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• Oversee
  and support design, development of the relevant socio-economic, Emergency
  Preparedness and Response Plans and Urban DRR plans and activities of the
  project;
• Support
  and ensuring effective coordination and information sharing on project
  activities with relevant project staff and stakeholders in liaison with
  the Project Manager;
• Provision
  of technical guidance to relevant counterparts/project staff on
  programmatic and project implementation issues with a view to ensuring
  that effective assistance flows directly to targeted beneficiaries;
• Ensuring
  needs and community capacity assessments are completed and technical assistance
  is provided effectively.
• Keenly
  analyze relevant subject specific science based information to generate
  hazard specific decision support products to suit the needs of vulnerable
  sectors such as agriculture, water, energy, etc. for utilization by
  stakeholders at all levels (community, City/Local Governments, Provincial
  and National governments);
• Analyze
  hazard, vulnerability and risk and potential impacts to vulnerable sectors
  based on subject specific information in order to design appropriate
  climate risk reduction interventions and climate change adaptation
  measures to suit all levels (community, City/Local Government, Provincial
  and National governments);
• Generate
  / prepare advance hazard specific early warnings, end-to-end EW system
  development and dissemination of relevant information to communities at
  risk as well as to sector specific stakeholders such as agriculture,
  water, energy, etc at all levels;
• Develop
  Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Concept of Operations (CONOPs),
  Decision Support Systems (DSSs) for effective dissemination of Early
  warnings to communities at risk.
• Develop
  Climate Risk Management ( CRM) /Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) strategies
  and identification of risk management opportunities to address residual
  risk within different eco-systems to minimize socio-economic effects on
  lives, livelihoods, economic assets and infrastructure;
• Analyze
  socio-economic and physical vulnerabilities to changing climate and
  climate risk environment, utilizing results from research on historical
  impacts, current adaptation /coping strategies and policy and
  institutional landscape, and changing socio-economic conditions
  (population growth, urbanization, economic growth, consumption trends,
  environmental degradation, etc.);
• Provide
  resource inputs in development and delivery of training & capacity
  building programs on the subject to enable user institutions and
  communities to translate risk information and apply decision support tools
  for CRM and CCA;
• Advocate
  for the integration of CRM and/or climate forecast information application
  in development planning process and mainstreaming;
• Assisting
  in developing strategic approach to achieving program goals and
  sustainability of the CRM and climate risk management programs undertaken
  by Uganda Red Cross Society;
• Assistance
  in increasing the program outreach through development of new programmes,
  engagement in advocacy, assistance in fund mobilization, enhancement of
  existing partnerships and development of new partnership to increase the
  outreach;
• Other
  duties and responsibilities as assigned by the IARP Project Manager.

• The
  ideal candidate for the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) Socio-Economic/Early
  warning and Early Action (EWEA) Specialist job opportunity should
  preferably hold a Bachelor’s degree in the fields of Meteorology,
  Hydrology, Agro-meteorology; Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change
  Adaptation or other related fields from a reputable institute;
• Post
  Graduate qualification in in the fields of Meteorology, Hydrology, Agro-meteorology;
  Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation or other related
  fields from a reputable institute will be an added advantage;
• Three
  years of hands-on experience in undertaking climate risk
  management/climate change adaptation, early warning system development and
  utilizing climate information to reduce the physical & socio-economic
  impacts to communities and vulnerability of relevant sectors;
• Experience
  in climate related hazard risk information generation and dissemination to
  vulnerable communities/sectors;
• Experience
  in design, implementation and management of projects related to climate
  risk management and adaptation to climate change.
• Knowledge
  in training and capacity building in the above mentioned fields;
• Demonstrated
  experience in documentation and development of Knowledge management
  products;
• Demonstrated
  experience in Climate related Hazard specific information generation,
  application, translation / interpretation and dissemination to all levels
  including sector specific stakeholders;
• Proficiency
  in English language, oral and written communication including having a
  demonstrated track record in technical report writing and ability to
  communicate technical matters effectively to general audience;
• Excellent
  interpersonal skills, team-oriented work style, and experience in working
  in a multi-cultural environment.

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