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Job Purpose

The Purpose of this position is to: (i) provide specialised support and expertise to Country Operations Managers, Operational Team Leaders (OTLs), Project Management Specialists and Executing Agencies (EAs) in in the Regional Hubs in identifying, mainstreaming and monitoring disaster Risk Management and Resilience (DRMR) in Bank operations during the identification, preparation, appraisal, implementation, and completion stages (throughout project lifecycle); (ii) design and carry out in close coordination with the regional hubs the emergency relief and response programs and projects to respond to the natural disasters; (iii) ensure that humanitarian development nexus is mainstreamed in Bank’s programs and projects in fragile and conflict affected member countries; (iii) Provide support and report to the Manager, Fragility and Resilience Division to coordinate the operationalization and implementation of disaster risk management and resilience policy of the Bank; (iv) contribute to the evaluation, improvement and dissemination of DRMR policy; and (v) contribute to the formulation, development and effective implementation of IsDB’s strategic initiatives relevant to disaster risk management, response and resilience including knowledge products, capacity building activities, and provide high level advisory, guidance and tools to the Regional Hubs and Member Countries. Key Accountabilities

**Strategic and Operational Planning and Implementation**:

- Contribute as an expert and participate in project appraisal, design as well as processing and approval process as team member along with relevant regional hub. Lead provision of input on Disaster Risk Management and Resilience (DRMR) aspects/
- Contribute and mainstream DRMR in Member Country Partnership Strategy (MCPS) formulation, country dialogue and engagements with relevant departments at HQ and regional hub.
- Lead in the development of strategic policies, plans, guidelines, analytics and other products related to disaster risk management, response and resilience with the fragility and resilience division and with other Global Practices in Director General - Global Practices and Partnerships Complex
- Lead the design and development of emergency response, recovery, reconstruction and resilience projects and programs of the Bank to support the member countries to respond to the crisis.
- Implement the Crisis Response Management Guidelines of the Bank to guide the Bank’s staff in responding to the natural disasters and crisis
- Monitor and assess initiatives related to relief, development, disaster management and resilience
- Contribute to the selection of the Program / Portfolio which maximize the utilization of resources and concentrate on results-based impact on relief, development, disaster management and resilience in MCs.
- Closely work with other units of the Bank on disaster risk management, response and resilience and humanitarian development nexus, which entails providing intellectual leadership on positioning the Global Practice (GP) internally and externally in relevant domains. Provide advisory on GPs work on disaster risk management, response, and resilience, identifying staff and learning needs and setting competencies and standards for their global, regional, and country-specific solution areas to support the national disaster management agencies
- Propose programs and interventions strengthening national early warning systems of the member countries to respond to risk of natural disasters and crisis.
- Provide the regional hub staff with the necessary technical guidance and expertise in operationalizing the disaster risk management, response, recovery and resilience
- Provide expert advisory on the delivery of selected global engagement products on disaster risk management, and when needed, directly lead and participate in country dialogues and deliverables (such as those related to UNDRR), in addition to capacity building workshops in Member Countries.
- Safeguard Policy and Compliance Monitoring:

- Lead the monitoring of the implementation of DRMR policy of IsDB projects during implementation.
- Identify, and report on projects mainstreaming DRMR
- Participate in safeguard policy/Bank Procedure (BP) review and update as needed and contribute to the Bank consultation and submission approval process, taking the lead on DRMR aspects
- as needed liaise with clients, non-government organizations (NGOs), development partners.
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with other leading works on DRMR within the IsDB and Academia, MDBs and other key partners, outside IsDB, on relevant research/analysis, events, and outreach.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of policies of relief, development, disaster management and resilience

**Capacity Building**:

- Identify, assess, and monitor overall capacity building needs DRMR and crisis management within the Bank, including Regional Hubs, and among clients.
- Develop