County Director – Climate Change at Mombasa County Public Service Board

Job Description/Requirements

Reporting to County Chief Officer – Environment and Natural Resources

Required Qualifications

• Served in a management Position in Climate Change matters or comparable Management position or relevant position in civil service or equivalent for a period of three (3) years
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines Climate change and development; Geo information sciences; Environmental management and conservation; water resources and environment; Geography; Climate change adaptation, meteorology Environmental law from a recognized institution
• Master’s degree in any of the following discipline: Climate change adaptation; Environmental Chemistry; Geo information sciences; limnology and hydrology or any other equivalent discipline
• Certificate in strategic leadership development program lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution or other equivalent Management Training.
• Certificate in computer application from a recognized institution
• Demonstrated administrative and professional competence in work performance and results

Duties & Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing Climate Change adaptation policy, legislation, strategies and action plans
• Capture activity data and coordinate its analysis, documentation and dissemination
• Identify research and training needs and method of disseminating information relating to climate change to stakeholders
• Establish and manage Climate change registry of actions by sectors, Climate Support Organizations and private sector
• Prepare quarterly functional and annual reports for approvals by steering and planning committee, Climate Change Coordination Unit before presentation to county Assembly
• Mainstream Disaster risk reduction in development projects and spartial plans 
• Mainstreams of Climate change in CIDPs and regularly update them
• Strengthen current Monitoring and Evaluation system to allow assessment and report on resilience building
• Establish knowledge management centers on Climate change at Sub County level
• Guide on Departmental research and analysis on policy developments related to climate change
• Make climate change recommendations for actions such as legislation, awareness campaigns etc.
• Prepare programs and projects, annual budget requirement and work plan
• Promote initiatives to mitigate climate change
• Responsible for implementation of sector projects
• Establish monitoring and evaluation systems of Climate Change