Senior Natural Resources Management Expert
Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #161/2017
GIZ-SDR Program
Background
As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives.
In Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 40 years in bilateral cooperation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and on commission of the Ethiopian government and international donors.
The Ethiopian government recognizes the high economic value of livestock and its products like milk, meat and leather produced through the traditional pastoral farming. Therefore, the pastoral and agro-pastoral population is supported in strengthening their drought resilience, allowing them to adapt their farming system to a changing natural and economic environment. German development cooperation participates with the program “Strengthening Drought Resilience of the Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Population in the Lowlands of Ethiopia” (SDR) in selected pilot areas in Afar and Somali. Major activities will be participatory land use planning with all stakeholders in selected kebeles, water harvesting and rehabilitation of degraded rangeland followed by participatory rangeland management as well as training for pastoralists, administration and service providers. To set this new program up, a team of experts is needed keen to work for pastoralists communities. The jobs will offer the opportunity to form together a challenging project.
For its strengthening drought resilience (SDR) program office GIZ is looking for Senior NRM Expert as per the detail below:-
Position: Senior NRM Expert
Place of Work: Afar
Application deadline: December 20, 2017
Required Candidate: One
Responsibilities:
· Linking and coordinating the SDR-ASAL programme with its objectives and operations with regional government and all other relevant stakeholders;
· Ensure access to sufficient quantity and quality planting material needed for rehabilitation increasing food and fodder production;
· In case of emergency situation, advise and participate on rapid assessment, activities formulation and implementation in cooperation with DPPC;
· Report to the Regional Programme Manager as supervisor and to the relevant SDR-ASAL task team manager for activities;
Tasks:
· Develop thematic and strategic concepts / guidelines upon request by BoPAD in collaboration with regional and federal level GIZ-SDR staff;
· Provide technical support and backstopping in the field for on-going activities related to the GIZ SDR-ASAL activities in the area of NRM
· Support regional staff on the formation of Community Based Organizations such as Self Help Groups, cooperatives, Small and micro enterprises etc. for sustainable management of rehabilitated lands in accordance regional proclamations;
· Contribute to all Planning, Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation activities of GIZ SDR-ASAL; Report on monthly basis to the GIZ-SDR regional programme manager and the relevant task team manager;
Qualifications and Experience:
· At least 5 years of professional working experience on the post
Competences:
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