Environment and Climate Change Specialist (FAO Tanzania)

About the role

The FAO Representation in Tanzania is recruiting an Environment and Climate Change Specialist (National Project Personnel, 12-month full-time, renewable) to provide technical support for the FAO project and for country-level projects in the environmental and climate change area. The post reports to the Assistant FAO Representative (Programme) and works closely with FAO technical officers at country, subregional, regional and headquarters levels.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the formulation of climate and environmental projects, giving technical input to concept notes, project documents, funding proposals and investment plans aligned with national priorities, FAO strategy and donor requirements.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement with government ministries, local authorities, development partners, research institutions, civil society, communities and the private sector.
• Conduct climate, environmental and resilience analyses, including climate risk and vulnerability assessments, ecosystem assessments and climate rationale development.
• Advise on climate change adaptation and mitigation, climate-smart agriculture, sustainable livestock and fisheries management, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration, nature-based solutions and sustainable natural resource management.
• Facilitate coordination between FAO technical units, government institutions and development partners, and integrate environmental, climate, gender, youth and social inclusion considerations into programmes.
• Support environmental and social safeguards compliance through screening, risk assessment, mitigation planning and monitoring.
• Contribute to technical reports, policy briefs, knowledge products, presentations and programme documentation, and to monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
• Help develop project pipelines, funding proposals and partnership materials, and represent FAO in technical meetings, working groups and policy dialogues, including the Coordination Unit for Forestry and Natural Resources (CUFONA).

Required profile

• Advanced university degree in climate change, environmental science, environmental management, natural resource management, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, livestock, environmental economics, sustainable development, climate finance or a related field.
• At least seven years of professional experience in climate change adaptation or mitigation, environmental management, natural resource management, climate finance, ecosystem restoration, biodiversity conservation, sustainable agriculture or related areas.
• Working knowledge of English.
• National of the United Republic of Tanzania.