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Company | World Univers... |
Industry | NGO/IGO/INGO |
Category | International... |
Location | Accra, Ghana ... |
Job Status | Fixed term (R... |
Salary | GH¢ |
Education | Master’... |
Experience | 10 years |
Job Expires | Mar 26, 2023 |
Contact | ... |
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Company Profile World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a leading Canadian international development organization focusing on three programmatic areas: Economic Opportunities, Education, and Empowerment. Our vision is a better world for all young people. It is a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world in which all young people, especially women and refugees, are empowered to secure a good quality of life for themselves, their families, and their communities. WUSC currently works in over 25 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, with an annual budget of approximately CAD $45 million. Globally, we partner with a network of higher education institutions, civil society organizations, private sector partners, professionals, students, volunteers, faculty and community leaders that work with us to achieve our mission. Job Description
The overall focus of the Nature-based Solutions (NBS) in the Guinean Forests of West Africa (NBS West Africa) project will be on engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to develop local and regional capacity to use evidence and engage with women and marginalized groups to prioritize locally relevant NBS to climate change adaptation. It will take a systems approach to supporting climate adaptation through interventions that plan for, pilot and scale nature based-solutions (NBS) to climate adaptation that contribute to enhanced biodiversity and gender equality. An overall assumption is that restoration and reforestation of degraded forests, both on and off farm, will be critical to supporting women and their communities to adapt to climate change challenges and will be central to protecting and restoring biodiversity in this critical global hotspot. The project will work in close collaboration with consortium member CECI, and with the IUCN, CIFOR-ICRAF and the University of Guelph. Key local stakeholders include local and national government bodies, regional institutions, private sector, women’s groups, and environmental organizations. This initiative builds on WUSC’s and CECI’s decades of experience supporting vulnerable populations and leverages the experience of a variety of local and international partners who bring a strong climate NbS lens, are fully immersed in their respective ecosystems and whose work can be accelerated by this project. This project is a timely intervention to ensure Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinée continue to effectively address climate adaptation while incorporating Nature based Solutions and strong gender lenses. General Responsibilities Under the supervision of the PD, the DPD will work closely with and supervise a number of technical regional staff including the Gender and Social Inclusion advisor, the Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, the Adaptation Planning Specialist, the Livelihoods and Business Development Specialist and Investment Specialist. The DPD also provides technical advice and guidance to project staff and partners on capacity building (CB) and climate smart forestry. Through a gender transformative lens, the DPD will support sectoral experts to develop capacity building and training activities, mentoring and coaching interventions and follow-up support in organizational development, institutional strengthening, and climate resilient forest restoration. The DPD contributes to project-wide and individual work planning related to CB and climate resilient forestry and ensures that the connections between CB, climate smart techniques, gender and nature based solutions are always taken into account in the delivery of technical support that aims particularly to support women to use nature based solutions to climate adaptation. Key responsibilities include:
Partner Relations and Communications
Technical Direction & Project Management
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