Disaster Risk Management Senior Officer

About the role

The IFRC Myanmar Delegation is looking for a Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Senior Officer to work with the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) in strengthening its capacity to anticipate, prepare for and respond to disasters. The role covers disaster preparedness, anticipatory action, disaster risk reduction, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and emergency response, and involves coordinating with MRCS technical working groups and IFRC network members.

Key responsibilities

• Support MRCS in disaster preparedness, risk reduction and climate risk management, including early warning and early action, anticipatory action protocols and climate risk integration into operational planning.
• Strengthen MRCS institutional preparedness and disaster response capacity at headquarters, state/region and township levels, including training on emergency response mechanisms and updating emergency plans and SOPs.
• Monitor disaster and crisis trends, support timely information sharing, and incorporate risk reduction into relief and recovery operations.
• Coordinate humanitarian response activities, including DREF, Emergency Appeals and bilateral contributions, and support results-based planning, monitoring and reporting.
• Facilitate quarterly reviews of network contributions to the DRM plan, coordinate with the One Plan 2026-2028, and support the DM Technical Working Group.
• Engage with the wider humanitarian community and clusters, and promote IFRC principles and the non-harm principle in the field.
• Support policy dialogue at national and regional level and share lessons learned across the region.

Required profile

• University-level degree or equivalent; at least 7 years of disaster management programming experience.
• Experience supporting the capacity strengthening of local partners in DRM, DRR, climate change and climate-smart actions.
• Proven field experience managing disaster and crisis projects and emergency response operations.
• Experience integrating Protection, Gender and Inclusion, Community Engagement and Accountability, and safeguarding into disaster response.
• Humanitarian coordination experience; Red Cross Red Crescent experience preferred.
• Fluent spoken and written English and Burmese; good command of French, Spanish or Arabic preferred.

Required skills

• Solid project management and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work under uncertainty and rapid change, with confidentiality and accountability.