Divisional Disaster Risk Management Associate (4 positions)

About the role

UNDP's Fiji multi-country office is recruiting four Divisional Disaster Risk Management Associates (DDRMA) to strengthen disaster risk governance and operational coordination across Fiji's four administrative divisions. The Associate heads the Divisional Disaster Risk Management Office and acts as the main advisor to the Divisional Commissioner on disaster risk matters and the main link between the National Disaster Risk Management Office, government agencies, municipalities, communities and development partners. The four duty stations are DS Nausori, DS Lautoka, DS Suva and DS Labasa.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the implementation of national disaster risk management policies, plans and the National Disaster Risk Reduction Policy within the Division
• Integrate disaster risk reduction and climate resilience into divisional, provincial and district development planning
• Manage the office's operations, finances, procurement and annual work plans and budgets
• Coordinate multi-hazard early warning systems, including the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative and the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
• Coordinate community-based disaster risk management training, community plans and stakeholder partnerships
• Support emergency operations, including the Divisional Emergency Operations Centre, damage and needs assessments and recovery planning
• Monitor, evaluate and report on DRM programmes and projects
• Deliver capacity-building training and simulation exercises

Required profile

• Secondary education, or a bachelor's degree in disaster risk management or a related field
• Open to internal and external applicants; applications follow a tiered process