Summary
Date Posted: Friday, March 14 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
POSITION SUMMARY
The Green Growth Senior Associate will support the implementation of the project “Enhancing Zambia’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Implementation (EZ-NDC)” which aims to directly enhance Zambia transition to a climate-resilient, socially inclusive and green economy. The Senior Associate supported by the GGGI Country Lead and Project Manager will lead sub-national policy and capacity building on green growth and climate change as well as the development and application of guidelines to integrate green growth and climate change into local planning documents. The Senior Associate will also support green growth policy development at national level, providing backstopping on green growth and climate change issues. The Senior Associate will support the delivery of recommendations for skillsets improvement for key roles, working together with the Senior Associate for Policy, Capacity Development and Knowledge and the Project Manager. This is a full-time position reporting to the Project Manager and is based in Lusaka, Zambia at the GGGI offices at the MGEE.

PURPOSE
• Provide expert support for the development and implementation of key policies, strategic documents, and legal instruments.
• Facilitate mainstreaming green growth and climate change in sub-national planning.
• Lead sub-national policy and capacity building on green growth and climate change
• Facilitate capacity building workshops and training programs for government officials and stakeholders on green growth and climate change.

ENGAGEMENT
• Engage with the various stakeholders and other GGGI officers and report to the Project Manager on green growth and climate change priorities.
• Build a strong collaborative working relationship with project team members to support mainstreaming of green growth and climate change mainstreaming and planning processes.
• Support the capacity building initiatives for key stakeholders
• Engage with key stakeholders on developing key policies and strategic documents and legal instruments that support NDC implementation.
• Facilitate engagement with civil society, academia, government institutions and private sector as part of the capacity-building programme for mainstreaming green growth and climate change actions.

DELIVERY
The candidate is expected to deliver the following:
• Work with the Project Manager and the Senior Associate for Policy, Capacity Development and Knowledge to carry out the rapid needs assessment to design and prepare capacity building activities on green growth and climate change tasks and coordination activities to support green growth policy development and skills enhancement for relevant stakeholders.
• Support research and analysis, database development, and modelling activities on climate change and green economy activities by the Program.
• Support the delivery of recommendations for skillsets improvement for key roles.
• Support green growth policy development at national and sub-national level
• Identify project delivery issues and ensure effective coordination and implementation of project activities and resources to ensure attainment of objectives against established timeframes.
• Ensure the workplan is executed with high quality, within budget, and in accordance with the agreed timeline Organize programme and project activities including policy consultation and validation meetings and workshops, capacity-building programmes.
• Ensure that knowledge exchange, capacity building and relevant mechanisms are successfully implemented ensuring mainstreaming and overall visibility
• Support project and workshop concept development and production of briefing packages and communication materials for external liaisons
• Design and deliver capacity building workshops, high-level multi-stakeholder dialogues.

REQUIREMENT
QUALIFICATIONS
• Advanced degree in climate change, sustainable development national development planning, climate change and environmental policy development and related fields.
• Preferred minimum of 5 years’ work experience in knowledge management; green growth /climate change / environmental policy development.
• Technical knowledge of climate change and green economy approaches, preferably in a major sector relevant to Zambia, demonstrated through relevant academic qualification, analytical research, government advisory support, and/or capacity development.
• Strong technical research and analysis and drafting skills, preferably for analytical assessment and capacity building
• Highly organized and ability to grasp and collate knowledge and information from diverse sources to summarize policy-relevant information
• Good command of professional English
• Highly proficient in using MS Office application
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory.
• Good reporting and project coordination skills.
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently, articulate issues and recommend solutions.
• Good team player who can work as a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team member, motivate and lead group efforts and network effectively.
• Familiarity in working with international stakeholders and government agencies in Zambia is a strong asset.

FUNCTIONAL
• Experience in policy formulation, capacity building and multi-stakeholder engagement
• A solid understanding of Green Growth and Climate Action in Zambia
• Excellent understanding and experience in institutional capacity support.
• Excellent facilitation and capacity building skills.

CORPORATE
• Understand and actively support GGGI’s mission, vision and values.
• Promote the optimum use of public resources
• Promote an organizational culture of trust, transparency, respect and partnership.
• Process and share information easily.
• Manage emotions and stress positively, builds rapport and resolves conflict easily.
• Promote creativity and innovation among staff.
• Be able to lead where needed and provide solutions to project-level challenge.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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