Climate Change Adaptation Officer (IUCN)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Upscaling IUCN’s current work on climate change adaptation within the Ecosystem Management Programme, and with IUCN’s regions, Commissions and other global thematic programmes;
• Supporting IUCN’s engagement in the Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN).
  
• Providing support to IUCN thematic and regional programmes and Commissions to develop new programmes on climate change adaptation; 
  
• Working with IUCN members to achieve greater impact on the policy and practice of climate change adaptation; 
  
• Drawing on lessons learned across Programmes, and the latest science and adaptation practice internationally to provide synthesis and input into IUCN’s policy work on climate change adaptation; 
  
• Developing content on climate change adaptation for IUCN communications materials, disseminating communication materials at key events, and updating IUCN’s adaptation-related website material; 
  
• Fundraising, monitoring, reporting and communicating for the 2009-2012 Programme related to climate change adaptation; 
  
• Other duties, as assigned by the Head, Ecosystem Management Programme. 

Qualifications

• 5 to 10 years’ experience in environmental management, climate change adaption or development at the national and international level, with considerable field experience;  
• Advanced post-graduate degree in a subject related to climate change, environmental management and/or development ;  
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills; demonstrated ability to communicate to a wide range of audiences;  
• Demonstrated project management and development skills;  
• Ability to work effectively within a large decentralized workforce of professionals of different nationalities and to mobilize it for common goals;  
• Proven fundraising abilities;  
• Excellent English; knowledge of French and/or Spanish a considerable asset;  
• Must be prepared to travel frequently. 
  

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