practice. · Collect, compile, and maintain updated information on existing UNDP disaster recovery projects and programmes and share this information with colleagues of the DRT at both HQ and regional level. · Collect, compile, and maintain a database of Post Disaster Needs Assessments conducted, resources mobilized, and recovery projects implements or under implementation. · Assist with the preparation of regular activity and progress reports, as well as the preparation of briefing notes, speeches, articles, and stories for dissemination to programme countries, partners, donors, and within UNDP about our activities in recovery. · Assist with the organization of trainings, workshops, conferences, and meetings related to the work of the Recovery sub-team. · Support Recovery Team with corporate reporting requirements on the Strategic plan and other workplans. · Support the team in communicating results on UNDP, IRP and other websites, on social media, and other platforms

3) Provide support to DRR and Recovery Team in managing projects and programmes (20% of the staff time):

· Support countries in implementing project activities including disbursement and tracking use of funds for the projects. · Assist with preparation of donor reporting requirements for the projects. · Support monitoring and evaluation of recovery programmes. · Carry out other support duties related to the mandate and functions of UNDP as assigned by the supervisor

· Accountability · Adaptability and flexibility · Creativity · Judgement and decision-making · Planning and organising · Professionalism · Self-management

planning, implementing, and managing programmes and/or projects related to development - with preference for programmes/projects related to on climate and disaster risk reduction and recovery at national or international level.

· Good understanding and/or direct work experience with development agencies such as international organisation and/or national or international NGOs. · Experience with communications and knowledge management. · Working knowledge in French will be considered an advantage. · Excellent interpersonal skills: culturally and socially sensitive, ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners. · Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, among other), email, and internet; familiarity with database management. · Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision, ability to work with tight deadlines.

The Republic of Kenya is an equatorial nation on the coast of East Africa, neighbouring Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Indian Ocean. Kenya has two levels of Government; National Government and 47 sub-national Governments called Counties. Counties are further divided into sub-counties. Kenya is a multi-party state with Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. Kenya’s population of more than 40 million is growing at an annual rate of 2.2%. The country’s GNP per capita estimated at purchasing power parity (PPP) is $975, and the GNP is growing at an average rate of 0.1% annually. More than 26% of Kenya’s people live below the international poverty line of $1 per day. Kenya’s main food crops are “maize, wheat, pulses, roots and tubers.” (FAO).

Nairobi is a modern metropolitan city where most basic goods and services, health facilities, public transport, telecommunication and banking services and educational facilities are readily available. The city is widely connected through its main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the smaller Wilson Airport. Air transport is also available to many up-country destinations. The city is home to some 3,000 UN personnel mainly attributed to the fact that it serves as the headquarters for both the UN HABITAT and UNEP.

The socio-economic and cultural background of the immediate society the UNV would be living and working in is diverse and prevailing security conditions at the place of assignment is modest. The topographic and climatic features of the assignment location is highland cool and warm tropical climate.