Disaster Preparedness Advisor (located in Maynooth, Addis Ababa or Nairobi)
Trócaire, Ireland
Job Description
Trócaire is an INGO. We work with local partners in the world’s most at-risk communities
and with people in Ireland to tackle the underlying causes of poverty and injustice and
respond to the crises they create.
Together we bring about positive and lasting change for a just world.
Trócaire works in up to 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
With the support of the generous people of Ireland, we work towards five goals:
o Defend Human Rights and Promote Access to Justice;
o Achieve Climate amp; Environmental Justice;
o Ensure Women amp; Girls’ Protection, Voice amp; Influence;
o Save Lives and Protect Human Dignity and
o Mobilise the Public on the island of Ireland to achieve Global Justice.
Trócaire has secured funding from Irish Aid to scale up preparedness to climate change and other disasters across 6 priority countries (Ethiopia, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Zimbabwe). This initiative aims to improve disaster preparedness and response with local partners in the target countries, while also considering appropriate strategies and approaches to reduce climate risk (mitigation and adaptation) and support loss and damage as a result of climate change. Working at different levels (local, national, regional, global etc.) this role will support Trócaire’s local partner organisations to develop their programme capacity, institutional sustainability, as well as their voice and influence within key coordination structures, strengthening their leadership and capacity to prepare for and respond to crises and climate impacts.
Trócaire staff and local partners will work with community structures to carry out participatory risk assessments that consider the hazards, differing vulnerabilities and capacities of the local area. These assessments will be used by partners and communities to develop plans to address multi hazard risks and anticipate emergencies before they occur, strengthen coping capacities and build resilience. Trócaire will support and strengthen local early warning systems (linked to national or regional systems where possible) which are built on local and indigenous knowledge and enable preparedness , risk mitigation and adaptation actions, including to climate change. Emergency Preparedness Planning (EPP) with local civil society partners and institutions including anticipatory action, coordinated response, improved capacity and decision making will also be supported to ensure a more timely, efficient, effective and quality emergency response.
The Disaster Preparedness Coordinator role will be responsible for leading on this preparedness initiative in line with Irish Aid requirements and Trócaire standards.
This is a multi-facetted role requiring a diverse skillset (e.g. Coordination with country team and HQ units; partnership and tailored capacity strengthening per country; Preparedness, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate change; Resilience; budget and grant management;). The role includes regular regional travel in Africa.
Reporting to Humanitarian Manager Operations, the role can be based either in Maynooth (Ireland), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) or Nairobi (Kenya). This is a fixed contract of 3-year duration on local terms and conditions depending on the location. While located within the humanitarian team, the role will work closely with the Climate Coordinator in the Programmes Team, across goals and country portfolios.
Safeguarding Programme Participants Trócaire is committed to safeguarding people within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and has specific policies on this commitment (including a Global Code of Conduct) which outlines the expected behaviour and responsibility of all staff, consultants and other organisational representatives. Any candidate offered a job with Trócaire will be expected to sign Trócaire’s Safeguarding Policies and Global Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
Key Duties amp; Responsibilities
General Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Preparedness Responsibilities