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The Urban Resilience Analyst will provide dedicated support to the Urban Resilience Advisor, and contribute to urban resilience policy and programme development, implementation, partnership building, advocacy and resource mobilization efforts in support of the ECOWAS Commission.

The Urban Resilience Analyst will be based in the ECOWAS Commission’s Humanitarian Affairs Division of the Humanitarian and Social Affairs Directorate in Abuja, Nigeria and shall be responsible for supporting inputs into operationalizing the AURP towards ECOWAS’ regional programmatic efforts to build the resilience of its Member States to the losses from urban disasters. Under the supervision and guidance of the Urban Resilience Advisor, s/he will support the coordination and delivery of policy guidance to shape the implementation mechanisms of the AURP and the delivery of strategic programme activities in West Africa.

The Urban Resilience Analyst will support the scaling up of the urban resilience work being carried out in the Sahel region by UNDP in partnership with UN-Habitat through the Sahel Resilience Project Phase 1 and continued in Phase 2. S/he will also contribute to developing other AURP implementation mechanisms for the ECOWAS region, such as the Joint Regional Programme (JRP) on Smart Urban Resilience in Africa in collaboration with UNDP and UN-Habitat, and the AUC’s partnership with the GIZ-funded ‘Resilience Initiative Africa’ project (RIA). S/he will contribute to other functions of the Humanitarian Affairs Division in areas such as urban risk assessment, urban early warning and early action systems, urban recovery preparedness as well as integration of disaster and climate risks in urban planning through coherent policy, strategic and programme advisory services at the regional and national level, as per the requirements of the ECOWAS Commission.

The Urban Resilience Analyst’s scope of work will include, but will not be limited to the following responsibilities and tasks:

• • Support the Urban Resilience Advisor in coordinating and providing technical advice to the ECOWAS Commission on urban resilience programming.
  • Support the development of an ECOWAS-specific urban resilience programme and ensure its alignment with the AURP and the Regional Resilience Strategy for West Africa;
  • Supporting in the operationalization of the AURP in West Africa, incorporating inputs from relevant Directorates and external partners in programme design, including outlining a work plan for its implementation at the regional level;
  • Coordinate with and consult the ECOWAS Commission, Directorate of Humanitarian and Social Affairs and other relevant Directorates to identify and outline appropriate institutional structures and mechanisms (new and existing) to support the delivery of urban resilience programming in the ECOWAS, including considerations of bilateral and multi-stakeholder meetings and workshops for effectively operationalizing the AURP in West Africa and developing an ECOWAS-specific urban resilience programme;
  • advising the establishment or strengthening of an interdepartmental working group to serve as a platform to discuss, formulate and support initiatives on urban resilience in a coherent and coordinated manner;

• Participate to the development of a partnership and resource mobilization strategy for urban resilience programming in West Africa, including the development of products that can be used to support the ECOWAS Commission to draw key partners for resource mobilization;
• Provide assistance and day-to-day programme management support for urban resilience-related work (including meeting attendance, minutes and note taking, preparation of draft texts and reports, draft memos, managing programme folders and records, and tracking of outputs and deliverables), including producing relevant reports and programme evaluation modalities relating to urban resilience programming and operationalization of the AURP, and liaise with the Humanitarian Affairs Division, Communication Directorate and Sahel Resilience Project team for the development of advocacy plans for urban resilience and the dissemination of communication material and channels;
• Support the development and delivery of training (including training material), and capacity-building efforts that underscore urban resilience programming, and support overall day-to-day management of urban resilience programming in the Humanitarian Affairs Division through the preparation of reports, briefs, memos, and statements, among others;
• Conduct research and literature reviews, and keep abreast with the overall policy, research and practice landscape of DRR and resilience in West Africa, and any other tasks related to urban resilience or closely related areas that will be assigned by the supervisor based on the emerging needs.