Climate Resilience Officer West Africa
CurrentResponsible for coordinating the three (3) climate resilience projects: Strengthening the resilience of communities to floods through integrated early warning systems in West Africa: case studies from Senegal and Niger Early warning and early action to cascading food security risks Promote community resilience to floods in the commune of Thiès Nord• Directly implement the project interventions and ensure the active and meaningful participation of community groups and all relevant stakeholders• Work effectively with the Thematic Lead Climate and Resilience and other teams to ensure that the project is implemented according to contract (in terms of budget, activities, and time frame)• Support the project’s effective and systematic monitoring and evaluation and ensure findings are recorded and escalated to guide the continued successful implementation of other projects and inform the development of other new initiatives• Develop and maintain professional links with development agencies, government bodies, county governments, technical specialists, universities and other professional institutions as required by the project• Support the West Africa Climate Resilience team to develop high quality Concept Notes, Expressions of Interests and Proposals to win new assignments in West Africa (often to very tight deadlines).• Identify innovations, technologies and new areas for developing improved and innovative climate resilience solutions and approaches to ensure that Practical Action remains on the cutting edge in Africa.