Consultant (Extreme Heat Risk Governance)

About the role

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is consulting in Dakar, Senegal, to support the Government of Senegal in applying the Extreme Heat Risk Governance Framework and Toolkit. The project identifies governance gaps, strengthens inter-agency coordination, assesses heat-risk governance maturity and develops a prioritized roadmap and financing strategy for reducing extreme heat risks at national and sub-national levels. The consultancy lasts about 13 months and works under the supervision of the Programme Management Officer of the UNDRR Regional Office for Africa and the Global Lead on Extreme Heat Risk Reduction at UNDRR Headquarters.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain regular engagement with the Government of Senegal to identify champion entities, agree on the project approach and expected results, and support cross-sectoral inter-agency relationships, including stakeholder onboarding and follow-up.
• Map government institutions, partners, donors and investors, document their roles and mandates, and develop a stakeholder engagement strategy.
• Support sensitization and outreach on the Framework and Toolkit with key stakeholders in Dakar and at sub-national level.
• Support key informant interviews, surveys and questionnaires on climate-services use in decision-making and heat-governance maturity assessments.
• Support multi-stakeholder workshops and scenario-based tabletop simulations, and consolidate their outputs.
• Help process the outcomes of the first inter-agency coordination meeting into priority actions and indicative financing strategies for later phases.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in disaster risk reduction, public administration and/or governance, political affairs, emergency management, engineering, public policy, urban planning, social science or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in public administration and/or governance, political affairs, disaster risk reduction, risk management, engineering, urban planning or a related field in Senegal.
• Experience working with national and sub-national stakeholders in Senegal.
• Experience drafting strategic planning documents, reports and conducting stakeholder consultations.
• Experience supporting inter-agency and cross-sectoral coordination is desirable; familiarity with extreme heat risk prevention, mitigation and management measures is desirable.

Required skills

• Fluency in English and French, the working languages of the UN Secretariat; knowledge of another UN official language is desirable.