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Program Officer

GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #033/2019

GIZ- IWaSP

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, urbanisation, 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 catalyse 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:

• Labour-market-oriented education and Training
• Sustainable land Management, agriculture and food supply
• Biodiversity

“Protecting Lake Hawassa” Partnership

Protecting Lake Hawassa is a broad and inclusive multi-stakeholder collaboration platform established in 2017, currently facilitated by the NatuReS programme, to improve water security for people, business and the environment in Hawassa, its lake and sub-catchment area. The partnership brings together private, public and civil society organizations to address shared natural resource risks.

In line with the above, GIZ Ethiopia (NatuReS Program Office) is looking to recruit a Program Officer for Protecting Lake Hawassa partnership (PLH) in Hawassa.

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     Position:                            Program Officer

     Application deadline:      February 28,2019

     Required Candidates:     One

     Place of Work:                  Rift Valley Lakes Basin Office, Hawassa

 

Responsibilities

Major duties and responsibilities 

• Support the formulation of the partnership action plan (e.g. content, timeframe, budget) for all activities planned
• Ensure and coordinate timely and effective implementation of the planned activities on the ground and in close cooperation with stakeholders
• Ensure meetings of different partnership structures are effectively organized and recorded
• Report directly any delay noticed in implementing the partnership plan of the concerned activity, to GIZ NatuReS office
• Coordinate communication not only between the program office and other stakeholders but also among stakeholders
• Support the private, public and civil society sectors in the financing and implementation of appropriate measures
• Supports knowledge management as well as good public relations and documentation
• Advocacy and dissemination at both regional and international level of lessons learned from the measures
• Help ensure that the partnership has high integrity standards in line with best practice guidelines
• Maintain effective records and administration of the partnership
• Conduct all other secretariat duties of the partnership and ensure they are smoothly transferred to the appropriate institution
• Provide technical back up and professional support to Rift Valley Lakes Basin Office/other public institutions, the private and civil society sectors
• Establish and maintain linkages with relevant governmental institutions, private companies and other development partners active in the project area
• Monitor and document the progress of the related planned activities (report writing, regular photo documentation) as part of project M&E;
• Other related activities as assigned by the supervisor

  Other knowledge, additional competences

• Good understanding of the water and natural resources sector in Ethiopia;
• Good communicator capable of articulating issues and advising the NatuReS management on matters related to the partnership;
• Fully proficient computer skills and use of relevant software and other applications strong analytical, research and documentation skills;
• The ability to assimilate large amounts of information and present in an accessible manner; Ability to apply good judgment in the context of assignments given, ability to plan own work and manage conflicting priorities;
• Good interpersonal skills to assist negotiations with partners and beneficiaries to provide effective support to NatuReS programme team;
• Ability to work both on own initiative and also within a team; and can work under pressure to meet deadlines.

Job Requirements

 Qualification Required & Experience

• University Degree in Engineering, Agriculture, Geography, Environmental Studies, Water and Natural Resources/or other related fields
• Excellent skill in reading, writing and speaking Amharic and English
• Computer literacy
• High degree of initiative, efficiency, team-work, integrity and accountability
• At least 3 years professional experience in a comparable position
• Sidama and Oromiffa languages are added advantages

How to Apply

Application procedure:

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non-returnable recent CV via  Email: [email protected]

 Note: –

Please make sure you mention the Vacancy Number ‘Program Officer #033/2019’ in the subject line of your email application. Due to large number of applications we categorise applications with the vacancy numbers. Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might not be categorized in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified.