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2023/ARADNEM/9996

Job offer type
Headquarter positions

Type of contract
CDDU

Activity sectors
Climate and Territories ; Climate and Energy ; Sustainable development

Deadline date
2023/10/31 19:38

Contract
Employee

Duration
24 mois renouvelable

Mission description

Under the supervision of the Program Manager and her assistant, the North Africa and Middle East Program Officer will carry out the following tasks:

i)                    Support the definition, monitoring and coordination of AdaptAction activities in 6 countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt; Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories)

 

- Supervision, in liaison with the Regional Directions and AFD agencies, of 2 AdaptAction Regional Coordinators (monitoring activities, coordination and inter-regional experience sharing);

- Accompanying the regional coordinators on missions to identify activities in partner countries (6 one-week missions planned between now and the end of 2024).

- Coordinating activities at the head office with the Technical and Geographical Divisions (contributing to the drafting and validation of ToRs, the selection of service providers, quality control and validation of deliverables, coordination meetings with service providers), as well as with CLN.

- Occasionally supporting the regional coordinators during the dialogue with the national counterparts: taking part in discussions to define needs, monitor services and review the quality of deliverables, as well as in monitoring committees organized in the countries of intervention;

- Carrying out monitoring missions in the countries supported by AdaptAction, giving priority to the countries of the 2 Regional Coordinators supervised (2 to 3 missions per year after the 2024 identification phase).

-Provide technical expertise on adaptation to climate change, in line with the approaches promoted by AdaptAction (participatory approaches, translating climate science into action/managing uncertainty, integrating gender issues and social inclusion, nature-based adaptation solutions, etc.) during the various phases of partner countries support, and ensuring the monitoring of good practices and sectoral and cross-cutting innovations to this end;

- Ensure EU accountability (technical and financial reporting) with the Africa and Middle East Regional Coordinators

 

ii)           General support tasks to the Program Manager and his/her assistant:

 

- Provide support to reporting, monitoring and evaluating results, and to the capitalisation of the overall program;

 

- Participate to external events and regional or international conferences to introduce AdaptAction;

 

- Provide support for the relationship with technical and financial partners, in particular UNCDF-LoCAL;

 

- Contribute to the mainstreaming of adaptation and to promoting the Program within AFD;

 

- Contribute to communication-related activities (website of the project, interactive platforms,

development of new communication media, participation in writing or reviewing press articles and research publications, etc.) in conjunction with the Project Management Unit and AFD's Communication and Research divisions;

 

- Contribute to the integration of cross-cutting themes within the project: "climate/biodiversity/society" nexus, gender and social inclusion;

 

- Participate in the preparation of the Program's annual monitoring committee and the Regional Coordinators' week in Paris.

 

Project or context description

The AFD (French Development Agency) Group

AFD is a public and socially responsible financial institution dedicated to the implementation of France's development and international solidarity policies. AFD finances, supports and accelerates transitions towards a fairer and more resilient world through its public sector and NGO financing activities, its research and publications, its training on sustainable development and its awareness-raising activities in France. The institution's dedicated teams are actively engaged in over 4,000 projects that have a profound social and environmental impact across the French Overseas Territories and 115 countries.

In 2022, AFD has committed €12.3 billion to financing these projects, including €6.9 billion in climate financing in developing countries and the French Overseas Territories, +15% compared to 2021. Among this financing with climate co-benefits, €2.2 billion were allocated to adaptation projects (of which 27% to public policy loans).

On 1 January 2022, the Interministerial technical cooperation agency Expertise France joined the AFD Group. Expertise France mobilizes French, European and international, public and private technical expertise to support its projects and partners. With a volume of activity of €308 million in 2021 and more than 500 projects in 100 countries, Expertise France is currently the second largest technical cooperation agency in the world behind Germany's GIZ.

For a more comprehensive overview of AFD's operations and organizational framework, please visit their official institutional website at:  www.afd.fr.

