Overview : 00117994 - Engagement Facility for DRR and Resource Mobilisation Consultancy - DRR Project Officer (National Consultant) In many low and middle-income countries, where disaster risk now represents a significant proportion of the value of capital stock, capital investment, social expenditure, reserves or national savings it is impossible to ensure sustained, let alone sustainable, growth. As is the case with most Island Developing States (SIDs), Mauritius is extremely vulnerable to impacts of climate change and disasters. It is extremely vulnerable to floods, cyclones, earthquakes, tidal waves among other hazards. While the Island has been largely spared from a direct hit by a major tropical storm, cyclones are by far the most significant risk causing approximately 80% of yearly disaster losses. After the Mauritian the disaster response mechanisms were overwhelmed by the 2013 flash floods, there was wide recognition for the need to have institutional and policy mechanisms that not only respond to disasters but also prevent and reduce disaster risks. In this regard, the Government of Mauritius has established the NDRRMC to guide disaster response and also to ensure that socio-economic development plans are risk-informed. Accurate statistical data on disaster loss and damage at the national, local and sectoral levels play a critical role in the identification and estimation of risk patterns and trends, in particular of the extensive risk layers that are primarily responsible for the erosion of local infrastructure and livelihoods in middle-income countries such as Mauritius. The primary purpose of developing disaster statistics is the strengthening of disaster risk reduction at the national and local levels. At the same time, this information would enable the Mauritian Government to measure progress against the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) and to integrate these indicators into the monitoring framework for the SDGs, which provide an additional and powerful new rationale for the collection of disaster statistics. The disaster data issues noted include, incomplete geographical coverage of national disaster loss databases; high variability in disaster data quality with loss estimation not reported consistently across all hazards; no collection of sex and age disaggregated data; limited use and integration disaster statistics into national and sectoral planning and decision-making processes; no structured mechanisms for harnessing and analyzing disaster data for DRR, development planning, or monitoring global progress. The DRR Project Officer will be providing support to the UNDP and NDRRMC team in accomplishing their tasks successfully. Duration of the work The assignment will be for a maximum of 125 work days from 28 May 2019 to 31 December 2019. Duty Station The Contractor will be based in National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Centre (NDRRMC), Port Louis, Mauritius and the assignment will not involve any travel outside Mauritius. Deadline for submission of offers - no later than Tuesday 12 May 2019 at 16:00 hours Mauritian time(GMT +4 hrs) to the email address below: jobs.mu@undp.org Annexes Terms of Reference UNDP GCC IC P11 form Annex B - Letter of confirmation of interest and availability and Submission of financial proposal |