Organization: Miyamoto International
Country: Mexico
Closing date: 18 Aug 2017
Overview
Miyamoto International is a global engineering, construction management and project management company that provides critical services that sustain industries and safeguard communities with offices worldwide. Known for executing successful projects in some of the world’s most challenging environments, Miyamoto International will be soon expanding its successful work under the PREPARE Program in Costa Rica and Colombia to El Salvador and Mexico.
There are two major phases of the Program. Phase 1 advances risk studies and data-driven decision making. Phase 2 works with stakeholders on strengthening capabilities, policies and planning as a result of the data collected.
Responsibilities
The National Program Manager will be based in Guadalajara, Mexico. He/she will report to the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Program Manager who will be covering multiple countries across the LAC region. The National Program Manager will also receive support from Miyamoto’s International Programs team, including the engineering teams who will oversee any technical submissions or technical programmatic activities.
The overall scope of responsibilities includes, but is not limited to:
Program Management and Leadership
The National Program Manager is responsible for the overall timely and quality delivery for all PREPARE program deliverables and activities in Mexico.
This includes:
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Leading on engagement and coordination with relevant national and local stakeholders to deliver on program objectives.
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High-level representational duties with key government and other stakeholders.
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Leading on organizing and delivering workshops and conferences as outlined in the program.
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Leading on collecting data for required donor and other internal and external reporting.
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Leading on collecting data for required reporting on monitoring and evaluation information.
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Leading on collecting data for required technical assessments, according to the needs of the program (and/or identify data sources for future use).
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Leading on other program communication, including success stories and assistance with identifying and drafting content for social media.
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Managing deliverables within the allocated country budget.
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Acting as the Miyamoto security focal point for the country and advising on security matters.
Disaster Risk Reduction Policy Work
This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
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Institutional Mapping: To better identify, build and foster a network of relationships within and among key stakeholder groups.
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Policy Analysis: The National Program Manager will conduct policy analysis to gain a deeper understanding of the current gaps in the disaster risk reduction and mitigation policy environment and new opportunities to strengthen policy through the use and incorporation of risk assessment and other data. This will ensure that the results of any studies are used to inform development of DRR policy/operational procedures, as appropriate. This would include all stakeholders, including the USAR teams.
- The identification of geographic boundaries would also be a part of this effort. For this, the National Program Manager will utilize a participatory approach to determine how coordination across municipal and town boundaries will be addressed regarding activities that affect more than one area.
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Evaluation of the current urban search and rescue system, capacities and capabilities: The National Program Manager will evaluate these areas in an effort to understand the system and also address gaps through the risk assessment and other data generated as a part of the program.
Candidate Profile
The desired candidate will have successfully managed high profile international development projects with a high level of contextual and operating sensitivity in Mexico.
Education
- Degree in engineering and/or degree in public policy/affairs or other relevant field.
Knowledge
- Knowledge of public relations, ability and experience working with government agencies and officials.
- Professional fluency in Spanish and English with the ability to conduct high-level meetings, create high-level reports and translate documents in both languages.
- Ability and willingness to work openly and collaboratively with technical teams and professionals from other disciplines.
- Ability to successfully manage and execute challenging projects with international teams and remote supervision.
- Self-starter with a high degree of professionalism and integrity.
- Excellent communicator able to work credibly and effectively with high-level government and private sector officials.
- Ability and willingness to work in a flexible, dynamic and global organization.
Experience
- Experience working with public agencies and officials in Mexico and managing government relations, preferably in the disaster risk reduction field.
- Experience working on policy initiatives with a particular focus on seismic issues, or other disaster risk reduction and mitigation initiatives.
- An ideal candidate will have the experience or ability to review, advise on and draft regional, national and municipal/city natural disaster risk reduction strategies, policies and plans and knowledge of Mexico’s disaster risk reduction framework.
- Strong past experience managing projects, past experience working with international teams, development partners and/or institutional donors, including USAID, is strongly desired.
- Past experience successfully starting up new programs is highly desired.
Proposed Timeframe The proposed timeframe for this engagement is between September 2017 and February 2018 with a high likelihood of extending into a multi-year engagement, pending approval of funding.
How to apply:
To apply, please submit the following documents by Monday, August 18th to Karla Melchiori: kmelchiori@miyamotointernational.com • Resume/CV • Cover Letter, emphasizing your work in disaster risk reduction policy in Mexico, as well as past experience in donor program management
