Environment and Climate Assessment Officer at National Treasury

Minimum Requirements

• A relevant Master’s Degree from an accredited university in the field of specialization, e.g. Agriculture, Rural Development, Natural Resource Management, Environment, and Economics.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant and progressive experience in providing environmental management advisory services, hands-on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects and establishing interrelationships among international organizations and national governments. At least 3 years of the experience should be in projects funded by development partners.
• Sound knowledge of policy and regulatory frameworks for environmental, climate assessments and natural resource management in the agricultural/livestock context of Kenya.
• Demonstrated capacity to develop environmental and social management systems, execute safeguards, prescribe solutions to environment and natural resource management problems, manage budgets and programs, as well as prepare reports.
• Practical knowledge of Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills.
• Possess good communication skills in the national languages.
• Previous experience in development and implementation of green finance operations would be a major advantage for the candidate

Other Requirements

• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated technical understanding and ability to interpret environmental assessment documents.
• Experience in environment and social impact assessments and management plans.
• Experience in fieldwork and international policy frameworks related to project and programme development for climate change and environment financing is an asset.