Technical Specialist – Environmental Stewardship and Climate Action (ESCA)

Lead efforts to adapt programs for climate change resilience and community support.

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Overview

Lead efforts to adapt programs for climate change resilience and community support.

You have:

Knowledge and direct experience with climate change mitigation and adaptation interventions, gained through at least 5 years of experience working in development contexts.
Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Management, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Forest, Environmental Planning or a related field.
Fluent in both Swahili and English Languages.
Master degree in Environmental Management, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Forest, Environmental Planning or a related field will be added advantage.

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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:

JOB PURPOSE

The Technical Specialist – Environmental Stewardship and Climate Action (ESCA) will lead efforts to adapt WVT programs to be more resilient and responsive to the impacts of climate change. The postholder will provide advice and support in three principal ways:

Demand driven support to Area Program and Projects to design services that are climate resilient and/or build community resilience
Support learning and innovation across humanitarian and Development interventions to promote climate resilient / responsive programs;
Mobilize resources to help the organization adopt and scale climate resilient/responsive interventions.

The Technical Specialist – Environmental Stewardship and Climate Action (ESCA) will be part of the Program Quality and Strategy Division. The postholder will report to Resilience and Livelihood Team Leader and will work closely with field teams

Communicate World Vision's Christian ethos and demonstrate a quality of spiritual life that is an example to others.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Activity

Support National office on designing and implementation of Environmental Stewardship and Climate Action (ESCA) interventions (30%)

Targeted support to Area Program and Projects to implement Core Project model and approaches related to ESCA including FMNR, Regreening Communities and Eco-school
Work with government and HEA Manager to better understand and adapt to the projected impacts of climate induced disasters-DRR
Promote, coordinate and support ESCA mainstreaming across the organization
Strengthening integration, collaboration and complementarity include health and nutrition, Education, gender, F&D, WASH peace building and sponsorship.
Support implementation of WVT new strategy

End Results

Climate Resilience projects are implemented with fidelity
Burn rate for Climate resilience is according to the plan
ESCA is mainstreamed across WVT

Activity

Monitoring and Evaluation of Environmental Stewardship and Climate Action (ESCA) Interventions (30%)

Visit target communities on a regular basis to learn and document on climate resilience practices and experiences and continuously support to incorporate into the project planning such lessons.
Support production of regular and timely progress reports regarding relevant project activities.
Review and support quality data collection for ESCA for decision making
Take lead on ESCA DIQA exercises
Promote learning including developing success stories and share in different platforms

End Results

Quality R and L reports submission which include how RC families are benefiting from Climate resilience projects
Updated quality data in the Kobo etc. including data for both APs and grants
Number of success stories developed and shared in different platform

Activity

Training and capacity strengthening to staffs and partners on ESCA (10%)

Design capacity strengthening to partners and staffs
Lead training and capacity strengthening on ESCA for staffs and partners

End Results

Number of staffs and partners trained on ESCA

Activity

Environmental Stewardship and Climate Action (ESCA) intervention visibility internally and externally (15%)

Work with NO to broker external partnerships that can forward ESCA work at field level
Advise FO on ESCA related policy statements as requested
Active participation in World Vision Tanzania Green Team
In delegation of R and L Team Leader Represent WVT in various meetings, workshops and conferences related to climate ESCA
Support APs/Cluster participation in key national and international commemorations related to climate resilience such as World Environmental week
Prepare papers related to ESCA for presentation in different forums

End Results

Number of the external events communities’ groups participated
Number of stakeholder engagement conducted
Number of papers presented in different forums

Activity

Resource mobilization for Environmental Stewardship and Climate Action (ESCA) (15%)

Work with Field Office Resource Development team to identify, map and communicate ESCA funding opportunities
Build organizational resources to help to develop WVT’s portfolio on climate resilient / responsive programs.
Support initial assessment to inform PNS and grant development around climate resilience

End Results

New PNS and grants developed
Quality and timely report submission to inform resource development

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

Knowledge and direct experience with climate change mitigation and adaptation interventions, gained through at least 5 years of experience working in development contexts
Proven experience in strengthening community capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).
Demonstrated awareness and use of key global climate change technological interventions such as drones and Satellite for environmental monitoring
Proven experience of leading/ providing technical support on climate change adaptation and mitigation planning for both rural and urban projects
Demonstrated Experience on environmental impact assessment

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Management, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Forest, Environmental Planning or a related field.
Master degree in Environmental Management, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Forest, Environmental Planning or a related field will be added advantage

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

Knowledge of climate change trends, impacts and solutions, including strategies for climate change mitigation, adaptation, and preparedness.
Knowledge on integrated approach to development
Resource mobilization (Understanding of the sector, donor and UN landscape for ESCA.)
Excellent written and oral communication skills, especially the ability to write succinctly and clearly for professional and public audiences. Ability to create and deliver effective and polished public presentations.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to handle challenging situations with tact and sensitivity.
Ability to analyze quantitative and qualitative information and prepare and present results orally and in writing.
Ability to independently prioritize assignments, manage multiple simultaneous projects, ask for assistance when needed, and provide regular progress updates to collaborators, supervisors, and colleagues.
Strong experience in conducting and developing workshops and/or trainings will be an asset.
Excellent reporting and analytical skills.

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement

Work environment: Office-based with frequent travel to the field
Travel: 30% Domestic/international travel is required.
On call: 5%

Physical Requirements

Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities.
Perform other duties as required

Language Requirements

Fluent in both Swahili and English Languages

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