Drought Management Coordination Officer II (DMCOII) at NDMA

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: –

• Data collection, analysis and reporting of drought early warning information.
• Compilation of county drought early warning bulletins;
• Dissemination of drought early information to relevant stakeholders with particular emphasis to drought prone communities;
• Conducting national and county food security assessments;
• Conducting rapid food security assessments and other surveys (nutritional surveys, market surveys, urban vulnerability surveys, etc.);
• Providing information to all drought management departments and Directorates
• Monitoring of the drought early warning system.
• Processing of GIS and remote sensing data and integrating into the drought early warning system
• Developing of reporting guidelines for GIS and remote sensing data.
• Identification of new remote sensing data sources for incorporation into the drought early warning system.

Drought Contingency Planning and Response
Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:

• Liaising with County Steering Group and County Planning Units, spearheading the production of Ward and County Contingency Plans;
• Collaborating with County Steering Group to undertake Rapid Assessment of the drought situation;
• Assessing the level of response and consolidate information required to request for disbursement of Drought Contingency Fund;
• Managing and maintaining the county Drought Contingency Fund Management Information System (DCF-MIS)
• Activation of Contingency Plans; implement and monitoring of County Drought Response interventions;
• Spearheading the preparation of Drought Recovery Plans to link Emergency Phase to long term development;
• Generating and sharing drought response activities progress and completion reports
• Ensuring quality assurance of all drought response initiatives;

Drought Resilience
Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:

• Providing technical information relating to Disaster Risk Reduction and resilience building strategies to County based institutions;
• Supporting the County Planning Unit to carry out drought risk analysis;
• Facilitating the development and consolidation of community level Preparedness and Development Plans;
• Coordinating and strengthening partnerships with stakeholders in the County;
• Ensuring quality assurance of all drought risk management and climate change adaptation interventions and their compliance with statutory requirements/standards;
• Facilitating the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of drought risk reduction initiatives undertaken by various actors;
• Promoting mainstreaming of Drought Risk Reduction Strategies into long-term development plans of County stakeholders; and
• Assisting in the implementation of joint Drought Resilience Initiatives by the Authority and other partners.

Method of Application

• Detailed job descriptions, requirements, and applicant’s bio-data form is available on the website www.ndma.go.ke
• Applicants MUST fill the Bio-Data Form whose link will be available in the Authority’s website. Applicants who do not fill out the bio data form will have their applications rejected.
• All applications MUST be Online and to be received on or before 11th April, 2025 by 5:00 pm. Physical application will not be accepted.