Required Skills or Experience

• At least Masters degree in Development / Environmental/ Natural Resource Management, Environmental Economics or Engineering, International Economics or other related academic field
• At least 5 years' professional experience in a comparable position with rich experiences and knowledge on working with government agencies

Other Qualifications

• Understanding or expertise in the technical subject-matter, including thorough understanding of the UNFCCC negotiations
• Expertise in diverse environmental topics, especially related to climate change
• The applicant should have gained working experience in development cooperation and/or in Ghana's public sector resulting in detailed knowledge of the government institutions, ana ideally, detailed knowledge of the internal structures of the institutions that would be relevant to the project
• Knowledge of the NGOs and Civil Society Organisations (CSO) that would also be stakeholders in the project
• Strategic in thinking:    able to think long-term implications of approaches, decisions, and actions
• Ability to communicate and to relate with people of diverse cultures and at all levels of a hierarchical organization and constructively cooperate with colleagues
• Ability to transmit knowledge in a user-oriented way
• Very good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software. phone, fax, email) and computer applications (e g MS Office)
• Fluent written and oral knowledge of English
• Service orientation and proactive working style
• Willingness to up skill as required by the tasks to be performed
• Good communication skills