Mozambique ranks 3rd amongst African countries most affected by weather-related hazards. It is the 7th most vulnerable country, ranked the 19th least prepared country on the Global Adaptation Index and among the top 40 in the World Risk Index.
On 14 March 2019, the country was severely hit by category 4 Cyclone ldai, which caused loss of life, widespread destruction to both infrastructure and shelters, as well as disruption of essential services, markets and livelihoods across the provinces of Sofala, Manica, Zambezia, Tete and lnhambane. About 950,000 persons were directly affected by the cyclone, out of which 53% are women. Death tolls surpassed 600 people according to the government.
In the aftermath of the disaster, UNDP promoted several early recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction actions in the affected areas and a recovery facility is being set up. More importantly, UNDP supported the Government in the organization of the international donor conference that took place at the end of May 2019 and partnered with the World Bank, the European Union and the African Development Bank for the realization of the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA).
According to the PDNA, the largest needs appear to be in the housing sector with a total amount of USO 688 million. A total of 240,000 houses were partially or totally destroyed by hurricane ldai only. Fundamental socio-economic infrastructure at the community level was completely wiped out by the disaster with 1372 schools affected; 4,219 classrooms affected; 89 health facilities partially destroyed; 3 health facilities completely destroyed; 2 health training facilities partially destroyed; 116,476 M2 of fish tanks affected; 4,309 ha of irrigated lands needs rehabilitation. The impact of the cyclones on housing, water and sanitation facilities, health and education has increased the vulnerability of women and children, the elderly and people living with disabilities. With the destruction of health facilities, pregnant women have limited access to safe deliveries. The risk of sexual and gender-based violence has also been elevated. Furthermore, the recovery burden is particularly difficult for female-headed households, including widows, who are both the income providers and the caregivers. They face difficulties in being able to simultaneously rebuild homes, serve as the primary caregivers and recover their livelihoods. The PDNA indicates that without possessions, livelihoods, poor access to services and marginalization there is a significant possibility that the feminization of poverty will increase in the country.
As highlighted by the Government of Mozambique during the international donor conference held in Beira in June 2019 and the PDNA, the rehabilitation of the affected infrastructure (both public and private) is key for the normalization of livelihoods of the affected population and the reestablishment and provision of basic services to the population.In order to provide an effective response to the needs of affected population and in support of Government and population’s efforts to recover back better, UNDP has opened an Office in Beira to respond to the emergency and, given the disproportionate impact caused on private and public infrastructure, UNDP has deployed significant surge capacities in community infrastructure rehabilitation and has been providing technical assistance to the Government of Mozambique to set up a strategy for resilient community infrastructure recovery.
As part of this strategy, the Government of the People’s Republic of China has decided to support UNDP’s Post-Disaster Restoration Initiative After the Impact of Cyclone ldai with the objective to build back better key damaged infrastructure.
In this scenario, UNDP requires the services of a Senior Civil Engineer to coordinate the effective implementation of the program activities in the area of responsibility, in accordance with the corresponding project documents and within the existing budget and time constraints.
Under the overall coordination of the Recovery Facility Program Manager, the selected individual will support effective assessment, planning, implementation, and monitoring of UNDP’s infrastructure reconstruction interventions with specific reference to the China Aid program, as well as to perform quality assurance to the processes of the project activities and produced outputs. The Senior Engineer will undertake the following tasks:
1. Conducts field visits to assess the progress of rehabilitation/ constructions
2. Develops technical design documents for construction interventions and provides technical inputs and quality assurance;
3. Formulates bidding documents in coordination with the technical staff and relevant functional areas of UNDP and provides effective support throughout all stages of the tendering processes:
4. Supports national institutions including the Reconstruction Cabinet and partners through technical assistance and provision of quality assurance services under this programme:
5. Provides effective oversight of the UNDP Mozambique engineer team and the building of capacity of technical staff under the guidance of the Recovery Facility Program Manager:
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