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UNDP seeks applicants under the following sub-profile areas of expertise and should refer to the additional qualifications noted below:
1.Community Infrastructure Assessment Engineer
Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering or a related area. A professional engineering license in the country of practice is desired.
2.Community Infrastructure Engineer
Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering (civil engineering, electrical engineering, hydraulic engineering, or industrial engineering). A professional engineering license in the country of practice is desired.
3.Housing Advisor
College degree or equivalent in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Urban and Regional Planning or other field relevant to development and management of human settlements. A first level university degree in combination with relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Continuing education in risks and uncertainties around climate change related to infrastructure in select regions.
4.Recovery Advisor for Debris Management
Degree in engineering or related field.
WHAT IS ENGINEERING?
Sustainable infrastructure is at the foundation of UNDP's work in crisis settingsjoin us in working with local, national, and international partners to develop future-ready infrastructure projects around the globe.
1. Community Infrastructure Assessment Engineer
When natural disasters strike, they can significantly impact both physical and economic infrastructure in the affected region. However, with international assistance, affected communities may embark on a comprehensive reconstruction and economic recovery process. An area characterized by rugged terrain and lush rainforests, can face challenges unique to its geographical features.
Following a recent weather event, damage to infrastructure was observed in various communities, including disruption of roadways and access to essential services. Residents reported landslides, flooding, and destruction of dwellings, affecting both livelihoods and agricultural activities.
While no formal emergency declaration has been made, initial assessments have been hindered by capacity constraints within the government. Recognizing the need for assistance, the government has requested support from UNDP to address the impact of the recent events, with a particular focus on the agricultural sector, crucial for the affected population's economic stability.
2.Community Infrastructure Engineer
In the aftermath of crises, UNDP is engaged in community infrastructure rehabilitation to support reconstruction efforts at the local level. Community Infrastructure and Community-Based Assets (physical and institutional) are critical for enabling a local population to thrive – economically, socially, and culturally. Human development is inextricably linked with the performance of these community-based systems and structures.
The goal of UNDP's intervention in this is to assist a community to be fully engaged in leading its own recovery, enable local residents harness their own potential, expand their choices, learn new skills, and prioritize their needs and access opportunities.
In this context, UNDP is planning to develop infrastructure rehabilitation programme(s) to rebuild key local structures that perform basic functions and services which will be central to the survival and healthy functioning of the community and to its economic sustainability.
UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP's policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels, forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan. Within the GPN, the Crisis Bureau (CB) is galvanizing the organization's efforts to support countries to build resilience by strengthening capacities to anticipate, prevent, respond to, and recover from the impacts of crises and shocks on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These efforts are geared towards reducing countries' reliance on external humanitarian relief and peace interventions, while risk-informing development planning and decision-making to minimize creation of new risks.
Within the CB, support to country operations is coordinated by the Country Support Management Team (CSMT), working closely with other teams within the GPN. The overall goal of the CSMT is to ensure strong, coherent, and coordinated support to country offices (COs), as it relates to crisis and fragility, within the full spectrum of the GPN's service offer. The CSMT steers the effective interaction of GPN Teams, Regional Bureau/Regional Hub and CO counterparts for integrated country support. It ensures that UNDP corporate support is provided before, during and after crises. It also supports and coordinates the GPN crisis response capacity and takes the lead in a UNDP-wide approach to strengthen UNDP capacity in preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from crisis.
The Community Infrastructure Engineer will lead on the assessment of the community's needs and based on this, design a rehabilitation programme in close cooperation with government stakeholders. The development of the programme will comprise strategic planning, resource mobilization and the provision of technical assistance as well as the start-up of programme/activities.
The Engineer will work under the overall guidance of the UNDP Resident Representative or Country Director and direct supervision of Deputy Resident Representative/Deputy Country Director, Programme and the relevant programme units.
3.Housing Advisor
UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet.
Under the broader framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in close coordination with other UN agencies. UNDP is looking to hire a Housing Advisor to support a post-disaster assessment to evaluate the extent of the impact on the housing sector, based on these findings, to develop a Housing Recovery Programme. The proposed programme would incorporate elements of disaster risk resilience and sustainability linked to use of efficient and effective use of resources – energy, water, and others.
4.Recovery Advisor for Debris Management
There are five outputs generally included in each UNDP debris management programme and interventions:
1. Effective assessment management: Debris assessments have been carried out in consultation with local communities in most affected areas;
2. Safe demolition, removal and re-use of debris: Quantity of rubble removed, recycled and/or re-used; and/or quantity of community infrastructure sites rehabilitated with products made out of debris (i.e. pavement stones); Demolition of number of unsafe structures;
3. Livelihoods stabilization through emergency employment: Number of emergency jobs created e.g. through cash for work through debris removal in most affected communities; Number of men and women trained in recycling and enterprise management;
4. Enterprise recovery: Number of men and women benefitting from the establishment of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises focusing on debris recycling or reuse;
5. Institutional strengthening: Capacity of the national/ local government has been strengthened with respect to coordination, development of policy frameworks and/or information management on debris.
