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Policy and Research Officer: EU Atlantic Areas-Floods
British Red Cross
Flooding is the most common natural disaster facing European populations, affecting 50 of 53 countries in the WHO European Region. Without action, up to half million additional people will be affected by flooding every year by 2080 (WHO 2013).
Preparedness for future flooding events is a priority for governments and emergency management organisations across the UK and Europe. In 2015-16 Red Cross Northern Ireland was successful in leading a EU Resilience Project, Community Resilience in Urban Areas (CRUA) to develop new toolkits to support affected communities to prepare for future flooding events. These toolkits have been adopted by British Red Cross as our national product in engaging with affected communities across UK.
The EU Atlantic Areas – Floods project is framed within EC Directive (2007/60) which promoted Flood Prevention at Regional Level. The overall objective of the Atlantic Areas Flooding Project is to reduce human and material damages due to flooding by improving the systems and tools for prevention, alert and crisis management at local scales. The Atlantic Areas (AA) project will enable greater proximity to potentially affected communities to make more effective the prevention, preparation and protection against floods which are more frequent and damaging in the AA due to Climate Change, which increases torrential rains and extreme tidal phenomena.
British Red Cross will lead and/or partner with 8 other European partners - in Spain, Portugal, France & Ireland - on 5 specific work streams to: enhance flood prevention, warning, co-ordination, emergency management tools for floods at local scales and assistance and recovery.
This new project is also supported by lead government departments and local government in Northern Ireland who with Red Cross have been working in local communities over last 5 years to promote community self-help in preparing for any future flooding emergencies.
Reporting to the Project Manager, the AA-Floods Project Officer will have responsibility to support and deliver specific aspects of the project including policy research and analysis, collation of data and the sharing and adaptation of community resilience toolkits across 11 cities in AA region
Closing Date
11:59pm
Contact Details
12 Heron Road
Belfast
BT3 9LE
United Kingdom
More Information
To apply for the above post please apply online at www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Jobs and follow the stated instructions. Please note that we do not accept CV’s for any of our positions.
Purpose of the role
The AA-Floods Project & Research Officer will report to the Project Manager and will participate primarily in policy research gathering and analysing quantitative and qualitative data, and preparing reports - especially in the field of public policy relating to resilient communities, flood prevention, flood emergency management.
In addition, the Project Officer will support the training of key stakeholders in 11 cities within the AA region (including Northern Ireland) to use Red Cross Community Resilience toolkits in conjunction with local communities, in order to improve their preparedness for any future flooding events.