Turkana County Government Deputy Director Climate Change Jobs in Kenya
Turkana County Government Deputy Director Climate Change Jobs in Kenya
Requirements and competencies for appointment:Bachelor’s degree in any of the following: Climate Change, Environmental studies, Natural Resource Sciences, Meteorology or related field;
Master’s Degree in Climate Change; Meteorology, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences or related fields will be added advantage;
Served for at least five (5) years in a field related to environment and Climate Change or equivalent in the public service three (3) years of which must have been at a senior management level and at least two (2) years specific experience on climate change issues;
Knowledge of international and government policies and regulations relating to climate
change;
Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 on Leadership and Integrity.
A track record of a team work, leadership, good knowledge of international, government policies and regulations relating to climate change;
Understands national, regional and international climate change and related environmental issues.
Duties and responsibilities:
Planning and implementing mitigation and adaptation projects, programmes and activities across various sectors;
Preparing guidelines, County mitigation and adaptation , planning and implementation;
Coordinating technology development and transfer, and research required for mitigation
and mitigation across the different sectors;
Spearheading development of bankable County Appropriate Mitigation Actions (CAMAs) and adaptation projects for domestic and international support;
Liaising with the Designated National Authority (DNA) and other relevant institutions
including the REDD+ focal point, the National Treasury on matters pertaining to carbon markets and emissions trading schemes;
Monitoring and evaluation of mitigation and adaptation programmes and actions;
Mainstreaming climate change mitigation and adaptation into County development planning processes; and
Participating in the preparation and reporting in county Communications and other international and national reporting requirements related to mitigation.
Developing
and disseminating county climate change communication, outreach and public education strategy;
Liaising with the relevant sectors and other climate change stakeholders;
Custodian of the County Climate Change information and knowledge management system;
Tracking Climate change actions, trends, impacts and implications at the national and county level;
Capacity building and awareness creation for institutions and stakeholders on climate change;
Compilation and documentation of the Climate Change Secretariat’s reports;
Ensuring effective County preparation, participation and representation at the Conference of the Parties (COPs) to the UNFCCC including national inputs into the UNFCCC(United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) obligations and submissions as may be required;
Providing advice on policy issues relating to regional and national climate negotiations;
Participating in regional, sub-regional and stakeholder groups/constituencies process in
formulating common positions and fronts in climate change negotiations and as well as climate change finance meetings;
Planning and operationalizing capacity building for regional and county negotiators;
Coordinating Climate Change finances issues and engage with the National and County Treasury, private sector and civil society organizations on national climate finance matters;
Building capacity and sharing information on issues related to climate change negotiations, finance and carbon trading
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