Key duties and responsibilities
Reporting to the Regional Director, the incumbent will be responsible for supporting innovation and implementation of projects
that strengthen climate resilience, climate justice, climate finance, loss and damage, policy and legal framework at the county
level while building the capacity of partners to adopt locally-led climate actions.
In particular, the staff will perform the following tasks;
To assist community organisations, groups and residents to find solutions that enhance long-term resilience of communities and enable them to thrive in the face of devastating climate shocks
Establish relationships with a broad diversity of stakeholders across sectors, organisations and hierarchy, to define creative strategies and innovative partnerships with which to address climate change
Assist in planning and implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation projects
Provide training and capacity-building support to stakeholders on climate change and environmental management
Provide policy expertise to support the planning, development and implementation of current and future climate resilience programmes
Undertake baseline and other surveys to ensure delivery of required knowledge and information to communities
Provide guidance to the organisation on optimal ways to incorporate climate change considerations into critical decision making
Support climate related communications initiatives
Required qualifications and experience
Bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Science, Range Management, Natural Resource Management, Climate Change, Climatology, Meteorology, Environmental Law, Environmental Planning and Management, or Development Studies with bias towards climate change or environment.
Understanding and experience of climate adaptation and mitigation, climate finance, loss and damage, National and County Government climate change policy and legal framework, climate change negotiations and locally-led climate initiatives.
Experience in developing climate change adaptation and mitigation proposals is an added advantage
Qualifications and experience in Peer to Peer approaches and Training of Trainers (TOT) is an added advantage.
Experience in development networking within civil society, County Governments and between NGOs.
Minimum of 3 years of experience working on climate change or related environmental issues either in an NGO, public or private sector
Good command of Office packages and Internet usage
Experience in mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and DO No Harm in project planning, monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting is an added advantage
If you meet the above qualification send your cover letter, CV with contact details of 3 professional referees to jobs@alin.net by COB 15th March 2023. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. ALIN is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, political affiliation, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or national origin
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