Climate Change Advisor – GIZ Internal/External Vacancy Announcement à Djibouti

Climate Change Advisor - Djibouti National position
GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #148/2024
Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB Cool)

PEEB Cool is a multi-country programme to transform the buildings sector at scale by supporting resilient and energy-efficient buildings design and operation through financing schemes and policy advisory.

It is funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and co-funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). The programme operates an Investment Facility implemented by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and an Enabling Facility implemented by the GIZ.

The Investment Facility supports the implementation of large-scale, energy-efficient building projects through concessional loans, while the Enabling Facility supports the creation of enabling conditions and the transfer of knowledge required to scale up energy efficiency in buildings. PEEB Cool is expected to be implemented in 11 countries: Albania, Argentina, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Indonesia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Mexico, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Tunisia.

• Duration of Contract: 31.12.2027
• Application deadline: 15.12.2024
• Place of Work: Djibouti, with possible travels.

Please submit your application letter and CV in English.

Responsibilities

Core tasks

In your role you are responsible for the technical, substantive and organisational implementation of a project’s measures and activities. In consultation with your line manager, you also assume tasks related to planning, steering and monitoring the project, including project administration tasks in some cases. You are also responsible for providing specialist support to colleagues in bands 2 and 3, and ensure the quality of the commission’s outcomes.

In addition you contribute to the conceptual design of the project, in particular its modification or realignment.

You make technical and substantive contributions to overarching issues in cooperation with commissioning parties/clients, partners and other actors and thereby support the achievement of the agreed objectives of the respective project and provide impetus for further strategy development.

In coordination with the country director and your line manager, you also use your contacts for the acquisition of contracts on behalf of the company.

In consultation with your team colleagues and line manager, you also coordinate all issues within your area of work and ensure that they are dealt with promptly and competently. You resolve problems that arise in your area of responsibility on the basis of existing rules and draw attention to more complex challenges in your team.

You are involved in ongoing process development within your remit, are responsible for knowledge management and prepare and share documentation. If required, you also support other experts in familiarising themselves with and performing their tasks.

You perform the tasks assigned to you by your line manager, where required.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the programme’s annual operation plan in the country.
• Coordinate implementation closely with government partners, Programme management, AFD country agency, GIZ energy cluster in the country, and relevant public sector stakeholders including but not limited to Ministry of Housing, Ministry of Energy, and Ministry of Environment.
• Build a network of buildings sector stakeholders across private sector, government, and communities.
• Provide knowledge management support by drafting reports, writing articles, and supporting the upscaling and replication of lessons learned.
• Support project management of PEEB Cool including inputs to progress reports, monitoring and evaluation, and budget planning.

Main Tasks

Definition and implementation of programme activities.

• Conduct consultations with government partners and AFD to identify policy support priorities and capacity development areas.
• Lead implementation of activities from detailed planning, deadline and milestone setting, stakeholder involvement and budget planning.
• Prepare ToR’s and tenders for external suppliers/facilitators/consultants/trainers to conduct relevant technical studies, capacity development measures, trainings, events, etc.
• Prepare and implement events such as workshops, conferences, technical training, delegation trips, focus group discussions, and related outreach measures, including administrative and content related tasks.

Coordination with government partners, programme management, and primary stakeholders

• Keep key programme partners (government partners, AFD country agency, GIZ energy programme) and programme management well-informed about programme activities and implementation status.
• Maintain close coordination with government partners on programme activities and implementation.
• Stay informed of other activities and projects implemented by the GIZ with programme partners.
• Coordinate closely with other projects of the GIZ Energy Program and from other international donors on topics related to energy efficiency in buildings.
• Support and advise programme partners on topics related to energy transition in the built environment.

Stakeholder outreach

• Facilitate contacts, manage relationships, and uphold information flow both internally as well as externally.
• Actively conduct outreach to relevant stakeholders (government, industry, associations, donor community, think tanks, etc.).
• Mobilize, in close coordination with government partners, relevant participants for training sessions and awareness-raising events.

Knowledge management

• Design ideas and prepare knowledge products showcasing the purpose, approach, and successes of the projects, including sector background briefings, presentations, success stories, factsheets, fliers, and reports.
• Provide backstopping and review of such knowledge products in coordination with the Programme management.
• Participate in events, summarize meeting discussions, and provide synthesis papers relevant to energy efficiency in buildings.
• Participate in internal knowledge management within the GIZ Energy Program to provide internal analysis and synthesis related to energy efficiency in buildings.

Project management support

• Provide inputs to global/local annual operational planning, budget planning, project reporting and monitoring.
• Participate and support preparation of regular steering meetings.
• Select and supervise consultants acting as external suppliers/facilitators/consultants/trainers to steer activity implementation, provide quality assurance and maintain close alignment with political partners.
• Act as PEEB focal point for external suppliers/facilitators/consultants/trainers, working closely with the project administrative officer.

Required qualifications, competences, and experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master (B/MSc; B/MA) in energy, climate, environment, architecture, engineering, or any area that is related to project objectives.

Professional experience

• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the field of sustainable energy, including experiences in the built environment, preferably related to energy efficiency in buildings.
• Previous experience in preparing and implementing events and capacity development measures (conference, delegation trips, trainings, dialogues, etc.).
• Previous experience working with/for government institutions is an asset.

Other knowledge, additional competencies

• Very good command of English: Level C1 or more; excellent command of [country language(s)]
• Good knowledge of the global discourse about climate change mitigation policies and instruments (e.g., Paris Agreement, NDC’s, International Climate Finance).
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills and ability to liaise and communicate effectively with government counterparts.
• Working knowledge of ICT technologies (internet, e-mail) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office/Teams).
• Strong communication skills in multicultural context.

Application procedure:

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their recent CV Email: hreth@giz.de.

Note:

Please make sure you mention the Vacancy Number ‘Applicant full name | Climate Change Advisor #148/2024’ in the subject line of your email application. Due to the large number of applications, we categorise applications with the vacancy numbers.

Please submit your application letter and CV in English.

Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might not be categorised in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Applications from qualified women are encouraged.

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