Jean Emmanuel NOEL
Civil Engineer
Dakar
Summary
Highly skilled professional with more than 13 years of project management experience, principally with the United Nations, in complex operating environments, including multi-year complex projects of over $ 10 million. Proven expertise in Disaster Risk Reduction; Emergency Preparedness and Response; capacity building; stakeholder engagement and institutional coordination. Significant experience working closely with community organizations and local authorities at grassroots level.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
2032
2032
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Regional Emergency Preparedness Officer
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
03.2024 - 12.2024
- Provide expert technical inputs and background information required for the design, implementation, and follow up of projects on emergency preparedness
- Lead or facilitate training on emergency capacity building, workshops for development of contingency plans, and participate regularly in response planning
- Assist country offices within the region in critical phases of preparedness and humanitarian response through mission travel
- Support complex emergency countries during strategic moments of interagency assessment and planning, including planning for integrated United Nations (UN) presences
- Deploy and support missions working on localized emergency preparedness programming including Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Disaster Risk Management (DRM), and specific technical specialties related to preparedness capacity to respond to hazards
Program Manager, Disaster Risk Reduction
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
06.2020 - 02.2024
- Manage the most comprehensive DRR project (funded by European Union for a total of 8,971,000 EURO) to ever reach Burundi
- Manage the nation-wide Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment Mapping in Burundi associated with the five most important hazards including Flooding, Torrential rains, Landslides, Winds and Earthquake
- Establish and co-lead the DRR and Climate Change Adaptation working group which aims to assist and provide technical inputs to the National Platform for Risk Prevention and Disaster Management in planning and coordinating of the activities implementing by Humanitarian and Development partners in Burundi
- Oversee the implementation of coordination and contingency planning activities as well as the Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) activities
- Manage project development, fundraising, donor relations and reporting for the various projects within the program
National Program Officer, Disaster Risk Reduction & Emergency preparedness response
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
06.2013 - 05.2020
- Ensured, during emergency, the management of IOM NFIs common pipeline (stocks and in-kind donations from various donors)
- Ensured the liaison of IOM DRR program in Haiti with the UN development Assistance Framework (UNDAF)
- Coordinated the design, implementation and monitoring of projects related to Emergency Preparedness and response, mitigation including drainage construction and improvement, gabions installations, watershed management and related activities
- Managed the construction of 20 public buildings potentially usable as short-term evacuation centers in case of tropical cyclone or other disasters
Infrastructure and DRR expert
CADRI Partnership
11.2019 - 12.2019
- Develop training materials to train national experts on the techniques to conduct the capacity assessment of critical Infrastructures
- Facilitated two training sessions on CADRI tool
- Supported the CADRI’s mission in Senegal
- Supported the elaboration of the CADRI’s report in Senegal
Infrastructure and DRR expert
CADRI Partnership
11.2019 - 12.2019
- Supported the CADRI mission in TOGO
- Contributed to the planning and organization of the CADRI workshop to present the preliminary results and recommendations of the capacity diagnosis mission to the Togolese authorities
- Drafted the report analysis of the infrastructure and land use’s chapter of the capacity assessment report
Senior Program Operations Assistant
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
01.2012 - 05.2013
- Managed the design, construction/rehabilitation of over 30 public buildings potentially usable as temporary evacuation shelters
- Supported the Haitian Government in its first preventive evacuation (in advance of Tropical Storm Isaac in August 2012) of targeted vulnerable families from high risk- camps to the identified temporary evacuation shelters
