Ref.
2026/POEEMACCAS/14559
Job offer type
Experts
Type of contract
Service contract
Deadline date
2026/08/15 23:55
Duration of the assignment
Short term
Contract
Freelancer
Duration
Medium/Short-term
Pool of experts: emergency management and climate change adaptation (medium - short-term) (M/W)
Département Gouvernance - GOUV > Pôle Justice
Published on : 2026/01/09
CONTINENTAL EUROPE
CYPRUS
Mission description
The role of the expert(s) will be to support and reinforce the capacity of the Cyprus authorities to ensure emergency prevention, preparedness and response, and climate change adaptation. Expertise is required in one or more of the following fields:
- Atmospheric science / Climate science
· Business Administration
· CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards)
· Civil engineering
· Climate change / Climate change adaptation
· Communication and event management
· Community Engagement and Volunteering
· Cybersecurity
· Data protection
· Data science (data collection, processing, analysis and dissemination
· Disaster risk management and operations
· Earth Science, Environmental Geoscience and Environmental Geography
· Earthquake engineering (seismology)
· Emergency and security management
· Emergency medical response
· Environmental engineering
· Environmental Economics
· Fire prevention
· Fire safety
· Flood / floodplain management
· Forest fire
· Forest management
· Geospatial engineering
· Human Resources Management
· Information technologies
· Infrastructure engineering
· Law (e.g. Maritime, Immigration…)
· Law enforcement
· Lifelong Learning / Up-skilling & Re-skilling
· Meteorology
· Occupational Health and Safety
· Project management
· Project monitoring and evaluation
· Public health
· Restoration / regeneration ecology
· Socio-economic development
· Software Engineering
· Sustainable agricultural and environmental management [landslides, waste management, geo-hazard, etc.]
· Transport & logistics on emergency related fields.
· Water management
· Waste Management
Project or context description
The Cyprus Civil Defence (CCD), operating under the Ministry of Interior in Cyprus, faces significant challenges in responding effectively to large-scale disasters. There is pressing need for improved disaster preparedness, response plans, and community resilience. Collaboration among governmental bodies, NGOs, and the private sector is paramount for addressing these challenges efficiently.
Cyprus has requested support from the European Commission (the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support - DG REFORM) to design, develop and implement reforms in the area of civil protection with the objective to establish a fully operational, nationally coordinated, unified, single national civil protection mechanism enhancing public safety and resilience in Cyprus.
This project led by Expertise France provides technical support with the purpose of a) establishing an efficient and coordinated civil protection mechanism and b) enhancing preparedness and response capabilities.
A Project Team composed of several experts will be in charge of implementing the technical support, under the coordination of Expertise France headquarters in Paris and its office in Athens.
To this end, Expertise France is currently looking for short-term and medium-term experts in the above fields.
Required profile
Qualifications and skills
- University Degree (preferably at postgraduate level) in Business Administration, Science or Engineering fields, Information Technology, Law, Economics, Social sciences, or any other field relevant to the assignment. In the absence of such degree, at least 10 years of professional experience in relevant domains.
- Fluency in written and spoken English. Fluency in Greek is an asset.
- Proven analytical, research and reporting abilities.
Professional experience
General professional experience
- Minimum 7 years of postgraduate professional experience in international and/or national level in the relevant to the assignment, or minimum 3 years for candidates applying for junior expert positions.
Specific professional experience
- Involvement in the implementation of minimum 1 similar assignment
- Knowledge of the local context in Cyprus and experience in working with the Greek administration is an asset.
Selection criteria for applications
The selection process for candidates will be based on the following criteria :
- Candidate’s training/diplomas related to the expert assignment
- Candidate’s experiences linked with the expert mission
- Candidate’s expected linguistic understanding
- Candidate's knowledges related to local context (country or region intervention)
Deadline for application : 2026/08/15 23:55
Expertise France is the public agency for designing and implementing international technical cooperation projects. The agency operates around four key priorities :
- democratic, economic, and financial governance ;
- peace, stability, and security ;
- climate, agriculture, and sustainable development ;
- health and human development ;
In these areas, Expertise France conducts capacity-building initiatives and manages project implementation, leveraging technical expertise and acting as a project coordinator. This involves combining public sector expertise with private sector skills to drive impactful results.