Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, November 20 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Purpose of the Position:
To coordinate Climate Change and Resilience Project at the district and national level (Southern, North Western, and Lusaka Province), and provide technical and strategic guidance to the planned programme activities in the target districts. He/She will work in close collaboration with the Project Officers and the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager in the implementation of the project.

Key Responsibilities:
The key responsibilities of the Project Coordinator will include, but are not limited to:
• Provide leadership to the project and coordinate with field-based JCM technical staff, project staff, and local partners in Southern, North Western, and Lusaka Province as needed to ensure all project deliverables are on track towards reaching the overall project goal, strategic objectives, and beneficiary targets.
• Ensure that capacity building trainings on Climate and Environmental Stewardship (CES) for partners and beneficiaries are properly planned, resourced, and executed, including overseeing the quality of cascaded trainings offered by partners under the project.
• Cultivate and define relationships with government, public, and private actors to maximize donor investment and project outcomes, while leveraging these partnerships for sustainable outcomes.
• Adequately prepare for periodic technical reviews with project staff and partners (via meetings, report review, site visits, etc.) and ensure that the direction is in line with the overall project strategy, and support changes in programme direction and focus, based on observations and data generated through monitoring and evaluation.
• Work closely with the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Green Economy and Environment, and Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU), and support them in strengthening the capacity of district and local community structures to respond to climate change and environmental issues as well as the monitoring systems.
• Stay abreast of international and national relevant Climate Change policy discussions and developments in quality standards and innovations, including donor strategies and guidelines, and disseminate information and foster discussion within the project.
• Oversee the planning and implementation of the overall project, promote and monitor integration of cross-cutting technical themes into programme activities.
• Together with M&E Manager, design and review tools to monitor the effectiveness of all project interventions for intermediaries as well as generate lessons learnt for project improvement.
• Work closely with the M&E Manager to ensure clear understanding, tracking, and capturing of project indicators and quality reporting. Utilize and adapt to learning from monitoring and evaluation processes to inform the on-going implementation of interventions.
• Represent the project in donor meetings and other relevant meetings.
• Consolidate and review monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for timely submission.
• Support the Project Officers in implementation according to the work plans and prepare technical progress reports.
• The post holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Qualifications and Experience:
• Bachelor’s / master’s degree in a related field (e.g., environmental science, Sustainability, Ecology, Natural Resource Management, Climate Science, Environmental Policy, Environmental Protection and Management, etc.)
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience working in a related role.
• Experience working with project cycle management and project coordination.
• Technical qualifications related to CES, such as GIS, nature-based solutions, environmental management or engineering, Data Analysis, Environmental Impact assessment, policy knowledge, and climate risk assessment is an advantage.
• Experience working with community-based programming is an advantage.
• Must have excellent interpersonal, analytical, decision-making, and conflict management skills.
• Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment and functional teams.
• The position requires the ability and willingness to travel domestically up to 60% of the time.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
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• Please send only your application letter clearly stating the position in the subject line with a detailed CV indicating 3 traceable referees, one of whom should have been direct supervisor, through email to:
Human Resource Manager at jcmjobs@outlook.com .
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• The closing date for receipt of applications is 27th November 2024.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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