| Vacancy #: | 6402 |
| Unit: | ESARO Tanzania Programme |
| Organisation: | International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) |
| Location: | Tanzania Project Office, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania |
| Reporting to: | Regional Programme Coordinator / Country Representative, IUCN Tanzania |
| Work percentage: | 100% |
| Grade: | P2 |
| Expected start date: | 01 June 2023 |
| Type of contract: | Fixed-term (24 months) |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2023 |
BACKGROUND
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PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A LOCAL POSITION FOR TANZANIA NATIONALS OR THOSE WITH THE RIGHT TO WORK IN TANZANIA
BACKGROUND:
The IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) operates
in twenty-four countries in the Horn of Africa, covering Eastern and
Southern Africa, and the Western Indian Ocean (WIO). The ESARO region is
extremely rich in pristine land systems, oceans and inland waters.
ESARO’s Programme focuses on an integrated conservation approach through
a diverse portfolio of projects and programmatic initiatives ranging
from activities at the level of individual landscapes and seascapes to
shaping regional policy on inclusive conservation, climate change and
restoration related. ESARO defines and delivers on its programmatic
priorities in collaboration with IUCN members, commissions and other
strategic partners.
The Coastal and Ocean Resilience (COR) Programme is responsible for
marine and coastal issues, including biodiversity conservation,
development and management of marine protected areas and their networks,
ecosystem and fisheries management, marine spatial planning, marine
pollution, integrated management and governance of coastal areas,
adaptation to climate change, disaster risk reduction and sustainable
utilization of marine and coastal resources. The strategy, “The Great
Blue Wall”, aims at rolling out IUCN ESARO’s Blue Resilience Framework
comprised of three key pillars: Blue Planet, Blue People and Blue
Partnerships. The three pillars respectively aim to secure the integrity
of critical blue natural capital features, increase ocean and coastal
conservation benefits and stewardship; and establish innovative and
ambitious partnerships to dramatically increase impact. The strategy
aims at responding to the needs of the WIO region, both in terms of
conservation and development by unlocking the potential of WIO’s natural
capital through a blue economy.
IUCN has had its operations in Tanzania for more than four decades
working with many partners and supporters to implement a large and
diverse portfolio of conservation projects ranging from management of
protected areas, forest ecosystems, coastal and marine resources,
aquatic ecosystems and climate change resilience.
The scope of programme growth in IUCN Tanzania office is expanding
based on: growing national and regional focus on the blue economy,
commitment to multilateral environmental management agreement targets
(2030 Global Biodiversity and Climate Change framework actions),
development partners interest, sound government relations and bilateral
partners interests. Specific to coastal and ocean resilience, the
country is implementing a number of flagship conservation projects
including: Bahari Mali funded by the Irish Embassy in the Tanga Pemba
seascape; Save our Mangroves Now; Locally Empowered Areas of Protection
funded by the German Government, the Regenerative seascapes funded by
Canada and WIOCOR (Seagrass project) funded by French Fund for the
Global Environment. . .
Given the expanding portfolio, the IUCN Tanzania office seeks to hire
a Programme Manager, Coastal and Ocean Resilience (COR) to provide
managerial, technical oversight and reporting responsibilities in the
implementation of the portfolio of IUCN COR projects. Key among the
functions would among other incorporate: 1) Multi-year project design
and development 2) Project activity management; 3) Monitoring,
Evaluation, Learning and Reporting; 4) Broad level policy level
engagement across the broad-spectrum of marine and coastal natural
resources management sector and 5) staff management including
supervision
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JOB DESCRIPTION
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position reports directly to the Country Representative,
Tanzania with functional reporting to Regional Head, Coastal and Ocean
Resilience, on matters related to the Tanzania programme. He/she will
serve as a senior member of the regional coastal and ocean program that
helps set strategic directions and define priorities for IUCN engagement
on marine and coastal issues in the region.
The Programme Manager, Coastal and Ocean Resilience will be directly
responsible for the development, resourcing, and management of IUCN COR
programme activities in Tanzania, and regional activities to address
LMMAs and MPAs, ensuring that they are coherent and consistent with
IUCN’s “One programme” approach, build on and align with IUCN ESARO’s
Blue Resilience Framework and add value to nationally defined
priorities. The Programme Manager, COR will also provide additional
support on activities in the broader WIO region when required, in close
collaboration with the Regional Head, COR and other relevant IUCN
programmes, Members, Commissions and partners.
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The Programme Manager, Coastal and Ocean Resilience (COR) is
responsible for: i) Guiding the strategic direction and development of
the thematic area, including development and marketing of project
proposals with donors (including multi-country proposal when opportune
and relevant); ii) Ensuring that programmatic activities within the
thematic area are effectively and efficiently implemented; iii)
Promoting learning, knowledge generation and innovation within both the
thematic area and in relation to the ESARO Intersessional Programme and
Strategy; and iv) Ensuring that progress and performance of the COR
programme in the country is regularly monitored and evaluated.
The Programme Manager, Coastal and Ocean Resilience (COR) will be based in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
Strategic management;
In collaboration with the Country Representative, Tanzania, facilitate
the strategic development of the COR Country thematic Programme;
In collaboration with the Country Representative, Tanzania, develop and
maintain strong strategic partnerships with in-country programmes,
global programme units, members, commissions, technical partners, policy
bodies and donors and work closely with and other thematic programmes
to develop and maintain an appropriate project portfolio and funding for
implementation of the country programme;
Oversee the development and implementation of any relevant marine and
coastal initiative in the country and provide where needed, guidance and
support to the development and implementation of other IUCN
Initiatives;
Ensure that IUCN is adequately represented in relevant country fora and
negotiations on marine and coastal issues and facilitate discussions on
relevant marine and coastal emerging issues to position IUCN as a
reference; Provide additional support at regional and international
level when required and in close coordination with the Country
Representative, Tanzania;
Develop, coordinate and supervise COR programme country team to ensure
that individuals work together as an integrated team, that there is
coherence and consistency in programmatic outputs and a high quality of
technical advice is given to IUCN global and regional programmes, field
programmes, projects, members and partners;
Oversee the development and implementation of annual budgets and work
plans and provide a timely progress report of the Programme financial
and technical activities in accordance with IUCN’s standards and
procedures.
