EXPERTISE FRANCE recruits 01 Key Expert / Enhancement of Greece’s emergency management system

EXPERTISE FRANCE recruits 01 Key Expert / Enhancement of Greece’s emergency management system

Following the flash floods in 2017 and the deadly fires in 2018, the Greek government announced the creation of a new National Emergency Management Agency replacing the General Secretariat of Civil Protection. It called upon the Structural Reform Support System (SRSS), founded by the European Commission, to design and carry out structural reforms in order to define a new emergency management system and reorganize civil protection.  The SRSS’s mission is to mobilize EU funds and technical expertise in order to evaluate and to implement administrative and institutional change.

The project’s general purpose is to support the Greek Authorities in defining a new emergency management and response system for Greece, at a conceptual, organizational and operational level

The specific objectives are:

1. Assessment of the current emergency system and identification of the potential operational dysfunctions based on feedback from Greek stakeholders and the existing literature;
2. Elaboration of the operational and organizational structures from the local up to the national level, through the new National Emergency Management Agency based on good-practices and recommendations from European examples of civil protection reforms;
3. Support of the Greek authorities in the elaboration of a strategic plan for the implementation of reforms and the realization of the National Emergency Management Agency.

General Objectives

Under the supervision of Expertise France and in coordination with the project’s team, the Key Expert is directly responsible for the execution of the programme and the achievement of the specific objectives.

Duties and responsibilities  

The Key Expert’s main activities are:

• An analysis and assessment period meant for the Expert to familiarize itself with the current system, which will be completed by the design of a workshop and the elaboration of a report outlining a risk analysis, best-practices and recommendations;
• The organization of three workshops completed by the elaboration of reports  to assist the civil protection reform project and the establishment of the new agency;
• The organization of four workshops in cooperation with all stakeholders meant to outline with a report a concrete strategy for the implementation of the National Emergency Management Agency.

As part of its main responsibilities, the Key Expert has to:

• Represent Expertise France and the project when meeting the Greek authorities.
• Plan the activities, assist in the organization and moderate the workshops
• Design the terms of reference for short term experts
• Deliver required reports at each step of the project
• Ensure coordination among relevant stakeholders
• Execute other duties that may arise during the project’s implementation

https://www.expertisefrance.fr/offer-detail?id=729836

Qualifications et compétences

• Degree in crisis management or civil defense;
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of civil protection, crisis management or emergency response;
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary and multicultural teams;
• Ability to moderate seminars, demonstrate good practices, lead trainings, and joint simulation activities;
• High level communication and training skills;
• Excellent reporting and writing skills;
• Fluency in English

Expérience professionnelle

• At least 10 years of working experience in the field of civil protection (firefighters, military, first responders, medical aid…) with skills in capacity building;
• Experience in supporting and/or drafting reforms related to civil protection;
• Experience in international cooperation projects involving various stakeholders (e.g. states, NGOs, civil society, international organizations, etc.), experience in a regional and/or international organization would be an asset.

• Duration: 200 days maximum

• CV
• Application letter

(References may be requested during the selection process).

Applications should be sent to Expertise France by email before 22/04/2019, at eric.deguerpel@expertisefrance.fr and marie.saquet@expertisefrance.fr  using the following subject: Key Expert Greece-KEG

If you do not receive a response within 10 days of the application deadline, please consider that your application has not been shortlisted.

The process of selection of expressions of interest will occur in two phases:

• As a first step, a shortlist will be freely established by Expertise France.
• Selected candidates may then be invited for an interview.