Deadline of this Job: 31 October 2022
Tasks and Responsibilities
• Develop a robust, impactful, and forward-looking climate resilience portfolio in Tanzania and Kenya, and cultivate a strategic direction for relevant programming in Uganda. Adopt Nature based Solutions (NbS) and Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), harnessing biodiversity and ecosystem services to reduce vulnerability and build resilience of communities to climate change along the Swahili Coast and the Lake Victoria Basin.
• Drive the development of knowledge and funding partnerships across the region and in close collaboration with regional and global partnership functions. Ensure concepts and proposals are technically sound and responsive to both institutional and funding partner priorities.
• Build and maintain close working relationships and coordination with relevant departments, particularly Gender Focal Points to ensure climate resilience work also mainstreams gender equality into all modalities and deliverables.
• Work in close collaboration and coordination with AKF Global Programme Team that provide technical assistance to all AKF country units in programmatic areas.
• Collaborate with Education and Civil Society programme leads to develop actionable programming in the areas of climate education and community-based climate resilience mapping, planning, and responses.
• Lead the institutions efforts on climate adaptation and mitigation programming in the areas of micro forests, mangrove restoration and protection and working with local and international partners to advance carbon offset programming.
• Engage in local and national level policy dialogues by leveraging programming evidence.
• Cultivate relationships with AKDN agencies to develop and scale innovative and relevant programming in the areas of climate smart agriculture.
• Analyse technical information and trends to provide succinct, technically sound advice to integrate climate resilience into existing programmes. Support the development and use of monitoring, evaluation and learning tools to capture key information and learnings from climate resilience programming.
• Lead on institutional carbon mitigation and adaptation measures in close coordination with country leadership and the Regional CEO.
• Recruit and groom staff at the field level on this theme as projects become operational and re-orient existing staff on this new theme.
Tasks and Responsibilities
• Develop a robust, impactful, and forward-looking climate resilience portfolio in Tanzania and Kenya, and cultivate a strategic direction for relevant programming in Uganda. Adopt Nature based Solutions (NbS) and Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), harnessing biodiversity and ecosystem services to reduce vulnerability and build resilience of communities to climate change along the Swahili Coast and the Lake Victoria Basin.
• Drive the development of knowledge and funding partnerships across the region and in close collaboration with regional and global partnership functions. Ensure concepts and proposals are technically sound and responsive to both institutional and funding partner priorities.
• Build and maintain close working relationships and coordination with relevant departments, particularly Gender Focal Points to ensure climate resilience work also mainstreams gender equality into all modalities and deliverables.
• Work in close collaboration and coordination with AKF Global Programme Team that provide technical assistance to all AKF country units in programmatic areas.
• Collaborate with Education and Civil Society programme leads to develop actionable programming in the areas of climate education and community-based climate resilience mapping, planning, and responses.
• Lead the institutions efforts on climate adaptation and mitigation programming in the areas of micro forests, mangrove restoration and protection and working with local and international partners to advance carbon offset programming.
• Engage in local and national level policy dialogues by leveraging programming evidence.
• Cultivate relationships with AKDN agencies to develop and scale innovative and relevant programming in the areas of climate smart agriculture.
• Analyse technical information and trends to provide succinct, technically sound advice to integrate climate resilience into existing programmes. Support the development and use of monitoring, evaluation and learning tools to capture key information and learnings from climate resilience programming.
• Lead on institutional carbon mitigation and adaptation measures in close coordination with country leadership and the Regional CEO.
• Recruit and groom staff at the field level on this theme as projects become operational and re-orient existing staff on this new theme.
Deadline of this Job: 18 October 2022
Objective of the assignment
We envision a Position Paper to be
• A document guiding the position of CGIAR on integrating a youth perspective in agricultural and food system research for development, guided and vetted by the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform
• A document including proposed solutions, vetted by the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, for integrating a youth perspective in agricultural and food system research for development and tracking the impact in this area
• A paper drafted by experts on the matter
• A paper reviewed by the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform and external reviewers
• A document labelled as a Position Paper, authored by the person(s) developing the paper, and produced and published by CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform
• The length of a research paper (approximately 10,000 words)
Other Vacancies
Objective of the assignment
We envision a Position Paper to be
• A document guiding the position of CGIAR on integrating a youth perspective in agricultural and food system research for development, guided and vetted by the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform
• A document including proposed solutions, vetted by the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, for integrating a youth perspective in agricultural and food system research for development and tracking the impact in this area
• A paper drafted by experts on the matter
• A paper reviewed by the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform and external reviewers
• A document labelled as a Position Paper, authored by the person(s) developing the paper, and produced and published by CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform
• The length of a research paper (approximately 10,000 words)
Other Vacancies
Deadline of this Job: 25 October 2022
Deadline of this Job: 24 October 2022