Job Title: Programme Manager for the Simiyu climate resilience project
Project description
The
Simiyu Climate Resilience Project is financed by the Green Climate Fund
(GCF) and the German Government through KfW as well as the Government
of Tanzania. The Ministry of Water (MoW) will act as Project Executing
Agency (PEA) and is supposed to steer and monitor the Project. The
project aims at increasing the climate resilience of rural and urban
households in the Simiyu Region by improving water supply, sanitation
and agriculture and at improving policies and regulation for
cross-sectoral action towards climate adaptation. In order to implement
this Project, the support of two consultancies is required to assist the
PEA:
- Management Consultant (MC, Lot 1) to the Ministry of Water (MoW) focusing on contract management, monitoring of implementation, capacity development at MoW and establishing holistic inter-sectoral strategies.
- Implementation Consultant (IC, Lot 2) focuses on project implementation including development of concepts, infrastructure, assistance in the operation of implemented investments, community-driven approaches and capacity building.
The
Simiyu Climate Resilience Project has the objective to increase the
climate resilience of rural and urban households, particularly
small-scale farmers and women living in the Simiyu Region, and to
improve policies and regulations for cross-sectoral action towards
climate change adaptation. The outputs, outcomes and indicators of the
project are listed in the updated logical framework. In total, 495,000
people shall directly benefit from the measures (257,000 of them being
women), plus 2.5 million indirect beneficiaries (by trigger effects and
further projects).
Read Also:
Job description
The proposed Expert will be the overall manager of the Programme, which
consists of project steering as well as the paradigm shift towards a
climate-adapted cross-sector policy in Tanzania. The PM will be
responsible for monitoring the technical, time and financial controlling
system set up by the IC. He will monitor the IC’s outputs and reports
and comment the work’s progress and propose mitigation measures.
Key Activities are:
- Establish steering committee and strengthen inter-governmental cooperation
- Establish a holistic inter-sectoral policy approach
- Capacity Strengthening for inter-sectoral work on climate change adaptation
- Develop a concept for ICT Climate Change Information Platform
- Support the Project Coordination Office (PCO) within the MoW in managing the project and in project monitoring and controlling
- Support project-related communication & visibility activities
Read Also:
Qualifications
Education:
- Preferably an M.Sc. in an area relevant for the project
General experience:
- Profound project/programme management experience in internationally funded projects
- Profound project experience in at least five developing countries
- >12 years overall working experience
Specific experience:
- >5 years experience as Project Manager, Programme Manager in construction projects, mainly in the water sector
- Demonstrated experience in technical and financial controlling
- Demonstrated experience in policy development and mainstreaming, institutional and capacity development knowledge and experience
Read Also:
Added advantages:
Regional project experience
Contact person
Clement Le Navenec Le-Navenec@gfa-group.de
Application by: 31st May, 2020
Regional project experience
Contact person
Clement Le Navenec Le-Navenec@gfa-group.de
Application by: 31st May, 2020
