Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Nature Conservation Specialist
Place of Work:                       Addis Ababa
Remuneration:                      as per the GIZ scale
Application deadline:           13 July 2018
 
Duties and Responsibilities
The incumbent of this post has the main responsibility for the:
·         Co-management of the component Advisory to EWCA together with the international expert
·         Technical support is provided to the Technical Adviser of the component Advisory to EWCA;
·         Quality for the services delivered to the partner;
·         Synergy of activities with the other components of the Biodiversity and Forestry Programme is ensured;
·         Technical monitoring of the projects affiliated to the component be ensured;
Tasks
Co-management of the component Advisory to EWCA means:
·         To be aware of what is being done at the international level in relation to conservation (and especially at the level of the Horn of Africa)
·         To follow the activities of EWCA and other conservation authorities in the region of the Horn of Africa
·         To support EWCA in the development and the implementation of institutional development processes (organisational development, institutional set up, etc.)
Technical support to the Technical advisor means
·         To follow up strategic and technical planning of the programme and EWCA
·         To make sure that all stakeholders understand the activities supported by BFP;
·         To ensure the proper implementation of the Operational Plans of the programme at the component’s level;
·         To participate in the analysis of funding requests from the partners
Quality for the services delivered to the partner means for the work:
·         To ensure the strategic development of the component
·         To be always up to date for all kind of contents to deliver advisory on top quality
·         To propose budgets depending on the procedures GIZ rules and;
Supervise and steer at any time experts and projects paid by the component
·         To ensure that all kind of consultants working within the programme for the component follow the rules and regulations and deliver services on a high quality level
·         To follow the thematic supervision and the technical monitoring
The synergy and cooperation with other component means:
·         To be in regular contact with the heads of the other components and with field staff
·         To ensure that these exchanges are promoted like in a programme internal network
The technical supervision means:
·         To cooperate in all kind of planning activities of the programme
·         To support partner coordination within EWCA
·         To implement the PO and any other kind of plan of the Programme
Other responsibilities
·         To stick to the rules and regulations of GIZ.
·         To be actively involved in transversal tasks (gender, HIV AIDS, etc.)
·         To assume all other assigned tasks of the superior

 
Job Requirements

Qualifications required
·      Master degree in ecology, nature conservation, natural resource management or related subject;
·      Experienced in policies likeCBD, CITES, Climate Change and all kind of attenuation, , etc.
·      Minimum of 5 years professional experience in the sector of nature conservation, park management and related topics and in international organisations
·      Good mastering of the English language and at least two Ethiopian languages
 
The person appling for the job has to prove his/her close relationship and knowledge of the site 

 
How to Apply
Application Procedure:
Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their application letter along with their non-returnable recent CV via to the following address:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
P.O. Box 100009
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
OR
Fax: 011 554 0764
 
Note:-
The name of the position for which the application is made should be clearly marked on the envelope or on the fax applications. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
 
Applications from qualified women are encouraged