Regional Coordinator, Climate Change Adaptation at The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Job Purpose

• The position will manage the climate change adaptation portfolio of the IFRC Africa region, including overseeing and coordinating the Disaster Risk Reduction, Urban Risk Management, Forecast-based Action and Anticipatory Action, and Nature based Solutions technical coordination teams of the IFRC Regional Office, and ensuring effective technical support to IFRC Africa Country Cluster Delegation and Africa National Societies teams.
• The Regional Coordinator, Climate Change Adaptation will be the focal person responsible for overall coordination, programme management, monitoring and reporting, and profiling of IFRC Africa climate change adaptation programming notably the Global Climate Resilience Programme and USAID Climate Change Adaptation(CCA) project to ensure timely and effective implementation. 
• The role will support and collaborate with IFRC delegation project managers and National Society project managers and work closely with the Global Climate Resilience Programme / USAID climate change adaptation project team based in Geneva. 

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Provide overall coordination and management of the IFRC Africa climate change adaptation programming portfolio, including the Global Climate Resilience Programme

• Manage the IFRC Africa climate change adaptation programming portfolio.
• Oversee and coordinate the Urban Risk Management, Forecast-based Action and Anticipatory Action, Nature-based Solutions and Disaster Risk Reduction Technical Coordination teams in the Regional Office to achieve the Movement Ambitions to Address the Climate Crisis.
• In coordination with regional technical coordination teams and the IFRC Africa Country/Cluster Delegations, ensure support is provided to National Societies to plan, design and implement climate change adaptation programming.
• Coordinate with regional technical coordination teams and the IFRC Africa Country/Cluster Delegations to strengthen the capacity of National Societies to implement climate change adaptation programming in Africa.
• Develop, define and implement a regional coordination structure.
• Ensure the sharing of regular updates, experiences and lessons within and between IFRC Country/Cluster Delegations and National Societies implementing climate change adaptation programmes in the region.
• Ensure increased understanding of climate change adaptation terminologies, approaches and tools within the region.
• Ensure effective integration of climate change adaptation in IFRC Country/Cluster Delegation planning and reporting.
• Broker and strengthen strategic partnerships on climate change adaptation regionally.
• Promote the IFRC network’s climate change adaptation efforts, including under the Global Climate Resilience Programme, with different partners and donors, and through different communications mediums.
• Coordinating with IFRC Country/Cluster Delegations, obtain required information from National Societies participating in the Global Climate Resilience Programme to support resource mobilization and implementation.
• Coordinate with and support resource mobilization focal points in the region to map potential donors, facilitate coordinated outreach and generate resources for climate change adaptation programming, with a focus on resource mobilization for countries participating in the Global Climate Resilience Programme/Platform.
• Coordinate regularly with the Global Climate Resilience Programme Coordinator (Geneva) on overall strategic coordination and implementation of the global programme in the region to facilitate and promote a Federation wide approach and promote Federation wide efforts and achievements under the programme, including by providing and preparing materials for updates, resource mobilization, information dissemination and advocacy purposes.
• In close coordination with the Country/Cluster Delegations, support National Societies to monitor and report on the implementation of climate change adaptation programming, funding streams and future plans, notably related to the Global Climate Resilience Programme.

Be responsible and accountable for ensuring the effective implementation of related projects, including the USAID climate change adaptation project, in African countries:

• Ensure the project(s) is/are delivered on time within the stipulated time, scope and budget within the Africa region.
• Lead the initiation and planning of the project(s) and coordinate and oversee work planning across the Africa target countries.
• Support recruitment of IFRC delegation staff needed for the implementation of the project(s).
• In close coordination with the IFRC Country and Cluster Delegations, support the development of contracts with relevant National Societies and other stakeholders as relevant.
• Oversee the development of regional, sub-regional and country level budgets for the project(s) and ensure effective resource allocation.
• Ensure the integrity of financial and administrative procedures and the consistent application of IFRC rules and procedures related to project activities.
• Develop, or support the development, of a detailed plan to monitor, track and evaluate the progress of the project(s).
• In close coordination with the IFRC Country and Cluster Delegations, support implementation of project activities in target countries, ensuring delivery within agreed quality standards.
• Provide technical support as requested, connecting to and collaborating with other relevant technical leads at the regional and global levels.
• Coordinate with relevant internal and external parties for the flawless execution of the project(s).
• Perform risk management analysis to reduce project risks.
• Report and escalate any risks or challenges to upper management and the global project manager (where relevant), as and when needed.
• Provide quality inputs into narrative and financial reports.
• In close collaboration with the IFRC Country and Cluster Delegations, support coordination, communication and knowledge sharing across project countries in the region.
• In close collaboration with the IFRC Country and Cluster Delegations, support the development of partnerships with key stakeholders required to effectively implement the project activities.

Contribute to an effective, high quality IFRC team:

• Contribute to the overall planning, budgeting and reporting of the team and the department.
• Be accountable to the team leader by providing progress reports on results against objectives and risk analysis.
• Be flexible in your work definition according to needs and targets and improve team efficiencies and effectiveness within available resources.
• Be a pro-active team member fostering a customer service-oriented culture that values proactivity, continuous improvement, innovation, high performance and cost effectiveness.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s Degree or equivalent) in climate change, disaster risk reduction or related field(Required)

Experience

• Five to Seven years of professional experience in climate change adaptation and community-based programming in a developing context (Required)
• Experience in managing people and a team (Required)
• Relevant experience in programme/project development and management (Required)
• Experience working in humanitarian or development sector, with developing countries and/or with an international organization (Required)
• Experience working in an international or cross-cultural environment (Required)
• Experience working in a RC/RC National Society and/or Federation/ICRC/Climate Centre (Preferred)

Knowledge, Skills and Languages

• Programme and budget management (Required)
• Knowledge of climate change adaptation and climate-smart disaster risk reduction ability to support such programmes (Required)
• Results oriented and demand driven individual, entrepreneurial, ability to lead in unprecedented and/or ambiguous situations. (Required)
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills, including the ability to lead within a matrix management structure and utilise talent and experience of team members in a productive way (Required)
• Outstanding networking, representational, communication and negotiation skills. An ability to be proactive and persuasive (Required)
• Demonstrated track record in innovating, contributing to a learning culture, sharing knowledge and new approaches to engaging partners (Required)
• Professional credibility, able to work effectively at all levels across the organisation (Required)
• Proven good judgment and ability to work with complete integrity and confidentiality (Required)
• High degree of discretion, tact and sensitivity in dealing with internal and external clients and stakeholders at all levels (Required)
• Ability to work within a multi-cultural, multilingual, multidisciplinary environment (Required)

Competencies, Values and Comments

• Values: Respect for diversity; Integrity; Professionalism; Accountability.
• Core competencies: Communication; Collaboration and teamwork; Judgement and decision making; National society and customer relations; Creativity and innovation; Building trust.
• Functional competencies: Strategic orientation; Building alliances; Leadership; Empowering others.
• Managerial competencies: Managing staff performance; Managing staff development.