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JOB TITLE: Consultant – Coordinator of Great Lakes Innovation Hub on Conflict-Sensitive and Protection-Centered Anticipatory Action
TYPE OF CONTRACT: International Consultant, Level 2
UNIT/DIVISION: Programme Unit/Strategic Outcome 2
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Kigali, Rwanda
DURATION: 11 months with possibility for extension contingent on funding availability
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
A consortium comprising three of the largest agencies active in the Anticipatory Action (AA) landscape globally - World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - are launching a 24-month ECHO-funded project entitled “Driving innovation towards conflict-sensitive, protection-centred disaster risk management through systems for inter-agency anticipatory action in the Great Lakes region.” The project’s activities have a strong focus on Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with a regional component encompassing the wider Great Lakes region, and the implementation period spans mid-2024 to mid-2026.
Building on current gaps in AA priorities across the southern and eastern African regions, the consortium members' experiences, and the growing need for conflict-sensitive and protection-centred (CSPC) AA, the consortium will establish a regional south-south learning and innovation hub for the Great Lakes region hosted by the WFP Rwanda office. By integrating an approach that considers the complex dynamics of fragility, conflict and violence, the project aims at mitigating the impact of predictable hazards and shocks and their compounding effects, including climate and human made hazards. It thereby not only seeks to address the pressing humanitarian needs created by climate shocks and exacerbated by multiple other risks, including human-made hazards, but to foster resilient and empowered systems and communities that can effectively navigate the intricate intersection of multi-risks and fragility and conflict dynamics in the region.
This project aims to initiate and accelerate AA systems building in these two countries, bridging institutional gaps across the core pillars of AA through capacity strengthening adapted to the needs of each country, while advancing regional efforts to develop CSPC AA approaches and best practices. The latter will be done through the establishment of the CSPC AA Hub for the Great Lakes region. This position enables the overall coordination of the project and provides specific leadership to the Hub.
The Great Lakes Hub on CSPC AA will focus on methodological and technical support and innovation, evidence generation, advocacy, regional dialogue and south-south exchange in CSPC AA. The activities aim to benefit the whole Great Lakes region – governments and AA partners alike - as well as the global AA community. The Hub will undertake activities that include development of normative guidance and tools, inter-agency evaluations and research, policy and learning events, south-south learning visits and technical exchanges between Governments, among others. The Hub will seek to build synergies with other relevant initiatives, including HDP Nexus initiatives, Conflict Sensitive Resource Facilities in adjoining regions, and