Project-specific objectives:
1) Removing debris from collapsed houses.
2) Safe demolition of dangerous structures.
3) Clearance of living surfaces for establishment of new housing solutions.
4) Recuperation of lost assets and documentation.
5) Restoration of livelihoods in preparation for the planting season.
Project expected outcomes:
1) Removal and management of at least m3 of debris in most affected areas.
2) Demolition of unsafe structures and rubble removal.
3) Creation of term employments in most affected communities.
This intervention will serve for the quick reactivation of local economies and restoration of livelihoods, key in these coming weeks before the monsoon when the planting season starts in rural areas.
The focus will be on a number of interventions including demolishing, removal of debris/rubble and simultaneously transporting, crushing, sorting and treating the waste generated in an environmentally friendly way. Other planned cash for work (CfW) activities encompass cleaning streets, clearing roads, rehabilitation of basic public infrastructure (light construction repairs only) such as markets, access to water and sanitation, protection of water sources, etc. The urgency of these interventions cannot be underestimated because of the upcoming monsoon season.
This pilot project will also lay the ground for a medium- to long-term national employment programme to be incorporated in any National Development and Recovery Plan. Lessons learnt from this experience will serve to scale up operations as needed and link UNDP programmes to medium to longer term schemes.
The strategic approach that UNDP would take would be to ensure that all interventions are inclusive, participatory and transparent. This will be achieved through use of multi stakeholder processes for identifying local level priorities and ensuring that beneficiaries selected are inclusive to reflect the ethnic composition of the region in which interventions are being carried. The interventions will be carried out in coordination and where possible in partnership with local authorities.
The programme will build on UNDP's experience and successes in debris management and labor intensive cash for work interventions from other countries such as Haiti, Myanmar, Lebanon, PAPP, and the Philippines.
The Recovery Advisor for Debris Management will work at the district level to ensure that guidance and implementation plans are developed and carried in an effective and timely manner in accordance with the project. The advisor will coordinate the team of UNV engineers being deployed at community level to supervise demolition and debris removal operations.
The Recovery Advisor for Debris Management will work under the overall guidance of the Country Director and direct supervision of the senior recovery advisor for debris management.
The Recovery Advisor for Debris Management will work at the district level to ensure that guidance and implementation plans are developed and carried in an effective and timely manner in accordance with the project. The advisor will coordinate the team of UNV engineers being deployed at community level to supervise demolition and debris removal operations.
The Recovery Advisor for Debris Management will work under the overall guidance of the Country Director and direct supervision of the senior recovery advisor for debris management.
SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED WORK
1. Community Infrastructure Assessment Engineer
2.Coordinate inputs from the technical team and draft the sector report working in close coordination with the Lead Ministries, the UNDP Deputy RR, and the Cluster Lead for Prevention, Recovery, and Resilience.
3.Identify key priorities for affected households in the Community Infrastructure Sector with focus on resilient recovery working in close coordination with the UNDP Deputy RR, and the Cluster Lead for Prevention, Recovery and Resilience
4. Coordinate and manage the Community Infrastructure Sector Assessment on behalf of UNDP and the delivery of reports along agreed timelines working in close coordination with the lead Ministries in the country, the UNDP Deputy RR, and the Cluster Lead for Prevention, Recovery and Resilience.
5.Recommend institutional mechanisms and policy measures to be undertaken in support of the Community Infrastructure Sector Recovery, including measures in place to prevent and mitigate a crisis of similar nature in the future.
2.Community Infrastructure Engineer
3. Housing Advisor
The overall objective:
The Housing Advisor will lead in supporting the team in the implementation of community housing rehabilitation and reconstruction iand provide support in developing well-adapted, resilient housing, public services (schools and health centers). The Housing Advisor will provide guidance, input, and advisory support to UNDP in various aspects of community housing reconstruction, to ensure a people-centric approach to the design of the reconstruction initiative.
Specific Objectives:
4.Recovery Advisor for Debris Management
1. Support local authorities with conducting an assessment of the recovery needs in the area of debris management and recycling
2. Develop a programme strategy for recovery & debris management as part of a wider recovery framework including the promotion of longer term livelihoods initiatives, with special focus on women and socially excluded groups
3. Design a results framework including a monitoring and evaluation plan
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION:
At UNDP, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UNDP recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.
UNDP has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNDP, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UNDP's policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UNDP personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference checks.
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Level of experience: Senior Professional, more than 5 years
Area of work Definition: Construction, Infrastructure Development, Reconstruction
Type of organisation: Multilateral Organisations