CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries.CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. CARE has been operational in Nepal since 1978 and works in partnerships with government and non-government stakeholders across the spectrum of humanitarian action and long-term development programs.

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CARE Nepal

Crisis Anticipation and Risk Financing: Technical Specialist
> Responsibility: Specialist
> Department/Project/PN: START Fund Nepal
> Work station: Central office, Kathmandu
> Incumbent’s Name: TBD
> Supervisor: Programme Manager

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. CARE has been operational in Nepal since 1978 and works in partnerships with government and non- government stakeholders across the spectrum of humanitarian action and long-term development programs.

Start Network is made up of more than 50 aid agencies across five continents, ranging from large international organisations to national NGOs. Together, our aim is to transform humanitarian action through innovation, fast funding, early action, and localisation.

We’re tackling what we believe are the biggest systemic problems that the sector faces. Problems including slow and reactive funding, centralised decision-making, and an aversion to change mean that people affected by crises around the world do not receive the best help fast enough, and needless suffering results. Our work focuses on three areas to change the system:

Localisation: shifting power to those closest to the front line for more effective response. New forms of financing: providing fast, early, and predictable funding to improve community resilience and preparedness. Collective innovation: sharing expertise, insights, and perspectives to shape a more effective humanitarian system.

The Start Network is at a critical point in its journey. We have grown and diversified our membership over the past 10 years. We are now set to evolve into a decentralised “network of networks” by 2025. We are currently working with five national and regional networks (hubs) in Pakistan, DRC, Guatemala, India, and the Pacific. They are developing locally owned ways of anticipating and responding to humanitarian crises. We aim to support the emergence and
development of further Hubs in the coming years. Our ultimate ambition is to devolve leadership, membership, programming, and decision making to the hubs, while the UK team transitions to provide services of support.

Start Network is committed to protecting people, particularly children, at-risk adults and affected populations from any harm that may be caused due to their encountering the Start Network as well as responding effectively should any harm occur. We are also committed to safeguarding staff from any forms of bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and abuse of power as outlined in the Dignity at Work policy.

Start Network embraces diversity, promotes equality of opportunity and eliminates unlawful discrimination. We are an equal opportunities employer and treat every application on merit alone. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, black, indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC), and LGBT+ and non-binary candidates. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet our essential selection criteria.

Our roles are open to discussion about flexible working. While our team is office based, home working is part of our culture. For part-time working and job-shares, please get in touch with us for a conversation about possibilities.

START Fund Nepal
Start Fund Nepal is a Start Network programme and is hosted by CARE – Nepal. SFN is a collectively managed financing mechanism, developed in Nepal by international (15 INGOs) Start Network members and partner NGOs (16 LNGOs) based in Nepal with support from the global Start Fund. SFN was launched in June 2021, with the support from the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and its first pilot year ended in March 2022 after which the exposure and coverage of the fund has grown significantly. Its pilot project was completed in March 2022. Phase II of the project started in April 2022 and will conclude in March 2024. Following global guidelines, Start Fund Nepal adheres to a 45-day implementation cycle, ensuring swift decision-making within 72 hours of a crisis alert and initiating primary activities within 7 days. Thus, the fund’s primary focus lies in rapid financing and response.

Recently, Start Fund Nepal has expanded its scope with the introduction of the Forecast-based, Warning, Analysis, and Response Network (FOREWARN) within its Crisis Anticipation and Risk Financing Unit. This initiative aims to engage non-member, multi-disciplinary actors in Nepal involved in disaster risk analysis and management, particularly in crisis anticipation and early action. FOREWARN aims to facilitate the quick assembly of experts to forecast disasters and provide support to humanitarian efforts in the vicinity of anticipated crises. Additionally, FOREWARN advocates for the normalization of early action in disaster response protocols.

JOB SUMMARY
As a Technical Specialist in the Crisis Anticipation and Risk Financing unit at Start Fund Nepal, the incumbent will lead efforts to anticipate and analyze humanitarian crises. The incumbent role involves providing humanitarian expertise across raised SFN humanitarian response alerts, advanced data analysis, trend monitoring, and scenario planning to identify emerging risks. The incumbent will design and implement projects that support the members of SFN raise anticipatory alerts, advocate for mainstreaming AA in the DRR community, provide technical expertise in areas like data analyses, weather forecasting, GIS, and foster partnerships to strengthen our crisis anticipation and response capabilities. The incumbent work will be crucial in building resilience and reducing the impact of crises on vulnerable communities in Nepal.

The Incumbent will also be leading and managing FOREWARN Nepal under the direct supervision of global CARF team and in-country program manager. Through this network, the incumbent will connect Start Fund Nepal members with local, national, and regional forecasting providers, hazard specialists, academia, government agencies, private organizations, and relevant sectoral experts in Nepal. The goal is to enable meaningful engagement with the wider early action framework in Nepal, and to drive forward joint initiatives to support appropriate and successful anticipatory activities and early action.

Application Deadline: 2 May 2024

HOW TO APPLY
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