Nature based solution specialist individual consultant - Bangladesh

Company Name: Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System

Location: Dhaka

Job Type: Contractual

Workplace Type: Full-time

Job ID: IJOB202658880

Background: The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES) is an international and inter-governmental institution that is owned and managed by its 48 Member and Collaborating States for building capacities in the generation and application of user-relevant multi-hazard early warning information, for resources and risks management. RIMES was established on 30 April 2009 through the signing by collaborating countries of the RIMES regional cooperation agreement. RIMES was registered with the United Nations under Article 102 of the UN Charter on 1 July 2009. RIMES Headquarters operates from its regional early warning center, located at the campus of the Asian Institute of Technology in Pathumthani, Thailand; country offices have been established strategically. RIMES' purpose is to provide early warning services according to differing needs and demands of its Member and Collaborating States, for enhanced preparedness and response to, and mitigation of, natural hazards. RIMES' approach is end-to-end, capacitating institutions and communities across the four broad and inter-connected components of the early warning/climate information value chain.

Position Description: The Nature-Based Solutions Specialist will provide technical leadership and hands-on support for community-based NbS, ecosystem-based risk reduction, hazard and vulnerability mapping, anticipatory action planning, capacity building, monitoring, and documentation under the SURAKKHA project. The Specialist will work closely with the RIMES technical team, Save the Children, local implementing partners, the Department of Agricultural Extension, Disaster Management Committees, Local Government Institutions, relevant government agencies, and communities.

Duty station: The position is based at Dhaka, RIMES satellite office, with frequent travel to field sites (Bandarban, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, and Chattogram) as required. The job location may be adjusted if required by the project.

Major Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide overall technical leadership for the planning, design, and implementation of community-based NbS for landslide and flash flood risk reduction, including slope stabilization, reforestation and agroforestry, drainage and watershed management, and soil and erosion control.
• Develop appropriate methodologies, technical designs, specifications, and quality standards for NbS interventions, drawing on recognized good practice and ensuring that measures are low-cost, locally appropriate, environmentally sound, and maintainable by communities.
• Guide field implementation through local implementing partners, ensuring technical soundness, value for money, timely delivery, and alignment with the available project budget.
  
  

Requirements

• Experience: 5-7 years
• Education: master of science in environmental science
• Skills: site supervision, onsite coordination, cdm coordinator, project scope development, disaster risk reduction, cdm co-ordinator, project support, site coordination, project reporting & documentation, site supervision
  
  

Last Date of Application: 09 September 2026