UNDP Climate Security Specialist Jobs in Nigeria

UNDP Climate Security Specialist Jobs in Nigeria

Background

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Insecurity in the North West (NW) region of Nigeria – especially Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto is characterized by a complex blend of communal conflicts, farmer-herder conflict, armed banditry and organized crime.

These conflict drivers are further amplified by demographic pressure, relative deprivation, perceptions of economic exclusion and climate-induced risks. While numerous peace agreements and amnesties including in Sokoto and Zamfara provided some short-term stability, violence that resurged in the North-West, especially in 2020 poses a significant stability risk to the region and country as a whole.

In Katsina and Kaduna States for example, organized communal violence and banditry attacks tripled from April to June 2021 and at least 80,150 and 67,192 people respectively are now in IDP camps with many more urbanely displaced.

To support the Federal and State Governments in addressing these issues, UNDP has played a key role in mobilizing and catalyzing key partnerships around a prevention agenda to find lasting solutions to the NW security challenge to prevent a deterioration into a full-blown humanitarian crisis.

In this context, to foster resilience against climate and security risks, the North West Climate-Peace Hubs: A Climate Security Approach to Conflict Prevention project, with funding from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will through a conflict-sensitive manner contribute towards: 1) improved access to data supporting decision-making for anticipatory actions to climate and conflict risks, 2) increased access conflict sensitive and climate resilient livelihoods and green jobs and 3) strengthened systems and practices for communal management of natural resources. The project pilot states are Katsina and Sokoto, with focus on borderland areas.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Conflict & Political Economy Specialist, the Climate Security Specialist will be responsible for the following functions and tasks:

Summary of Key Functions:

Coordinate the field office’s day-to-day activities on the North-west Climate-Peace Hubs project.

Support the development and implementation of programme strategies focusing on climate security related approaches.

Enhance collaboration and cooperation on climate security between Conflict Prevention and Environmental areas of work.

Specific Functions/Results expected:

Coordinate the field office’s day-to-day activities on the North-West Climate-Peace Hubs project:

Coordinate and monitor the day-to-day implementation of project activities, providing technical support to ensure implementation in line with the planned timeline, objectives and results;

Design and formulate activity plans for the North-West Climate-Peace Hubs project;

Use primary and secondary data, case evidence and research findings to distill relevant lessons from projects and programmes

to support strategy and project development and innovation in climate security;

Support regular monitoring of the implementation of the climate security activities;

Facilitate and document human interest stories of beneficiaries and develop various communication materials linked to livelihood and economic recovery.

Support the development and implementation of programme strategies focusing on integration of a climate security approach:

Review analysis and research on climate security and provide substantive inputs to the North-West Climate-Peace Hubs project;

Support project formulation, including detailed activity plans, monitoring and evaluation, site selection and budget formulation with a climate security approach;

Support formulation of a detailed implementation plan of the identified interventions, including potential implementing partners, methodologies, and coordination mechanisms, in accordance with UNDP’s rules and regulations;

Apply a conflict and gender sensitive approach to the project.

Enhance collaboration and cooperation on climate security between Conflict Prevention and Environmental Areas of work:

Identify the latest trends and developments in climate security dynamics in the target communities/areas and other relevant target states and regularly update the analysis, results and data;

Collaborate with UN agencies and other actors, such as governments, private sector, and NGOs/CSOs, to create synergies and collaboration for greater impact of the UNDP interventions in the area of climate security;

Identify and synthesize best practices and lessons learned directly linked to the project;

Build convergence of the peace & security, climate & environment, gender, and data expertise in the project;

Disseminate analyses of the relevant data and research documents on a regular basis to relevant stakeholders.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master's Degree in International Development/Relations, Economics, Business Management, Political Science or other relevant fields.

Experience:

Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in climate security or peacebuilding/conflict prevention with a climate focus;

Proven professional knowledge and experience on the intersection between climate/environmental issues and conflict;

Experience with diverse projects in complex environments, involving multi-disciplinary teams, broad ranges of stakeholders, and within volatile security situations is strongly preferred;

Previous working experience with UNDP, other UN agencies or an International Organization is desirable;

Experience in a conflict and post conflict environment with knowledge of socio-economic, cultural, and community development issues in complex crisis situations is a strong advantage.

Language:

Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; UNDP Climate Security Specialist Jobs in Nigeria

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