Overview
Serve as the in-country focal point and local facilitator for RESIslands activities, ensuring alignment with national priorities and facilitating stakeholder engagement for climate resilience initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Organize and convene national-level workshops, consultations, and training events.
- Liaise with national institutions, UN RCO, civil society, and academia.
- Provide technical assistance for country-level project deliverables and identify training needs.
- Prepare for field visits, assessments, and national risk diagnostics.
- Facilitate local logistics, permits, and procurement of services.
- Elaborate technical progress reports and activity briefs.
- Monitor outputs and ensure alignment with work plans and budgets.
- Collect data for knowledge products and tools.
- Facilitate dissemination of best practices.
- Engage national stakeholders for deliverable validation and post-project uptake.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in climate resilience, institutional development, or project coordination.
- Prior experience leading donor-funded climate or development projects and working with governments is desirable.
- Prior engagement at national or regional level in climate, environment or risk management is desirable.
- Prior work with qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis, reporting will be an asset.
Qualifications
Advanced University Degree (Master’s level) in Climate Science, Environmental Policy, Project Management, Economics, Social Sciences, Geography, Geoinformatics, or related fields.
