Disability Inclusive DRR Consultant at United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Duties and Responsibilities:
The consultant will be responsible for developing an Issue Brief with key recommendations that integrates the Africa region key findings from the Global Survey, and builds on the report “Including Persons with Disabilities in Disaster Risk Reduction: A Research Study from Eight Countries of Africa, Asia and South/Central America” that includes analysis from Niger, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

The consultant will also support new countries to be analysed for this Issue Brief which includes Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Togo. These countries are part of the joint UNDRR, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Intra-ACP Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Programme funded under the 11th European Development Fund. The Brief will include policy recommendations for member states and other organizations to use in facilitating DRR/M activities. Work Assignments include:

• Conduct a desk review of existing literature on the status of disability inclusive disaster risk reduction with a focus on Africa; and the 4 countries; Submit the literature review
• Project Inception Phase: desk review, preliminary analysis and development of data collection methodology
• Conduct data collection with Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), National Disaster Management Authorities (NDMAs), and other stakeholders in the 4 countries 10-12 key informant interviews/focus group discussions.
• Analysis and Development of Issue Brief: consolidation of findings which includes the 4 new countries and the current ones (Niger, Uganda Zimbabwe), 7 in total. The Issue Brief should include recommendations for stakeholders (OPDs, Governments, Development partners, private sector etc). Incorporate feedback on the draft report, finalize the report, develop key messages and a presentation of key findings.
• Final Issue Brief: 15-20 pages Issue Brief submitted.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced University degree in international development studies, humanities, social sciences, disability studies or related field is required.
• A first level university degree with a combination of 2 additional years of relevant academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience researching or working on advocacy or research on disability inclusion, the rights of persons with disabilities, or inclusive disaster risk reduction is required.
• Experience in analytical work using MS Form results and writing reports is desirable.

Languages

• Fluency in English is required.