Disaster Risk Management Specialist – Antigua & Barbuda, Saint Kitts & Nevis

• Oversee, administer, and supervise emergency response, training, and technical assistance programs implemented under the Amentum RDAP contract in Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Assess hazards, risks, vulnerabilities, exposures, existing capacities, and required capabilities in each country
• Undertake country-level strategic planning to reduce risk and address capability gaps
• Develop and execute emergency management, disaster preparedness, disaster response, and disaster risk reduction training and technical assistance programs
• Assist public, private, and regional disaster agencies and organizations
• Develop relationships and liaise with humanitarian, host-nation, UN, and U.S. Government organizations
• Facilitate course hand-off workshops and design, develop, and oversee national and regional training courses
• Provide technical advice to the USG and coordinate with MDROs and U.S. Missions
• Participate in preparation, execution, monitoring, and evaluation of annual work plans and country plans
• Develop and maintain country rosters of surge consultants; manage consultant activation and training completion
• Identify and facilitate procurement of relief items with the USG
• Provide recurring written activity reports
• Participate in response operations and provide disaster response support
• Coordinate with local stakeholders to develop country-specific strategic and operating plans
• Respond to RDAP leadership team requests

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, International Development, Emergency Management or related discipline
• Experience in providing/supporting emergency management or disaster preparedness training and technical assistance programs
• Excellent knowledge of capacity building best practices and ability to identify significant capacity building opportunities; good understanding of capacity assessment methodologies
• Effective project management skills, including strategic planning, results-based activity implementation, and reporting
• Previous experience supporting disaster relief programs strongly preferred
• Expertise in food security, nutrition, health, WASH, environmental health, shelter, gender, protection and inclusion, logistics, and/or ability to analyze cross-cutting issues preferred
• Proven organizational skills and ability to manage multiple activities, plan effectively, and communicate plans clearly
• Level 5/native speaker required for country-specific local language
• Excellent writing skills in the native language and adequate writing skills in English
• General social, political, and geographic knowledge of LAC
• Solid knowledge of procurement, information management, and communication technology
• Ability to deploy on short notice for extended periods, up to 45 days, anywhere in LAC and possibly under austere living conditions
• Specialist knowledge of donor-funded projects
• Excellent management, organization, and coordination skills
• Strong communication and engagement skills
• Ability to share local network of vendors, suppliers, and authorities to support start-up
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Command of Microsoft Office
• Multitasking capabilities and delivery of tasks/deliverables in short time frames
• Ability to work in a team and independently/remotely
• Ability to manage client expectations and requirements in a culturally diverse team
• Knowledge of USG rules and regulations preferred