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As a service provider with worldwide operations in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
works together with its partners to develop effective solutions that
offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living
conditions. GIZ is a public-benefit federal enterprise and supports the
German Government as well as many public and private sector clients in a
wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment,
energy and the environment, and peace and security.
For the team of our NAP/NDC project, we seek applications from suitable candidates for the position of “Advisor – Climate Adaptation”.
Job Location: Dhaka (with field visit)
Contract Duration till: December 31, 2021
Possible Contract Starting Date: As soon as possible
Number of Position: 01
A. Responsibilities
In your role, you have the responsibilities amongst others for the following points:
- Independent implementation of goals and requirements set by the line manager
- In consultation with line manager, assume duties related to the project’s planning, steering, monitoring and reporting
- Help shape the project strategy, in particular with
regard to changes or reorientation, and ensure knowledge management is
adequate
- Apply technical knowledge to solve problems in everyday operations
- Be responsible to make decisions which have a short-term effect within a limited project area/ unit
- Assist supervisor to identify day to day problems and suggest appropriate solution
In this context, the position holder fulfils the following tasks:
B. Tasks
Coordination / communication / participation:
It is your task to maintain a sufficient coordination/coordination with:
- Supervisor, regarding the implementation progress
including technical and budgetary issues (without any delay if urgent
actions or decisions are required)
- Other team colleagues, to allow an efficient implementation
- With the partner structures, to create ownership for the project and sustainable impacts
- With other projects in the cluster, to generate synergies within in the cluster and program
- with development partners who are active in the region and work on similar issues
In addition, it is your task to participate in working groups on cluster lever and on country level.
Implementation:
You also have the following (technical) tasks:
- Develop appropriate tools, methodologies and
capacity development measures to achieve the objectives of the project
and program with a specific focus of the technical responsibilities
entrusted to you by the supervisor
- Maintain a time and budget bound operational plan for the entrusted technical responsibilities
- Steer and manage activities under the entrusted
technical responsibilities (including management of contracts with
third parties and coordination with the partner)
- Be aware of activities of other actors (government, civil society, donors and academy) in the region and sector
- Synthesize the progress in regard to the technical
responsibilities for monitoring and reporting and feed it back into
team meetings
- Knowledge products and extract learnings
- Maintain communication with GIZ structures county office, in the region and headquarters and sector networks
Specific task: Advisor – Climate Adaptation
You will
- pilot procedures to improve the integration of
climate risks and national adaptation objectives in the project and
strategy development of selected sector ministries and associated
agencies
- develop concept notes, Terms of Reference, position papers etc. as required
- prepare and coordinate trainings, workshops, events as required
- Support engagement of third-party service providers such as consultants, consulting firms etc.
- Manage and steer cooperation with third-party service providers with due consultation with Principal Advisor
- integrate climate risks and national adaptation
objectives as well as improve participatory processes in regular
planning processes (e.g. annual investment program (ADP), five-year
plan etc.)
- develop procedural guidelines and anchor them in process steps of project and strategy development
- support the Ministry of Environment, Forests and
Climate Change in the development of a counselling service including
process consulting and support to other ministries in regard to the use
of climate data
- advise technical experts and officials on the project development process
- supervise and document implementation experience
- coordinate with Ministry of Environment, Forests
and Climate Change, in particular Department of Environment, and the
Planning Commission to ensure that project applications meet climate
policy and quality requirements
- develop and document a model methodology for
integrating climate risks and national adaptation objectives in sector
strategies and projects, taking into account gender aspects and conflict
prevention.
C. Required qualifications, competences and experience
Educational Qualifications
- Master’s degree or higher in Political Sciences,
Sociology, or any other Social Sciences, Management, Organizational
Development or any other relevant subjects
Professional experience
- 3 – 5 years of professional working experience with
national/international development organizations, professional
consultancy agencies, LGI or GoB in the matter of climate change
particularly climate risks, NAP/ NDC, BCCSAP, CVA, capacity
development, knowledge management of preference within GIZ projects or
comparable projects of other organizations.
- Previous job experience in GIZ will be an asset
- Proven experience in demand oriented and
tailor-made capacity development and its practical implementation is
highly desirable due to the nature and demand of the TC project.
Other knowledge, additional competences
- Ability to work well under pressure and must be a strong team player
- Must have good interpersonal and communication skills
- Fluency in English and good writing skills in both English and Bangla is essential
- Knowledge of German Language is an asset
- Ability to work in an intercultural environment
- Willingness to upskill as required by the
tasks to be performed – training measures to be agreed upon with
management
- Familiarity with development cooperation,
bilateral or multilateral organizations and especially with GIZ
related procedures
We only accept electronic applications.
If you meet the above requirements, You can apply through the link below.
http://jobs.gizbd.org
Last Date of Application: March 20, 2019
No phone calls please. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
All applications will be treated according to the merit and with strict confidentiality |
