Climate Resilience Officer (National Position)

Position Description:

The Climate Resilience Officer is a member of the Near East Foundation team in Lebanon. The purpose of the Climate Resilience Officer (CRO) position is to support implementing NEF’s climate resilient development strategy in Lebanon. Drawing on global approaches to support locally led adaptation, green growth, and sustainable development, the CRO will build on NEF’s existing livelihoods programs in Lebanon to promote business resilience, encourage sustainability and green businesses, and support Lebanon’s transition to a low-carbon economy.

The CRO’s efforts will help build the resilience of vulnerable entrepreneurs and their families in up to five communities in Lebanon (Tripoli, Akkar, Beirut, Bekaa, and/or Saida).

Under the overall supervision of the Project Manager, the Climate Resilience Officer will have the following duties and responsibilities:‎

Implementation, Assessments and Proposal Writing:

• Oversee the overall implementation of the CRD activities as per donor agreement(s) ‎and NEF guidelines and agreed implementation strategy.
• Identify and assess innovative approaches to support nano- and micro-entrepreneurs to overcome energy and water shortages.
• Conduct community consultations and assessments to identify and ensure adaptive solutions for businesses are responsive to their needs.
• Conduct market and technical assessments to inform eco-efficient business adaptation strategies and green business opportunities in local markets.
• Identify potential solutions to energy and water shortages that are relevant to existing businesses (e.g., alternative energy applications, energy and water efficient equipment and production strategies), identify related business opportunities, and adapt training materials and approaches.
• Co-design solutions with existing businesses and other relevant stakeholders by identifying innovative, practical solutions that will enable vulnerable nano-entrepreneurs to overcome energy and water shortages that impact their business success and survival.
• Lead relevant assessments/research and generate internal and external reports accordingly.
• Develop learning on locally relevant, sustainable, and scalable strategies for green growth, low-carbon solutions, energy access, and business resilience.
• Contribute to project monitoring and evaluation systems design and implementation to reflect climate resilience outputs and outcomes.
• Provide technical training and coaching to individual existing or new businesses.
• Support writing project proposals & concept notes related to green growth, low-carbon solutions, energy access, and business resilience.

Reporting:

• Draft narrative and quantitative reports as per NEF internal requirements and donor ‎requirements.‎
• Contribute to donor reporting on quarterly basis
• Ensure internal communication and information sharing on project with relevant staff.‎
• Prepare and update information related to green growth, low-carbon solutions, energy access, and business resilience.

Representation & Coordination:

• Represent NEF in relevant working groups and communities of practice at national level, and other relevant ‎interagency workshops or events in related sectors.‎
• Assist with the coordination of visits to the NEF Lebanon program by HQ colleagues, donors, NEF board ‎members, and other stakeholders.  

Other responsibilities:

• Work closely with relevant Beirut office technical team colleagues as required.‎
• Ensure compliance with applicable donor and NEF policies and regulations.‎
• Ensure all project documentation required by NEF and donor is accurately collected, organized and filed.‎
• Any other duties relating to the nature of the job as requested by the supervisor.

Key Qualifications:‎

Note: Research suggests that
women may self-select out of ‎opportunities if ‎they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage
individuals ‎who believe they have the ‎skills necessary to succeed within this position and thrive at ‎NEF to apply for this role.‎

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in development studies, environmental studies, disaster risk reduction, climate change, or equivalent ‎combination of education
  and work experience;‎
• ‎3 years of experience in development and/or humanitarian organizations, including significant practical professional experience related to climate change in the UN/INGO sector;‎
• Expertise in climate science, SMEs and/or agribusiness development, sustainability, poverty alleviation, livelihood ‎and social inclusion,etc.; ‎
• Fluency in English and Arabic and ability to effectively write reports;‎
• Strong facilitation skills, including the design and management of effective trainings, workshops and ‎meetings with a diverse population;‎
• Competence with MS Office applications, including Word, Excel and Outlook.‎

Position Criteria: 

• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work effectively across a wide variety of cultural ‎‎contexts
• Effective team player, able to develop and maintain effective working relationships
• Flexible, creative and solutions-oriented.​​​​​​​