Disaster Risk Management Officer
Job Vacancy | Friday, April 4, 2025
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- Reference Number 250292 Position Level TL5 Department Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department Division Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster Location Asian Development Bank Headquarters Date Posted Friday, April 4, 2025 Closing Date Tuesday, April 22, 2025 11:59 p.m. (2359 Manila Time, 0800 GMT)
Join Our Mission to Foster Prosperity in Asia
Are you ready to make a lasting impact on the future of Asia and be a catalyst for positive change? We are thrilled to offer a unique opportunity to become an important part of the prestigious Asian Development Bank (ADB). At ADB, our mission is simple yet powerful: to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.
Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationship
While the position of Disaster Risk Management Officer resides with the Disaster Risk Management Unit within the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department (CCSD), you will be strategically assigned to support the Philippines country office (PhCO), within the South East Asia Regional Department (SERD). CCSD leads thematic operations, knowledge innovation, and partnerships.
You will have a primary reporting line to the Director, Disaster Risk Management, and have a matrix reporting line to the Country Director, PhCO.
Your Role
As a Disaster Risk Management Officer, you will provide in-depth technical support to the development, implementation and coordination of ADB's Disaster Risk Management (DRM) agenda. The staff will work with other members of ADB's DRM team to support country teams with upstream analysis, Country and Regional Partnership Strategy development, technical assistance and investment programming, act as a member of ONE ADB team to maximize disaster risk management outcomes in sector investments, and monitor progress of ongoing thematic and sector work related to disaster resilience. You will also support the design, development, processing, implementation, and evaluation of technical assistance projects related to disaster risk management.
You will:
- Support the PhCO to implement the country partnership strategy focused on Scaling Up Nature-Based Development and Disaster Resilience. Support annual country programming missions and monitor an overview of country level disaster risk management operations.
Qualifications
You will need:
Bachelor's degree, preferably with advanced training in DRM, civil/structural engineering, economics, urban planning, social sciences, or related fields. At least 8 years of relevant work experience. Ability to work across the hazard spectrum to support a holistic approach to disaster risk reduction and DRM is required In-depth understanding of the country's DRM system and established network with key stakeholders is required. Demonstrated expertise in disaster risk financing and experience in processing and implementing of investment projects would be an advantage. Knowledge of ADB or other multilateral organizations' products, processes, and systems on project/program processing and other programming activities, would be an advantage. Demonstrated strong research, writing and presentation skills. Written and verbal proficiency in both Tagalog and English. Skills and competencies to liaise and work with internal and external stakeholders of ADB; and work collaboratively with teams. Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for National Staff Levels TL5Benefits
ADB offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package. The salary will be based on ADB's standards and comparator markets, taking into account your qualifications and experience.
Paid leave (including parental) Medical and health benefits Life and other insurance plans Staff development Retirement plan Housing and education allowance (if applicable)Additional Information
This is a fixed term appointment with option to renew for an initial period of 3 years following Section 3.1 (b) of Administrative Order No. 2.01 (\"Recruitment and Appointment'). This appointment is not convertible to a regular appointment. It may be extended on an exceptional basis for a further fixed period at the option of ADB. This appointment is open to internal and external applicants.
About Us
Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an international development finance institution headquartered in Manila, Philippines and is composed of 68 members, 49 of which are from the Asia and Pacific region. ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. ADB combines finance, knowledge, and partnerships to fulfill its expanded vision under its Strategy 2030.
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