Climate Change Adaptation Advisor

 

DAI works at the cutting edge of international
development, combining excellence in technical and operational project
management, and exceptional customer service to solve our clients’ most complex
problems. Since 1970, DAI has worked in 150 developing and transition
countries, providing comprehensive development solutions in areas including
crisis mitigation and stability operations, democratic governance and public
sector management, agriculture and agribusiness, private sector development and
financial services, economics and trade, HIV/AIDS, avian influenza control,
water and natural resources management, and energy and climate change.

 

Background

DAI seeks a Climate Change Adaptation Advisor for a
5-year, $19 million USAID funded “Adaptasi Perubahan Iklim dan Ketangguhan
(APIK)” Project. The purpose of APIK is to support the Government of Indonesia
to strengthen climate and disaster resilience, working in an integrated manner
from the national level down to the community level. APIK will help to
mainstream climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into national
and sub-national governance frameworks, build the capacity of local communities
and the private sector to address climate change and weather-related natural
hazards, and support the use of information for climate and disaster risk
management among key stakeholders.

 

The location
for this position is Jakarta, Indonesia.

 

 Summary
of Primary Duties 

The Climate Change Adaptation Advisor will provide
technical leadership over activities under the following integrated Tasks:

–         
Enhance
subnational government and community resilience to climate change and
weather-related national disasters

–         
Strengthen
targeted climate and weather information services

–         
Awareness and
capacity development for the private sector

 The Climate Change Adaptation Advisor will
report to the Chief of Party and will oversee core teams of technical experts
in Jakarta.

 

 

Essential
Duties

• Provide
  technical leadership over activities under integrated Tasks listed above.
• Support
  the regional teams in the conduct of gender-sensitive stakeholder
  consultations on climate and disaster information needs at the landscape
  and district level.
• Strengthen
  landscape-level CCA and DRR mechanisms to encourage subnational governments
  work collaboratively toward landscape resilience.
• Help
  develop a user-focused, market-based strategy that seeks to meet
  placed-based demand with a commensurate supply of tailored, accessible
  information products from agencies such as BMKG and BNPB.
• Develop or
  strengthen forums, tools, analyses to improve private sector understanding
  and integration of climate and disaster risks into plans and operations.
• Analyze
  how projected climate changes will impact each province.
• Engage
  both large and small businesses and facilitate their development of
  business climate stories that will identify how weather changes are
  impacting businesses and economies.
• Lead
  efforts to turn data into actionable adaptation planning and
  implementation for decision makers across diverse stakeholder groups. 

 Qualifications

• At least
  seven years of experience in climate change adaptation. 
• At least a
  master’s degree or a higher degree in a relevant field of study, such as
  environmental management, agriculture, fishery, spatial planning,
  economics, public policy; natural, earth, or physical sciences;
  engineering; business administration; governance; climate change, climate
  change adaptation, disaster resilience; or other related field. 
• Demonstrated
  knowledge of climate variability and change and/or disaster risk
  management, as well as capacity building related to the provision and use
  of information to inform actions about disaster risk reduction or climate
  variability and change. 
• Demonstrated
  understanding of climate vulnerability and risk assessment in a developing
  country context, with Indonesia or Southeast Asia preferred. 
• Strong
  interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Strong
  English writing and speaking skills. 

 APPLICATION SEND

Interested
applicants are invited to send their CV to APIK_Recruitment@DAI.com. Please send applications no
later than 8 April 2016. Applicants are instructed to write “Climate Change
Adaptation Advisor Application – NAME” as the Subject line of their email. We
regret that we are unable to acknowledge receipt of all applications and only
shortlisted candidates will be notified.