Duties and Responsibilities

Working under the guidance and supervision of the Director, Climate Change, the Senior Carbon Markets Analyst will assist in carrying out the following tasks:
Coordination of annual emission reduction reporting from project;
Review of project listing application;
Review, validation and verification of reports;
Coordination of development and/or approval of new... methodologies;
Carbon accounting for NDCs and mitigation outcome transfers;
Preparation of annual report to UNFCCC on A6.2;
Preparation of annual reports on all carbon trading;
Development and maintenance of internal tools to track carbon finance performance matrices;
Conducting other quantitative and analytical tasks in the carbon trading as needed; and
Undertake any other duty as may be assigned by the Director,Climate Change.

Position Requirements

In order to be considered for the position, the applicant must be in possession of the following: - 

Academic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative discipline with a strong grounding in science, mathematics, engineering, actuarial science, statistics, business or other quantitative training.
Master’s Degree in any of the above, or a related field from a university recognized in Kenya.

Experience

The applicant should have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in carbon trading, out of which three (3) years must have been in Kenya.
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Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director, Climate Change and working under the guidance and supervision of the Deputy Director, Climate Change Adaptation, the Senior Information and Knowledge Management Assistant will assist in carrying out the following tasks: 
Overall Coordination and Organization of project related meetings;
Coordination of stakeholders at all levels –... including, National, County, Community, Development Partners and Private Sector;
Overall project Information and Knowledge Management;
Timely drafting of required concept notes, reports, briefs and talking points;
Planning and Management of events/conferences;
Communication and exchange/sharing of information and knowledge with target groups;
Preparation of work plans and coordination of activities with the office of the Director Climate Change; and
Any other duties as may be assigned by the Director from time to time.

Position Requirements

Applicants must possess the following, in order to be considered for appointment to the position:

Academic Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Communications, International Relations/Diplomacy, or a related field from a University recognized in Kenya; and
Master’s Degree in any of the above, or a related field from a University recognized in Kenya.

Experience:

Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in communication and/or knowledge management, out which three (3) years must have been in the following areas:
Research, Data Collection, and Analysis and Report Writing; and

Knowledge Management.

Minimum of three (3) years’ proven experience in working with State and Non-State Actors.

Knowledge/ Competences

Good understanding of the national climate change institutional framework; and 
Strong technical and policy background on the Kenya National Policy and Legal Instruments, UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement, NDC, NAP, NCCAP processes.
In addition, he/she should demonstrate ability in the following:
Work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders across various sectors at all levels;
Excellent managerial / supervisory Skills;
Excellent drafting, presentation and report writing skills;
Excellent interpersonal and communication Skills;
Excellent computer application skills in common word processing (MS Word), Spreadsheet (MS Excel) and internet search;
Excellent command of English and Kiswahili.
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Reporting to the Director, Climate Change and working under the guidance and supervision of the Deputy Director, Climate Change Adaptation, the Senior Adaptation Assistant will assist in carrying out the following tasks: -

Development, implementation and review of climate change adaptation policies, strategies and plans by both state and non-state actors in the... country;
Mobilization of finances for climate change adaptation actions in the country;
Development, updating and maintenance of the national registry for appropriate adaptation actions by state and non-state entities in the country;
Collection, Collation and Analysis of data from all sectors from both state and non-state actors for monitoring and evaluation of adaptation actions in the country;
Development and Review of the National Adaptation Plan as per the UNFCCC guidelines and National Climate Change Action Plan as per the Climate Change Act, 2016;
Climate Change Adaptation reporting in Kenya in compliance with the Climate Change Act, 2016 and UNFCCC requirements;
Development of periodic national vulnerability and impact assessments;
Mainstreaming of the climate change adaptation actions by the national and county governments;
Monitoring and evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation policies , strategies and plans;
Development of the national communications and other reports related to climate change adaptation in line with the Climate Change Act and UNFCCC requirements; 
Undertake any other duties as may be assigned by the Deputy Director Climate Change Adaptation from time to time. 

Position Requirements

In order to be considered for the position, the applicant must be in possession of the following: - 

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Climate Change, Environmental Management and/or Science, Natural Resource Managementor a related field; and
Master’s Degree in any of the above areas, or a related field from a recognized institution in Kenya.
A PhD in any of the above, or related field will be an added advantage.

Experience

The applicant should have a minimum of five (5) years’ proven work experience in the design, management, monitoring and evaluation of climate change projects out of which three (3) years must have been in the design, management, monitoring and evaluation, including budget development and management of projects and programs in climate change adaptation/resilience.

Experience in:

working in a multi-sectoral and multi stakeholder climate change adaptation projects in Kenya; and resource mobilization/fundraising and proposal development through bilateral or multilateral partners including UNFCCC climate finance mechanisms will be added advantages

Skills & Competencies
The Applicant should:

be conversant with the Government development priorities and policies; and financial/accounting regulations and procedures;
have a demonstrated ability in the following: 
Managing the implementation of large multi stakeholder projects;
Resource mobilization;
Managing technical and administrative teams;
Working effectively with a wide range of stakeholders across various sectors and at all levels;
Developing durable partnerships with collaborating agencies
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