Senior Technical Advisor, Water, Environment and Climate Change Nexus - Kenya (Technical Specialist)

* This is a Home-based position, meaning the incumbent will be expected to work from government offices in Kenya and not work from a UNOPS office or from home. Additionally, the incumbent will need to take their own laptop, equipped with all the relevant software, to government facilities.

** This is a retainer national vacancy / position for twelve 12 months, maximum of 220 working days.

*** As this is a local position, in order to be eligible, the incumbent should be a national of Kenya or have a valid residence permit in the Country.

Functional Responsibilities

1. Technical Support

1. To maintain climate action Environment, Climate Change, Water and Sanitation programs and projects efficiency and to ensure that services such as liaison with other offices on technical issues, preparation of necessary technical documents are provided in an effective and efficient manner in the office of the Principal Secretary, State Department of Environment and Climate Change
2. Develop technical guidance notes on priority topics in the ministry such as climate change adaptation and mitigation, water and sanitation and other cross-cutting themes such as circular economy, sustainable consumption and production to inform strategic positioning of the country through technical advisory to the PS and policy development/review.
3. Advise the PS national and global work on water pollution, basic sanitation, loss and damage, carbon credits, climate risks and impacts, vulnerability, resilience.
4. Enhance the Ministry’s coordination mandate to mobilize resources at the Principal Secretary’s level to achieve Kenya’s climate change action priorities through liaison with the NDC Partnership in-country facilitator to coordinate development partners.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in water & Sanitation Engineering, Environmental & Biosystems Engineering, Development Studies, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Law or any other related field from a recognized institution.
• Advanced degree (master’s level or above) is desired and can substitute the 2 years of experience.

Experience

Required

• With a Master's Degree, 5 years of experience in environmental and/or water policies, environmental and/or climate change aspects of demand-driven development programmes/projects is required.
• Experience in influencing development of adaptive policies, guidelines and regulations at national and/or sub-national levels.

Asset

• Excellent qualitative and quantitative analytical skills and the ability to rapidly analyse and incorporate diverse information from a range of sources into concise reports.
• Demonstrate ability to manage multiple technical and administrative tasks.
• Previous experience working with projects and with a range of stakeholders.
• Experience in management and delivery of multi-donor funded projects.
• Excellent communication skills; both verbal and written.

Language Requirement

• Proficiency in English is required.
• Fluency in Swahili is an advantage

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