Project management;
Coordination and implementation of activities of all Coastal and Ocean
resilience related projects), including (i) lead the planning and
implementation of regional and national project activities (ii)
represent IUCN at relevant regional and national meetings; (iii) define
project tasks and resource requirements; (iv) develop full scale project
plans; (v) maintain necessary linkages and partnerships with the
relevant national and regional institutions; (vi) manage project budget
and resource allocation; (vii) plan and schedule project timelines;
(viii) track project deliverables using appropriate tools; and (ix)
constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all
stakeholders;
Provide managerial oversight of the Country COR programme portfolio of projects;
Ensure that IUCN’s COR work in the country is of high technical quality,
based on good science and drawing upon state-of-the-art thinking and
knowledge;
Convene regular meetings with project staff and other technical partners
(including implementing partners) to review progress on projects as
well as cost recovery and provide monthly reports to the Country
Representative, Tanzania and Regional Head, Coastal & Ocean
Resilience;
Ensuring that project/programme strategies and workplans are developed
and implemented according to plan and commitments to partners and donors
(including assuring quality of performance & progress, timing and
budget);
Capitalize and disseminate to key decision-makers within the country and
region, lessons learnt from program and projects as well as those
learnt from partners;
Working closely with the Finance and Administration Department as well
as Human Resource focal point to ensure that projects/programme are
financially viable and have the necessary human and other resources
necessary for effective implementation;
Ensuring that contractual obligations and IUCN’s policies and procedures are efficiently adhered to;
In close coordination with the Regional Head, COR and the Regional
Communications & Constituency Officer, ensure that IUCN’s work is
effectively and widely shared (including by producing high quality
communication material), including on online platforms and other media
channels.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting;
In close collaboration with ESARO’s Regional M&E Manager, support
the development and implementation of in-country COR monitoring and
evaluation systems and processes at programme and project level,
including inputs to IUCN Tanzania Intersessional Programme Monitoring
and Evaluation Framework in line with the overall regional M&E
framework;
Oversee IUCN portal entries and management, and mid-year and annual reports development for in-country COR portfolio;
Facilitate targeted socio-economic and scientific surveys and analysis, and in-country project evaluation management. |
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Programme development;
Leading fundraising and resource mobilization for the programme through
the development of proposals and maintaining good relationships with
donors and funding agencies so as to ensure the financial viability of
the programme.
Work with GEF/GCF task manager to develop the in-country COR portfolio.
Other Duties;
Carry out other relevant tasks assigned by, and mutually agreed with, the line manager.
Perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
REQUIREMENTS
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• POSITION REQUIREMENTS:Education;
Advanced degree in environmental sciences, natural resources management, political sciences, business administration,
sustainable development or any other discipline that is relevant to
nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources;
Work Experience;
7-10+ years of proven knowledge and experience in natural resource
management, coastal and marine conservation, environmental economics,
blue economy is considered a great asset;
Demonstrated experience in programme management, development and fundraising;
Demonstrated budgeting, programme and project planning and day-to-day activity coordination abilities;
Experience with result-based portfolio and project cycle management, and monitoring and evaluation methodologies;
Language Proficiency;
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; Function Competencies;
Sound ability to see the big picture, think strategically, connect the dots and able to deal with
complex situation and projects
Entrepreneurial character and capacity to work autonomously highly desirable
A high caliber professional self-driven and solution oriented
Strong interpersonal, management and supervisory skills and experience, including working with
remote implementing partners and teams;
Demonstrated experience in facilitating the establishment of networks and multi-stakeholder participatory processes;
Experience in advocacy and policy influencing;
Computer literacy (word processing, spreadsheets, PowerPoint), use of web-based online
communication tools, including facilitation skills for virtual webinars
and related events as well as capacity to guide the production of
high-quality, story-telling type communication material (video, blogs,
etc.)
Be willing to undertake frequent travel (at least 25% of their time) and interact with multicultural
stakeholders;
Demonstrated work experience and in-depth understanding of Tanzania and the WIO region at large.
Established network within Tanzania coastal/marine/blue economy related
stakeholders highly desirable, as well as among potential technical
partners and donors.
Programme Manager, Coastal and Ocean Resilience (COR)-TZ Job Vacancy at IUCN
Core Competencies;
Transparency: Able to build trust and contribute to informed and
responsible decision making by carrying out the work of IUCN in a
transparent manner; provides clear guidance to ensure that objectives
and desired measurable results are understood by members of the team.
Inclusiveness: Understands and accepts cultural diversity, and provide a
tolerant, positive and supportive working environment that fosters
respect for diversity, demonstrates ability to work in a multicultural,
multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations
with people of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds.
Professionalism: Promote the organization’s interests, objectives and values in a diligent and professional manner.
Accountability: Takes responsibility of individual and collective actions, promotes the IUCN One Programme approach.
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Daylight Saving Time, DST). Please note that only selected applicants
will be personally contacted for interviews.
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About IUCN
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and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and
non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable
human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take
place together.
Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse
environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources and reach of
more than 1,400 Member organisations and some 15,000 experts. It is a
leading provider of conservation data, assessments and analysis. Its
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