Adam Smith International is an award-winning professional services business that delivers real impact, value and lasting change through projects supporting economic growth and government reform internationally.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Climate Change Workstream Lead – Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility
Location: Abuja
Job Description:
- The Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (NIAF) is designed to tackle bottlenecks to the infrastructure development needed to spur non-oil growth in Nigeria.
- The £94 million demand-led programme is now in its second phase, covering interventions in power, capital projects, roads and rail, northern growth, climate change and effective cities.
- NIAF is helping the government of Nigeria to scale up the ambition and impact of their climate change agenda.
- The new Administration has already demonstrated clear political will to prioritise climate change. NIAF has a critical role to play in ensuring that this political will is turned into concrete outcomes.
- The climate change workstream leader is an exciting position for someone who wants to contribute to delivering a streamlined, collaborative and coordinated approach to climate change in Nigeria.
More Information:
- This is a 12-month fixed term contract. The candidate is expected to be full time in Abuja, Nigeria for this period.
- The qualified candidate must be available to start in January 2016.
Responsibilities:
- The ‘face’ of the climate change programme of NIAF;
- Drive the implementation of climate change programme through to the end of NIAF Phase 2 (end 2016);
- Maintain close connections with Nigerian government and appointed Minister of the Environment;
- Manage the strategic vision with DFID;
- Ultimate responsibility for delivery of logframe outcomes and oversight of the delivery of outputs;
- Coordinate and maintain oversight across the three climate change components: gas flaring, mainstreaming and climate finance; and
- Develop interventions with an awareness of budget envelopes.
Job Requirements
Required Experience: 10-15 year(s)
Desired Courses: Not Specified
Competencies:
- 10-15 years of professional experience;
- Demonstrable experience of climate change mainstreaming, climate change policy and advocacy issues in developing countries;
- Proven leadership qualities: ability to lead and motivate accomplished senior professionals;
- Stakeholder management: experience navigating ambiguous or conflicting expectations from powerful stakeholders for whom climate change may not be a priority;
- Ability to communicate clearly and influence others towards a common goal;
- Established relationships with relevant Nigerian government stakeholders is advantageous but not a prerequisite;
- Excellent team player with good interpersonal skills, including ability to manage personnel and team management potential (including mediation and conflict resolution);
- Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities;
- Strong strategic planning, results-based management and reporting capabilities;
- Focus on impact and results for the client and responds positively to critical feedback; consensus-oriented; and,
- Experience of policy implementation is desirable.
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