- Coordinated the implementation of IOM Haiti’s community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) activities including the creation of over 80 local-level disaster management committees and early warning systems, substantial first-aid and disaster risk reduction trainings in IDP camps, schools and among Haitian civil society organizations, and the mobilization of volunteers to undertake small-scale mitigation activities in their communities
Program Operations Assistant
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
03.2011 - 12.2011
- Ensured quality programming and accountability in cooperation with the Emergency Preparedness and Response Program Manager, Program Officer and other colleagues
- Contributed to the creation of the Haiti’s first policy framework for short-term evacuations in case of emergency
- Facilitated structural evaluations of public infrastructures potentially usable as short-term evacuation centre in case of tropical cyclone or other disasters
Construction Trainer/Supervisor
Build Change
02.2011 - 03.2011
- Organized technical training for community organizations, local governments, NGOs, individual homeowners to reconstruct their houses and others
- Conducted building assessments and scopes of work to strengthen damaged homes
- Ensured quality control during the building of houses
Wash Engineer
American Refugee Committee (ARC)
03.2010 - 08.2010
- Supervised water distribution in camp Hope as well as in all villages in the commune of Ganthier
- Ensured water quality control of the existing boreholes in the camp Hope as well as in the commune of Ganthier and closely monitored the construction progress of transitional shelters in the camp Hope against project schedule and track, and project costs against project budget
- Coordinated and actively participated in developing and maintaining construction works within the program
Intern
UNIVERSITE QUISQUEYA
01.2006 - 06.2010
- Assist the University professor of linear algebra through the monitoring of the related practical sessions
Intern
UNIVERSITE QUISQUEYA
06.2009 - 08.2009
- Ensured construction work complies with all engineering standards, codes, specification and design instructions
- Provide technical engineering information and interpretation of plans, detail sheets and specifications for contractors
- Reported accurate quantities for labor cost reports
Education
MSc - Project Management
University of Salford
Master’s - international Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid
Kalu Institute/Humanitarian Aid Studies Centre/Online
01.2018 - 12.2018
Bachelor’s - civil engineering
Université Quisqueya
01.2010 - 12.2010
Diploma - Civil engineering and watershed management
Virginia Tech
01.2010 - 12.2010
Diploma - Senior Emergency Leadership and Coordination training for Emergency Coordinators
IOM
01.2024 - 12.2024
Diploma - Facilitation skills Training of Trainers
IOM
01.2024 - 12.2024
Diploma - MECC Training of Trainers
IOM EHoA
01.2023 - 12.2023
Diploma - CCCM training of trainers
IOM
01.2016 - 12.2016
Skills
Climate Change Adaptation
Disaster Risk Reduction
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Civil work
Emergency response coordination
Capacity Building
Humanitarian Assistance
Project Management
Humanitarian Logistics
Websites
Timeline
Regional Emergency Preparedness Officer
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
03.2024 - 12.2024
Diploma - Senior Emergency Leadership and Coordination training for Emergency Coordinators
IOM
01.2024 - 12.2024
Diploma - Facilitation skills Training of Trainers
IOM
01.2024 - 12.2024
Diploma - MECC Training of Trainers
IOM EHoA
01.2023 - 12.2023
Program Manager, Disaster Risk Reduction
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
06.2020 - 02.2024
Infrastructure and DRR expert
CADRI Partnership
11.2019 - 12.2019
Infrastructure and DRR expert
CADRI Partnership
11.2019 - 12.2019
Master’s - international Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid
Kalu Institute/Humanitarian Aid Studies Centre/Online
01.2018 - 12.2018
Diploma - CCCM training of trainers
IOM
01.2016 - 12.2016
National Program Officer, Disaster Risk Reduction & Emergency preparedness response
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
06.2013 - 05.2020
Senior Program Operations Assistant
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
01.2012 - 05.2013
Program Operations Assistant
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
03.2011 - 12.2011
Construction Trainer/Supervisor
Build Change
02.2011 - 03.2011
Wash Engineer
American Refugee Committee (ARC)
03.2010 - 08.2010
Bachelor’s - civil engineering
Université Quisqueya
01.2010 - 12.2010
Diploma - Civil engineering and watershed management
Virginia Tech
01.2010 - 12.2010
Intern
UNIVERSITE QUISQUEYA
06.2009 - 08.2009
Intern
UNIVERSITE QUISQUEYA
01.2006 - 06.2010
MSc - Project Management
University of Salford
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