Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #050/2020
Natural Resources Stewardship Programme (NatuReS)
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, urbanization, 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 risks[1]. 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 catalyze 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:
NatuReS Ethiopia Programme
NatuReS programme in Ethiopia is picking up from where the predecessor programme, IWaSP left its activities. NatuReS Ethiopia is therefore now 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 to establish another partnership(s) within Ethiopia. Currently NatuReS is setting up a solid waste management platform for Addis Ababa city with a focus on plastic collection, segregation and recycling.
Responsibilities and Duties
Partnership setup and Management
Portfolio Development
Government Relations
Monitoring & Evaluation
Knowledge Management
Requirements
Qualifications
Professional experience
Other knowledge, additional competencies