Tenders are invited for Change Management Consultant in Disaster Management

Change Management Consultant in Disaster Management The UNDP Country Office in the Solomon Islands is implementing a range of projects in support of Sustainable Development Goals and the National Development Strategy 2020- 2035 one of which is related to Disaster Risk Management. Disaster Risk Management cuts across almost every Sustainable Development Goals particularly goals number 1, 11, and 13. UNDP’s project on Integrated Approach to Disaster Risk Management in the Solomon Islands supports Strategic Goal Number Four of the NDS which calls for environmentally sustainable with effective disaster risk management, response, and recovery. To achieve the outcome, the IDRM project supports i) strengthening Government institutions’ capacity with improved policy and governance frameworks for gender-responsive DRM; ii) strengthened sub-national institutional arrangements to coordinate and implement gender-responsive DRM programs and promote community resilience; and iii) improved national and local level early warning systems, information, and knowledge management systems for DRM. Proposed interventions build on past, ongoing and planned initiatives and contribute to various policy frameworks listed in section 1.3. Legal, Policy and Institutional Arrangements for DRM. It will also establish synergies with the UNDP portfolio as well as COVID response and related recovery support. In connection with this, UNDP’s IDRM project will engage relevant expert at the international levels to support this initial phase of the Change Management process. The Senior IC will develop the Change Management Plan for the NDMO as well as oversee and support the development of the strategic plan together with the communications specialist.