Technical Specialist- Environment, Climate Action and DRR

Overview

Join to provide technical guidance for projects in environment and climate action.

You have:

• Bachelor in Science - including climate, environment, agriculture, forestry, or other relevant disciplines is required.
• 5 years working experience with projects related and targeted to climate change, environmental, marine science.
• Strong project management with experience to manage donor grants.
• Various Donor Compliance and Reporting – MFAT, EU, DFAT, USAID.
• Strong grant management skills.
• Good working knowledge of statistical packages (Excel, etc.) is required.
• Excellent knowledge of ODK database.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Organization, planning, and time management skills.
• Detail-oriented and able to verify data quality.
• Stays open to internal and external feedback.
• Good contextual knowledge of the local community and social/cultural constraints, realities, and organizational relationships.
• High-level communications skills.
• Ability to build positive relationships in a cross-cultural environment.

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Technical

• Provide technical implementation guidance for all projects under the portfolio
• Review relevant projects technical implementation performance and support the responsible project staff to develop action plans where the projects are impacted
• Facilitate regular technical reflections, share knowledge and learning within the Grant teams with regards program implementation, improvements and adaptation

Grant Acquisition, Development and Management

• Provide technical support to Program Development GAM team for resource development of new grants; which may entail networking and engagement with potential donors.
• Support the inception and consolidation process for new grants. This may entail engagement with Support Offices and Donors.

Program Quality

• Support and provide inputs to Technical Portfolio Managers and staff for improvements to project progress to meet high quality performance expectations

  Reporting

• Assist Project Staff to generate good quality reports (both narrative and financials), submitted in time to the WV Support Offices and donor.

Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement

• Be part of the external coordination and engagement with other implementing partners and donors
• Identify potential funding opportunities and conduct donor research and relationship building

Risk Management and Compliance

• Ensure updated risk register with updated management actions

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION/SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor in Science – including climate, environment, agriculture, forestry, or other relevant disciplines is required.
• 5 years working experience with projects related and targeted to climate change, environmental, marine science
• Strong project management with experience to manage donor grants
• Various Donor Compliance and Reporting – MFAT, EU, DFAT.USAID
• Strong grant management
• Good working knowledge of statistical packages (Excel, etc.) is required
• Excellent knowledge of ODK database
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Organization, planning, and time management skills
• Detail-oriented and able to verify data quality
• Stays open to internal and external feedback
• Good contextual knowledge of the local community and social/cultural constraints, realities, and organizational relationships
• High-level communications skills
• Ability to build positive relationships in a cross-cultural environment

A competitive salary, benefits, and career development opportunity will be offered commensurate with relevant experience, knowledge, and qualifications.

Interested applicants should submit the following documents all in one PDF file before; Sunday 12 October, 2025, 11:59 PM (Midnight, PNG Time)

• Expression of interest

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• Detailed CV

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World Vision is committed to the principles of workplace diversity. Qualified women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

World Vision is committed to the protection of children. We do not employ staff whose background is not aligned with our safe guarding practices. Hence employment is conditional upon successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks, where possible.

We appreciate the time it takes to prepare your application. Please note that only short-listed candidates suitable for interviews will be contacted. If you do not hear from World Vision within two (2) weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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