Climate Change and Resilience Specialist

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Job Description

The Climate Change and Resilience Specialist will be under the direct supervision of the FAO Representative to Ghana, and the direct technical guidance the technical supervision of the Lead Technical Officer (LTO), and under the direct supervision Field Office Manager and AFAOR in charge of Programme and in close collaboration with the Technical Adviser.
Tasks and responsibilities:

The Climate Change and Resilience Specialist, will lead the coordination and management of the project, and will carry out the following duties.
Conduct Climate Vulnerability Assessment of the targeted districts
Lead the development of the participatory Climate adaptation action plans of the targeted districts.
Coordinate use and promotion of climate smart practices among producers
Provide technical support to activities promoting climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience.
Identify and take steps to mainstream the project interventions into national climate action policy, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and reporting processes such as the national communications to the UNFCCC as well as establishing linkages to relevant international climate policies, processes and targets
Strengthen capacities of producers to adopt improved seeds, irrigation, and fodder production technologies.
Conduct Climate Smart Agricultural and conservation Agricultural trainings for beneficiary farmers
Mobilize experts and partners in support of the project interventions in aid of climate resilience of the beneficiaries
Facilitate the assessment of climate adaptation co-benefits of the project interventions such as through the deployment of FAO EXACT and NEXT Tools, GLEAM and etc. as appropriate.
Prepare and compile a compendium of climate resilience human interest stories in collaboration with Communication Team
Support in the coordination of the activities of Field Officers, other project consultants, and project personnel and ensure that information is disseminated between project partners particularly in relation to climate resilience promotion among project beneficiaries.
Collaborate with other team members such as the M&E and Communications team etc to generate policy briefs and infographics on climate successes and human-interest stories from project results.
Facilitate the participation of the project beneficiary districts and communities in sub-national and national climate policy processes and platforms and dialogues.
Prepare and submit workshop and training reports, progress reports of project activities.
Contribute to promoting partnerships and stakeholder collaborations such as through LoA preparations etc in support of climate resilience of target beneficiaries.
Contribute to the preparation final project report (terminal report etc) according to FAO guidelines and format.
Perform any other duties as may be required.

Candidates Will Be Assessed Against The Following:

Minimum Requirements:

National of Ghana
University degree in climate change, natural resource management, development planning and any related disciplines.
5 years of experience working in a field of natural resources management including Two or more years of relevant experience in agricultural development, management, and coordination and/or project implementation in an area of FAO’s activities in the country
Working knowledge of English (proficient – level C).

Technical/Functional Skills:

The position requires good technical knowledge of the climate change mitigation and adaptation in Ghana
Extent and relevance of experience in project management and coordination
Extensive knowledge and understanding of climate smart agriculture and resilience of especially small holder farming households
Extent and relevance of experience in management of computer programs such as Excel, Word, Power Point and statistical software.
The candidate must demonstrate high communication skills, both verbal and written, negotiation, leadership, vision, strategy, coordination and teamwork

Source: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2400672

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