IFRC Senior Officer, Anticipatory Action Jobs in Ghana

IFRC Senior Officer, Anticipatory Action Jobs in Ghana

Job Purpose

Under the guidance of the Anticipatory Action Delegate and in close cooperation and coordination with the relevant Partner National Societies and IFRC offices, the Africa Anticipatory Action Senior Officer will support setting up (where no previous work exists) and strengthening (where previous work exists) the Forecast-based Financing (FbF) mechanisms with National Societies under its geographic remit.

The implementation focuses on the development of Early Action Protocols (EAP) or Simplified EAPs, and the strengthening of the National Societies' capacities for anticipatory action planning and delivery, including coordination with their respective governments and other key stakeholders.

Developing effective readiness and early action requires national dialogue and coordination to shift the system to anticipatory action, followed by an in-depth risk analysis to develop impact-based triggers, identify effective and feasible early actions, and strengthen the required operational capacity to implement these actions.

The Senior Officer, Anticipatory Action therefore will work closely with the regional thematic and technical experts.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Overall implementation and management of the anticipatory action project in the selected countries

Develop work plans with the National Societies, IFRC Delegations, Climate Centre, and Partner National Societies for the implementation of the AA project in the country.

Ensure project funding agreements are in place with National Societies and work with IFRC Delegations to ensure day-to-day progress on agreed work plans.

Accompany the National Society, the IFRC Delegations, and the Partner National Societies in the EAP/sEAP development, approval, and management process.

In coordination with the Grants Manager, monitor the financial expenditures, and provide progress reports on results against objectives and risk analyses as required.

Contribute to a client-oriented approach that values accountability for results, proactivity, continuous improvement, innovation, high performance, and cost-effectiveness.

Creating an enabling environment for anticipatory action:

Led by respective National Societies, convene stakeholders on anticipatory action, including National Disaster Management Authorities, National Hydro-meteorological Services, relevant sectoral ministries as well as other humanitarian partners in the country.

Foster dialogues on early action and preparedness, advocating for national government anticipatory strategy, to ensure ownership and coordination of government stakeholders including Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies

Support the establishment of technical working groups, MoUs on anticipatory action and/or integrate into existing national coordination groups.

Conducting feasibility and capacity assessments to determine the feasibility of anticipatory action:

Support and conduct feasibility studies and capacity assessments, using and leveraging existing assessment results and initiatives such as Preparedness

for Effective Response, relevant outlook indicators, government level and National Society organizational level capacity analysis, mapping and analysis of national early warning mechanisms and their feasibility to provide indicators for anticipatory action.

Support the National Societies with the prioritization of hazards, review of forecasts/data, and early warning systems.

Engage the relevant stakeholders such as IFRC and Partners in the feasibility studies, sensitize and socialize findings and lessons learned.

Engage with the regional climate prediction and impact-based forecasting such as IGAD in East Africa, SADAC in Southern Africa, and ECOWAS in the Sahel when appropriate.

Strengthening the operational capacity and readiness of the National Society:

Utilise Preparedness for Effective Response (PER) process to identify key operational and technical capacity-building needs, including staff training, developing, or updating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), contingency plans, and required support services (HR, admin, logistics) to deliver anticipatory action.

Education

Required

Relevant post-graduate university degree in Disaster Risk Reduction, Disaster Management, Development studies or related areas.

Basic Delegates Training Course (BTC), WORC, IMPACT or equivalent knowledge.

Experience

Required

5 years’ international experience in the humanitarian sector, technical level related to Disaster Risk Management programming, institutional preparedness, capacity strengthening initiatives, emergency response operations or EWEA systems.

Experience in emergency response coordination or project management at the country level.

Experience or exposure to anticipatory humanitarian action.

Experience in process management or organizational change.

Experience managing large projects including programmatic and financial aspects.

Experience working with the Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies.

Good understanding of the IFRC policies, system, and procedures.

Experience in coordinating with multiple stakeholders, including authorities and other humanitarian actors.

Knowledge, Skills and Languages

Required

Excellent communication and facilitation skills

Well organized, with very good planning and time management skills

Self-supporting in computers (Email, Internet, spreadsheets, word-processing, etc.)

Fluently spoken and written English

Preferred

Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic)

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; IFRC Senior Officer, Anticipatory Action Jobs in Ghana

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