National Project Officer (Disaster Risk Management and Climate Resilience)

OVERVIEW

Parent Sector: Natural Sciences Unit, UNESCO Country Office in Viet Nam

Duty Station: Hanoi, Viet Nam

Type of contract: Non-staff

Duration of contract: 12 months (with the possibility of extension, subject to performance and project needs)

Recruitment open to: Vietnamese National only

Application Deadline (Midnight Hanoi Time): (extended to) 10 Mar 2026

UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism

DESCRIPTION OF THE POST

I. BACKGROUND

The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized international agency that was founded in 1945. Through its activities within the fields of education, social and natural science, culture and communication and information, UNESCO is actively contributing to the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, UNESCO’s Medium Term Strategy 2022-2029 and the 2022-2026 One Strategic Plan of the UN in Viet Nam, and Sendai Framework in Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030)

UNESCO Natural Science section focuses on implementing major programmes related to freshwater, marine, ecological, earth and basic sciences while also promoting innovative technology and capacity-building initiatives in these fields. Within the framework of the Natural Sciences sector, the UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP), founded in 1975, is a long-term programme executed in successive eight-year phases. IHP is the only United Nations intergovernmental programme devoted to water research, management, and related education and capacity development. In Vietnam, UNESCO has been implementing the IHP Phase IX: Science for a Water Secure world in a changing environment during 2022-2029, to assist strengthening national capacity in addressing water security and climate change’s challenges in new context.

Within the framework of IHP phase IX (2022-2029), U