The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (Cdema) Coordinating Unit (CU) is inviting applications for the posts of Community Disaster Planning Specialist; Education and Training Specialist; Education and Training Specialist and Education and Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Manager. Location: Bridgetown, Barbados.
The Community Disaster Planning Specialist will liaise with and maintain a close working relationship with National Disaster Offices, Government departments, NGOs, civil society and community groups, when appropriate.
The Education and Training Specialist (ETS) will be responsible for the coordination, design and implementation of Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) education and training programmes in support of capacity building within Participating States (PS) and the Coordinating Unit (CU) for the achievement of CDM priority Outcomes.
The Mitigation and Preparedness Specialist (MPS) will focus on strengthening of the national programmes in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and climate change issues and providing support to Participating States (PS) in the utilization of the ICT applications for DRM particularly Geographic Information Science (GIS) and remote sensing applications.
The ICT Manager will provide leadership to the CDEMA CU in the area of internal LAN Management, and the expansion of the Information and Communication Technologies to manage the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) process. He/she will also provide leadership in the elaboration and implementation of the ICT policy for the CDEMA CU.
Send applications, including Resume, three (3) testimonials and copies of certificates via email to hr@cdema.org. Quote selection process number: CDEMA-CU/CDM-HIP/08; CDEMA-CU/CDM-HIP/06; CDEMA-CU/CDM-HIP/05; and CDEMA-CU/CDM-HIP/07 respectively. Application Deadline Date: February 21, 2012.
