Greenhouse Gas Inventory Specialist

tendersglobal.net

Job Description

The Government of Suriname is undertaking its readiness activities for accessing Green Climate Fund (GCF) resources for addressing climate change. The project will involve strengthening capacity of the Government to access climate finance through an extensive mentoring program for staff members of the Ministry of Spatial Planning and the Environment (the NDA) and staff from other Government Ministries as well as stakeholders from civil society organizations. The activities under this Readiness project will provide important baseline information needed for future decision making on climate change priorities for Suriname.

Reporting Lines:

The specialist will work under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative for Suriname based in Trinidad and under the technical guidance of the International Climate Change Expert based in Suriname. She/he will liaise with other concerned government and non-government stakeholders in Suriname.

Technical focus:

[In the general context to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Spatial Planning and the Environment (ROM) the specialist will be responsible to:

Conduct a capacity and institutional assessment of government institutions related to GHG inventories
Develop and Implement a capacity building program based on the gap analysis
Recommend policies and practices to increase the efficiency of the Ministry of ROM and other concerned government agencies to improve on data collection, storage and sharing

Tasks and responsibilities:

Liaise with ROM and other stakeholders on climate change reporting and GHG estimates in Suriname
Organize several workshops to discuss amongst technicians how to improve the collection of GHG data
Develop a protocol for updating the GHG emissions for the 6 mains sectors as indicated in the NDC 2020
Provide guidelines on how to measure and analyze the GHG emissions
Write an updated GHG inventory report for Suriname
Ensure the integration of gender consideration into the above-mentioned tasks and project outputs

Candidates Will Be Assessed Against The Following:

Minimum Requirements:

B.Sc. or Master’s Degree in Environment, Climate Change or a related subject
At least 5 years of experience in climate change and GHG inventories
Working knowledge of English
National of the country or a resident with valid work permit

Source: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2303986&tz=GMT%2B05%3A30&tzname=Asia%2FCalcutta

To help us track our recruitment effort, please indicate in your cover/motivation letter where (tendersglobal.net) you saw this job posting.

Next Tenure-track Faculty Positions in Particle Physics and Cosmology »

Previous « UNICEF Mauritania: Youth Engagement Officer NOA, FT, Nouakchott, Mauritanie, #126715

Greenhouse Gas Inventory Specialist

Job Description

VN 2026 013 | Senior Project Associate (Migration Health)

Clean Team Member

AmeriCorps Camping Crew Member

TerraCorps AmeriCorps Service Member

AVRR Project Assistant (Outreach)

Staff Nurse – Ward (Bank)