 

The AdaptAction program

Since 2017, the AdaptAction program has been assisting partner countries and regional organizations to meet the challenge of implementing the Paris Agreement by addressing the climate change adaptation related dimensions of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The program's partners (Least Developed Countries, countries in continental Africa, and Small Island Developing States) are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

Phase 1, with a budget of 30 million euros from 2017 to 2022, has financed more than 70 activities supporting climate governance, the integration of adaptation into sectoral public policies, and the development of projects in 15 countries and regional organizations. These activities, which take the form of climate change vulnerability assessments, project feasibility studies, capacity-building and institutional strengthening activities, cover a wide range of sectors including governance, climate services, biodiversity, agriculture, and water…

Phase 2, which officially commenced in June 2022, is structured around three main pillars (Understanding, Planning, Investing) and two cross-cutting components (Gender and Social Inclusion, Knowledge Management and Valorization).

 

 

Phase 2 extends and complements activities carried out during the initial phase for a further four years (2022-2026) period, with an additional budget of over 23 million euros focused on Sub-Saharan Africa and the Mediterranean region (18 countries).

The program in the Mediterranean region is funded by the European Union (DG NEAR) with a contribution of 6 million euros, as part of the "ACA-MED" project conducted in synergy with UNCDF-LoCAL.

The overarching goal is to enhance the resilience of the most vulnerable populations and ecosystems to the impacts of climate change. The specific goal is to empower actors in partner countries to better define and operationalize resilient and inclusive development trajectories within their territories.

For more detailed information about the program, please visit: https://www.afd.fr/en/adaptaction.

 

Project structure

The project is headed by the Climate and Nature Division (CLN) of AFD, which is primarily responsible for:

-          Developing and steering the implementation of the future AFD’s future Climate and Nature Roadmap.

-          Supporting operations to maximize and assess climate and biodiversity co-benefits.

-          Monitoring the international climate and biodiversity agenda.

Aside from the program manager (AFD staff member of the CLN Division), all job positions within Phase 2 are mobilized through Expertise France and are located as follows:

-          At AFD headquarters within the CLN division (Deputy Program Manager, 1 Geographical Coordinator for the Indian Ocean and Greater Sahel, 1 in the Project Management Unit)

-           In AFD agencies and regional offices (currently 4 regional coordinators).

The launch of the Program in the Mediterranean Region involves the recruitment of:

-          A Regional Coordinator for North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt), based in Morocco or Tunisia.

-          A Regional Coordinator for the Middle East (Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories), based in Jordan or Lebanon.

-          A Program Officer for North Africa and the Middle East at the headquarters in Paris.

Required profile

Education: Master's degree (or equivalent) in political science, development economics, international relations, environmental science or other related fields.

Experience and skills

- Minimum 3 years' professional experience;

- In-depth knowledge and professional experience of adaptation to climate change in developing countries and/or in certain sectors such as water and sanitation, agriculture or forestry;

- Field experience and knowledge of donors;

- Good command of IT tools (particularly Word and Excel);

- Fluent French and English. Arabic is an advantage;

- Strong working skills, autonomy, rigour and proactivity.

 

Interest in the issues of adaptation to climate change, international cooperation and economic development.

Additional information

- Position based at AFD headquarters in Paris, within the Climate and Nature Division (CLN).

- Desired start date: January 2024 at the latest.

Deadline for application : 2023/10/31 19:38

Expertise France is the public agency of French international technical cooperation. The agency operates around four priorities:

  • democratic, economic and financial governance;
  • security and stability of countries in crisis/post-crisis situations;
  • sustainable development;
  • strengthening health systems, social protection and employment.

In these areas, Expertise France carries out engineering and implementation missions for capacity building projects, mobilizes technical expertise and acts as an aggregator of projects involving public expertise and private know-how.

With an activity volume of 233 million euros, more than 400 projects in portfolio in 80 countries, and 63,000 days of expertise, Expertise France focuses its action towards France’s solidarity policy, influence and economic diplomacy.

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