JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

1. Contribute to the planning and coordination of climate resilience programming of both IOM and BRAVE Consortium partners to ensure the implementation of an integrated, sustainable, and cost-effective approach to building climate resilience.
2. Participate in the development and piloting of sustainable water management, climate-resilient agriculture, disaster risk reduction, and adaptive social protection technical guidelines in coordination with academic and Consortium partners.
3. Support the implementation and integration of nature-based solutions, anticipatory action programming and community-based early warning systems across the Consortium in close collaboration with relevant regional and national stakeholders.
4. Coordinate the application of, and follow up on compliance with, Consortium partners regarding climate resilience technical guidelines and programmatic commitments.
5. Contribute to monitoring and evaluation components for climate resilience programming, including the use of tools to assess household and community-level climate resilience.
6. Liaise with national government, regional government, international and national organisations, and academic partners to maintain collaboration and support partnership-building conducive to climate resilience in Pakistan.
7. Contribute to humanitarian coordination efforts as aligned with IOM’s S-NFI and WASH teams, where relevant.
9. Perform other related duties as may be assigned.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited academic institution in Natural Sciences, Engineering, Climate Change, Geography, or related field with a minimum four years of relevant professional experience; or,
• Master’s degree in the above fields with two years of relevant professional experience.
  • Prior experience working in the field of climate change.

EXPERIENCE:

• Practical field experience in climate resilience programming with familiarity in sustainable water management, disaster risk reduction, climate-resilient agriculture, and adaptive social protection components.
• Experience engaging with government authorities, inter-governmental institutions, UN agencies and national and international NGOs.
• Familiarity with climate adaptation programming and contextual priorities in southern Pakistan.
• Understanding of international organisation programme management.
• Experience in analysing and collecting data through different modalities and in preparing technically sound research and knowledge products.

Advantageous:

• Experience and understanding of the humanitarian programme cycle, preferably in the Pakistan context.
• Understanding of the vulnerabilities experienced by diverse population groups in Pakistan, and mobility dynamics, with relevance to climate change.

SKILLS:

• Good technical knowledge of sustainable water management, climate-resilient agriculture, disaster risk reduction, and adaptive social protection thematics with relevance to southern Pakistan.
• Familiarity with nature-based solutions, anticipatory action, integrated water resource management, and community-based early warning systems.
• Strong skills in research design, information management, data analysis, and report writing.
• Strong communication, outreach, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to maintain trust and effective working relationships with counterparts.
• Team-oriented, but with capacity to work independently and with minimal supervision.
• Personal commitment, efficiency, and flexibility.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, and ability to deliver under tight timelines.
• Understanding of UN policies, procedures and institutional tools.

Languages:

IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish.

REQUIRED:

For this position, fluency in English and Urdu is required (oral and written).

DESIRABLE:

Working knowledge of Sindhi or other languages spoken in Northern Sindh, Southern Punjab and Eastern Balochistan is an advantage

Competencies:

The incumbent is expected to demonstrate the following values and competencies:

VALUES:

Inclusion and respect for diversity: Respects and promotes individual and cultural differences. Encourages diversity and inclusion.

Integrity and transparency: Maintains high ethical standards and acts in a manner consistent with organizational principles/rules and standards of conduct.

Professionalism: Demonstrates ability to work in a composed, competent and committed manner and exercises careful judgment in meeting day-to-day challenges.

Courage: Demonstrates willingness to take a stand on issues of importance.

Empathy: Shows compassion for others, makes people feel safe, respected and fairly treated.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Teamwork: Develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results.

Delivering results: Produces and delivers quality results in a service-oriented and timely manner. Is action oriented and committed to achieving agreed outcomes.

Managing and sharing knowledge: Continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate.

Accountability: Takes ownership for achieving the Organization’s priorities and assumes responsibility for own actions and delegated work.

Communication: Encourages and contributes to clear and open communication. Explains complex matters in an informative, inspiring and motivational way.