Technical Adviser - Climate Displacement Risk Management

The Technical Adviser supports governments, research institutions, and regional partners across Asia and the Pacific to strengthen climate displacement risk analysis and integrate evidence into policy and planning processes. The role involves building sustainable institutional capacity, improving climate displacement data application, and enhancing collaboration among governments, academia, and regional organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support macro- and micro-level climate displacement risk analysis across priority countries, working with national research partners to produce and refine subnational risk profiles.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of methodologies related to climate displacement risk, including slow-onset hazards, heat stress, and validation against historical displacement data.
• Provide technical advisory support to government ministries and technical working groups to strengthen the use of climate displacement evidence in adaptation planning and disaster risk reduction frameworks.
• Support deeper subnational analysis and government-led application of RICD data, particularly in Fiji, Indonesia, and Thailand.
• Facilitate the integration of RICD outputs into Climate Catalytic Fund initiatives and Climate Mobility Investment Plans, helping translate risk evidence into practical investment priorities.
• Strengthen collaboration between governments, universities, regional organisations, humanitarian actors, and development partners through coordination, technical engagement, and knowledge-sharing activities.
• Organise and facilitate technical workshops, consultations, validation exercises, and stakeholder engagement processes while developing supporting guidance and materials.
• Support donor engagement, partnership development, external representation, proposal development, and evidence generation to advance innovation and learning on climate mobility and displacement risk.

Requirements

• Advanced academic background in climate risk, disaster risk management, environmental science, geography, data science, migration studies, or another relevant discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in climate risk assessment, disaster risk analysis, displacement analytics, or closely related technical fields.
• Strong knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), spatial analysis, and the use of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability datasets.
• Experience conducting quantitative analysis and working with household, community-level, or other socio-economic datasets to inform decision-making.
• Proven experience supporting government institutions or other stakeholders in evidence-based planning, policy development, or capacity strengthening initiatives; experience in Asia and the Pacific is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work effectively across diverse partnerships and institutional contexts.

Skills

• Climate-Risk Impact Assessment
• Disaster Impact Analysis
• Displacement Analytics
• Geographic Information System
• Spatial Analysis
• Hazard Data Analysis
• Exposure Data Analysis
• Vulnerability Data Analysis
• Quantitative Analysis
• Socio-economic Data Analysis
• Policy Development
• Capacity Strengthening
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Evidence-Based Planning
• Climate Displacement Data Application
• Institutional Capacity Building

Languages

English