Climate Resilience Project Officer at Arid Lands Information Network( ALIN)

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