Overview
Consultant to develop a national disaster risk reduction strategy risk overview and manage geospatial data for hotspot analysis in Timor-Leste.
Key Responsibilities
- - Generating National Risk Overview: Consolidate existing risk assessments and information into a strategic, multi-hazard national risk overview.
- - Geospatial Data Harmonization and Spatial Analysis: Compile, quality-assure, and harmonize infrastructure asset inventories and historical hazard and disaster loss datasets.
- - Documentation & handover: Prepare spatial data documentation in English for institutional handover.
Required Experience
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in geospatial analysis, multi-hazard risk assessment/analytics.
- Experience in geospatial analysis using GIS software (ArcGIS, QGIS etc) is required.
- Experience in conducting disaster risk assessments in SIDS, LDCs, or Southeast Asian context is highly desirable.
- Experience in facilitating multi-stakeholder consultations, including marginalized and vulnerable groups is desirable.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in geoinformatics, geographic information systems (GIS), geography, disaster risk management, or a closely related field is required.
- A first-level university degree with at least 2 additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
