Senior Specialist – Programmes

The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure is seeking a Senior Specialist – Programmes to support the design, implementation, and monitoring of projects related to disaster resilience. Candidates should have 10 years of international experience across multiple countries. The role involves strategy development, technical assistance, and capacity building in collaboration with government agencies and stakeholders. The position is based in St. Thomas Mount, Tamil Nadu, India.
Location: Saint Thomas Mount
1. POSITION(S) VACANT: Senior Specialist – Programmes, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), New Delhi (Two Vacancies)

2. ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND:

The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is a partnership of national governments, UN agencies and programs, multilateral development banks and financing mechanisms, the private sector, and knowledge institutions that aims to promote the resilience of new and existing infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks in support of sustainable development.

Mission
“To support countries to upgrade their systems to ensure disaster and climate resilience of existing and future infrastructure.”

Impact that CDRI Aims to Achieve
By 2050, over US $10 trillion of new and existing infrastructure investments and services are resilient to natural hazards and climate change through enhanced capacity, informed policy, planning, and management, leading to improved quality of environment, livelihood, and life of over 3 billion people.

CDRI Mandate & Value Proposition
CDRI has been envisioned and established as a global network to advance the agenda, support coordinated action among stakeholders, and focus on bringing voices from vulnerable geographies and populations to international policy forums. Internationally agreed-upon goals in the SFDRR, the SDGs, and the Paris Climate Agreement provide the foundational framework that guides the Coalition’s vision and mission.

As a global partnership, the Coalition aims to ensure that the investments of its members and partners are aligned and well-coordinated in support of the shared ambition of disaster and climate resilience of new and existing infrastructure.

Strategic Work Plan
CDRI’s Strategic Work Plan 2023-26 describes the broad contours of its priority actions and planned initiatives in the next four years setting out a clear direction for the Coalition to pursue a transformational agenda for DRI in response to a changing risk landscape and evolving on-ground realities of its members.

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JOB DESCRIPTION / RESPONSIBILITIES:

Position:
The position is open to candidates of all nationalities.

All nationals demonstrating 10 years of international work experience in at least 5 countries across 2 UN geographic regions (from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and Oceania) would be considered for international positions (international hire).

Objective of the Position:
The Senior Specialist – Programmes shall support the creation, design, implementation, and monitoring of studies and provide technical support relating to projects. This shall include disaster response and recovery support; innovation, institutional, and community capacity-building assistance; and standards and certification.

Responsibilities:

Key responsibilities include:

(1) Support in the development of strategies for technical assistance and cooperation for the respective domain/sectoral initiative in consultation with relevant government agencies, developmental partners, and other stakeholders.
(2) Actively participate in the programming and network activities, capacity development, knowledge sharing, staff mentoring, and updating the latest developments and issues related to the respective domain and CDRI member countries.
(3) Support to identify, prepare, appraise, and document projects/technical assistance to CDRI member countries.
(4) Lead the monitoring, periodic review, and progress reporting of project/program implementation, compliance with workplans and budgets, and the achievement of the desired project/sector outcomes.
(5) Ensure quality and consistency of reports, project documents, minutes, project briefs, back-to-office reports, and communications related to projects/programmes and respective domains.
(6) Ensure compliance of projects with CDRI’s policies, programme and operations manuals, project administration instructions, and assistance-related documentation.
(7) Support in the development and delivery of the assistance project/program pipeline by utilizing the domain/sector’s knowledge and experience.
(8) Create and…