Regional Expert Natural Resources Rehabilitation
GIZ- external Vacancy Announcement #023/2019
GIZ-SURED
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. GIZ promotes reforms and change processes. In Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 50 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 Sustainable Land Management Program (SLMP) is one of the Flagship programs of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the Ethiopian government. It has been designed under the long-term (2009-2023) Ethiopia Strategic Investment Framework for Sustainable Land Management (ESIF) and the Agricultural Sector Policy and Investment Framework (PIF). Both are designed to strengthen domestic and foreign support as well as planning of investments that contribute to Ethiopia’s agricultural growth and development agenda for addressing issues related to the existing challenges related to land and water resources.
GIZ has been supporting the implementation of SLMP since 2008 in different forms in Amhara, Oromia and Tigray regions. Starting from 2015, GIZ SLM has increased its geographical coverage and included three additional regions, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambella and Southern Nations Nationalities Peoples’ Region.
GIZ-SURED (Sustainable Use of Resources for Economic Development 2018–2020) will be focussing on the economic development and sustainable utilization of rehabilitated areas. Against this background, GIZ Ethiopia is looking to recruit a Regional Officer Natural Resources Rehabilitation for GIZ-SURED as specified:
Position: Regional Expert Natural Resources Rehabilitation
Remuneration: As per the GIZ scale
Application deadline: February 15, 2019
Required Candidates: One
Place of Work: Bahir-Dar
Responsibilities:
· Represent GIZ-SURED TC at woreda and zonal levels and facilitate its capacity development activities based on systematic gap analysis and principles of GIZ-SURED service delivery approach
· Address capacity development needs on zone and woreda levels via GIZ-SURED trainer database.
· Guide cascading of capacity development activities by regional, zonal and woreda SLMP staff.
· Support platform functionality at regional, zonal, woreda, kebele and community level.
· Support the M&E team in using and monitoring cost-effective Natural Resources Rehabilitation efforts based on decreasing unit costs.
· Identify opportunities to ensure maximum employment for utilization of rehabilitated lands.
Tasks:
· Compile CD needs from Woreda levels based on systematic assessments of knowledge gaps in SLM and watershed management according to the CBPWD guideline.
· Prioritize identified training needs for NRM and PLUP implementation staff based on the GIZ-SURED priority support matrix
· Organize and provide trainings based on the regional TC plan and on the principles of the GIZ-SURED.
· Provide coaching to trained trainers and ensure the cascading of trainings to community level according to annual work plan.
· Provide practical technical support on local level natural resource governance (including participatory land use planning, resource use and management and production of development maps using appropriate, GIS and remote sensing tools.
· Provide guidance/support to KfW SLMP zone- and woreda focal persons along the SLMP planning processes including the delineation of micro-watersheds and participatory Land Use Planning according to official guiding documents and advise/coach woreda experts during the planning phase.
· Provide guidance/support to KfW SLMP zone- and woreda focal persons along the SLMP implementation processes of activities under planning and rehabilitation watershed development phases according to official guiding documents.
· Liaison with and support the Regional Advisors Economic and Social & Organizational Development in implementation of the economic watershed development phase.
· Support zone and woreda SLMP focal person(s) on KfW SLMP procurement processes in coordination with FC partners responsible.
· Report on monthly basis to the Regional Manager and federal Advisor Natural Resources Rehabilitation.
· Communicate knowledge products that improve quality of service delivery to Regional Manager and Advisor Natural Resource Rehabilitation and support up scaling of SURED activities to non-project areas.
· Performs other duties and tasks at the request of management.
Competences:
· Practical skill and knowledge on the resource mapping using latest GIS and remote sensing applications
· Excellent capabilities as trainer including participatory training methodology, planning and evaluation of training events.
· Good knowledge of the GIZ rules and regulations and of GIZ project cycle management.
· Excellent technical knowledge in the fields related to SLM/SURED and practical experience on Natural resource management, participatory watershed development planning, participatory land use planning.
· Demonstrated experience on coordination, facilitation and organizational capacities for systemic and strategic thinking, planning and management.
· Thorough knowledge and understanding of SLMP guiding documents (PIM, CBPWD, Exit / Sustainability Strategy, Operational Manual, etc.).
· Excellent knowledge of English and regional language, written and spoken.
· Good working knowledge of standard computer applications such as MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.) and also practical skill on statistical tools for data management
· Experience in developing and building good working relationships with government authorities and with other public and private sectors.
· Excellent communication skills on different hierarchical levels, including conflict management skills.
Qualifications and Experience:
· University degree (minimum BSc) in an area related to the program objectives, such as: agriculture, rural development, natural resource management, watershed management.
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