Regional Emergency Preparedness and Response

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**ABOUT WFP**:
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world **achieve Zero Hunger** in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

**ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT**:
Disasters are a leading cause of hunger, affecting all aspects of food security; therefore, reducing risk and building resilience are prerequisites to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 2, and to create a world with Zero Hunger. LAC is home to 9 of the world’s top-20 countries most vulnerable to natural disasters. Over the past 5 years, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries have been affected by a variety of disasters and crises, including hurricanes (most recently Eta and Iota), recurrent droughts (i.e., the dry corridor that crosses El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala), the Venezuelan migratory and refugee crisis (that affect Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) and socio-political crisis, (i.e., in Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua).

With the exception of Haiti, the region is characterized by middle-income countries, with governments that are strengthening their disaster management systems as well as their social protection systems. However. these countries often require complementary assistance and/or technical assistance in order to ensure that these systems work together more effectively and become increasingly shock responsive. The region is also characterized by the presence of a number of vulnerable small island countries where WFP does not have a direct operational presence, but where WFP is often called upon to support emergency preparedness and response related initiatives.
The COVID-19 pandemic, which has particularly affected the LAC region, has not only exacerbated these pre-existing socio-economic inequalities, hampering access to food and nutrition and affecting the basic livelihoods of millions of people in the region but is also outpacing the capacity of the disaster management and social protection systems of many countries in this region, which are increasingly calling upon WFP Country Offices to complement their emergency response efforts.

The COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters have had a profound impact on the living conditions, security, and dignity of vulnerable populations in the LAC region. In addition to these challenges, the region is also facing the largest exodus in its recent history, with over 7.1 million Venezuelans living outside their country of origin, and close to 6 million residing in the LAC region. Despite the imposition of mobility restrictions, refugees and migrants from Venezuela continue to migrate through irregular routes, exposing themselves to extremely adverse conditions in search of protection and better life opportunities. These individuals are often excluded from social protection systems and have limited socio-economic possibilities, exacerbating their dire needs and food insecurity.

The WFP Regional Bureau Panama is responsible not only for positioning WFP strategically in this region but also for providing support to its 13 (multi) Country Offices at the operational level in view of facilitating the design and implementation of programmes, strategies, and processes that strengthen the emergency response and preparedness capacities of their host countries, as well as managing risks that come with these operations.

**JOB PURPOSE**:
Under the direct supervision of the Head of the EPR and CBT team within the Programme Unit, and working closely with the rest of the Programme team in RBP (in particular the Research and Analysis team and the Climate Change team), the Consultant will assume the following responsibilities, many of which have a clear field focus and country focus, with travels to country offices (CO) across the region, including to hard-to-reach locations.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)**:

- Contribute to the provision of first level technical support and advise (in coordination with other functions) to Country Offices, with focus on sub regional offices such as Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, about preparedness, early warning analysis, triggered early action, and effective emergency response.
- Lead the development of projects, plans, and processes for the Ecuador CO in Human Mobility and Emergency Preparedness and Response, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance.
- Support and oversee the capacity building of the Ecuador and Peru Country Office EPR teams providing guidance and mentoring more junior staff, acting as a point of referral, and assisting them in their function.
- Contribute to the enhancement of Ecuador CO EPR outcomes, leading the preparation of proposals for donors related to responses to human mobility and EPR acti

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