Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH National Advisor Jobs in Ethiopia

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH National Advisor Jobs in Ethiopia

Job Id: 199141

Category: Development and Project Management Location: Addis Ababa
Career Level: Senior Level (5+ years experience)
Employment Type: Full time
Salary:

Job Description

National Advisor

GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #036/2019

GIZ- NatuReS Program

Background

Climate change will have a significant impact on the supply, storage and demand of natural resources – especially water – in Africa and other parts of the world.

Coupled with population growth, economic development, urbanisation, land-use change, and ageing infrastructure, communities, businesses and governments will face many challenges developing more sustainable ways to use available water and other natural resources.

The Natural Resources Stewardship Programme (NatuReS), which is funded by BMZ (the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) and potentially co-funded in the future by other entities, is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (“GIZ”).

NatuReS promotes corporate natural resources stewardship and multi-stakeholder collective action for more sustainable management of natural resources, especially those resources that are linked to water.

NatuReS aims to strengthen and support local partnerships to address shared water-related natural resources risks1. Due to the scale and complexity of emerging challenges related to water and natural resources, individual actions, though important, are limited in effectiveness.

“Natural Resources Stewardship” addresses this issue by offering a pragmatic way of establishing a dialogue between public and private partners together with civil society to manage their shared natural resources risks.

Put simply, stewardship is about taking care of something that we do not own but that is important to us. This is based on the premise that we are all accountable and therefore responsible for the sustainable use and management of our planet’s natural resources.

Since 2009, GIZ has been assisting to catalyse multi-stakeholder collective action to manage and reduce shared water-related natural resources risks around the world.

Prior to NatuReS, the International Water Stewardship Programme (IWaSP) was active in nine project countries: Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Saint Lucia and Grenada. The NatuReS project countries are currently: Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia and South Africa, with more project countries to come.

For decades, the rural population in the Ethiopian highlands has been affected by increasing food insecurity stemming from high population growth, deforestation and unsuitable agricultural production methods.

In response to these challenges, the Ethiopian Government has adopted an ambitious five-year Growth and Transformation Plan (2015-2020), its aim being to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations and double Ethiopia’s GDP.

Combating poverty and promoting economic growth and education are key elements of government policy.

In line with the Ethiopian Government’s objectives, German development cooperation with Ethiopia currently focuses on three priority Areas:

Labour-market-oriented education and Training

Sustainable land Management, agriculture and food supply

Biodiversity

NatuReS Ethiopia Program

NatuReS program in Ethiopia is picking up from where the predecessor program, IWaSP left it activities.

NatuReS Ethiopia is therefore at the moment implementing a private-public-CSO partnership within Lake Hawassa and its catchment area.

NatuReS is also actively engaging with other relevant

key players in the natural resources sector in order to establish another partnership within Ethiopia.

In line with the above, GIZ Ethiopia (NatuReS Program Office) is looking to recruit a National Advisor based in Addis Ababa.

Position: Project Advisor

Application deadline: March 03,2019

Required Candidates: One

Place of Work: Addis Ababa

Responsibilities

Support the NatuReS team in identifying key stakeholders that could potentially join a partnership or establish a new one

Establish linkages with relevant government, private and civil society organizations and organize meetings aimed at increasing the visibility of the program, using his/her contacts with senior management in these organizations

Support the already existing NatuReS partnerships in implementation of activities and provide technical backstopping to colleagues

Support the M&E officer in data collection and reporting

Together with other NatuReS staff develop the programme’s annual strategy and follow up the implementation of the same

Inform the program’s staff of any developments within the Government that could have an impact on the program’s activities (positive or negative)

Attend partnership coordination meetings and advise partners where need arises

Support NatuReS with knowledge management as well as good public relations and documentation

Advocacy and dissemination at both regional and international level of lessons learned and activities implemented by different partnerships

Other related activities as assigned by the supervisor

Other knowledge, additional competences

Good understanding of the water and natural resources sector in Ethiopia, as well as the country’s political economy;

Good communicator capable of articulating issues and advising the NatuReS management on matters related to the program;

Fully proficient computer skills and use of relevant software and other applications strong analytical, research and documentation skills;

The ability to assimilate large amounts of information and present in an accessible manner;

Ability to apply good judgment in the context of assignments given, ability to plan own work and manage conflicting priorities;

Good interpersonal skills to assist negotiations with partners and beneficiaries to provide effective support to NatuReS program team;

Ability to work both on own initiative and also within a team; and can work under pressure to meet deadlines

Job Requirements

Qualification Required & Experience

University Degree in Engineering, Agriculture, Geography, Environmental Studies, Water and Natural Resources/or other related fields a master’s degree will be an added advantage

Excellent skill in reading, writing and speaking Amharic and English

Computer literacy

High degree of initiative, efficiency, team-work, integrity and accountability

At least 8 years professional experience in a comparable position

How to Apply

Application procedure: -

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non-returnable recent CV via Ethiojobs or Email: hreth@giz.de

Note: -

Please make sure you mention the Vacancy Number ‘National Advisor #035/2019’ in the subject line of your email application. Due to large number of applications we categorise applications with the vacancy numbers.

Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might not be categorized in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Applications from qualified women are encouraged

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH National Advisor Jobs in Ethiopia