Technical Advisor, Climate Change

Technical Advisor, Climate Change, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

IRC Ethiopia is recruiting for a Natural Resource Management and Climate Change Advisor (NRM/Climate Change ) in response to the $32 million USAID Pastoralist Resiliency Improvement and Market Expansion (PRIME) project. The PRIME will incerase incomes and improve the resiliency and adaptive capacity of pastoral communities to climate change through market expansion.

Responsibilities:

Will lead the integration of climate change activities, in particular, IR2: Enhanced Climate Adaptation; and IR1: Improving productivity and competitiveness of livestock by providing technical assistance to the PRIME field based staff members on NRM, climate change adaptation and at the national level;
Develop and undertake evidence based analytics and studies related to climate change adaptation in pastoral areas to inform project activities;
Contribute to broader GCC debates and policies;
Works closely with Pastoralist Livelihood Advisor, Health Advisor and DCOP.

Requirements:
At minimum, Master's degree in environmental studies, natural resource management, agriculture, livestock or development studies or related degree or equivalent work experience;
A minimum of five years of progressively responsible work experience in technical areas of pastoral land management, natural resource management or climate change adaptation.
A minimum of five years of advocacy in the pastoral areas in relation to NRM, land tenure or land management
Prior USAID project management experience is preferred.

No Fee

AJS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND AJS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON BANK ACCOUNTS.

SOME EMPLOYERS MAY ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR APPLICATION.