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Please find Pacific Vacancies Announcement No. 2019/504

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Project Coordinator (South)

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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY VICE CHANCELLOR (RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND INTERNATIONAL), Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PaCE-SD) - LES071

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The University of the South Pacific, through the Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development entered into a grant agreement with the EU, to support the Global Climate Change Alliance Plus – Scaling-up Pacific Adaptation (GCCA+ SUPA) action, which falls under the GCCA+ flagship initiative that will support the three priorities of the GCCA+ and target countries where prior GCCA actions have been successfully implemented in small Pacific Island Countries. USP will work with SPC and SPREP on this Project..

The overall objective of the Project is to enhance climate change adaptation and resilience within ten Pacific Island Countries. The specific objective is to strengthen the implementation of sector based, but integrated, climate change and disaster risk management strategies and plans. The project will be implemented in ten countries (Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), Nauru, Niue, Palau, Tonga and Tuvalu) using a sector based approach, and wherever possible focused on outer island communities, and implemented with a gender sensitive, rights-based approach.The appointee must work closely with the Regional Directors and is responsible for overseeing the work of the Research Community Coordinators in the Southern Pacific.

The Opportunity

This position is required to oversee the co-ordination, planning, management implementation, applied research, and monitoring and evaluation of all aspects of the GCCA+ SUPA Project activities in the Southern Pacific (Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Tonga,Tuvalu) and more specifically the local communities that the project will be working with. The position will be responsible for the USP’s leadership on design, implementation and monitoring of all community engagements in the five countries to ensure that the Project meets its objective according to the milestones and log-frame of the Project as follows:

i. To enhance climate change adaptation and resilience within the five countries;
ii. To support the Locally Managed Resilience /Locally Managed Climate Change Adaptation network;
iii. To strengthen the implementation of sector based, but integrated climate and disaster risk management strategies and plans;
iv. Strengthen climate and disaster risk information knowledge management, applied research, monitoring and strategic planning capacities;
v. Conduct training needs diagnostic analysis in order to enhance planning and decision making capabilities and capacities to address climate change and disaster risks at sub-national and community level, applying participatory, gender sensitive and rights-based approaches;
vi. Support applied research for enhanced climate and disaster resilience;
vii. Identify and strengthen skills and resources available to implement and maintain strategic and local interventions for climate change adaptation and mainstreaming scaled up in five pre-defined sectors.

The appointee will:

- Manage, Co-ordinate, Implement and Monitor the overall activities of the project in the five countries in collaboration with the Director PaCE-SD, respective USP Campus Directors the Project Management Unit (PMU), and the relevant PaCE-SD and USP staff;
- Work with the Director PaCE-SD or PaCE-SD Academic staff to identify a mutually agreed research topic and work towards publication(s) to be completed within the Project duration;
- Provide updated progress reports on both the Project financial and operational activities in the countries;
- Undergo trainings organised and executed by the Project Management Unit (e.g. on the use of the CIVA Framework; CIVA Database; Mapping Toolkit; M&E Project Impact Toolkit);
- Undertake the relevant Pacific TaFE trainings in resilience and training to become an accredited resilience trainer;
- Work with the M&E Manager to ensure that the project activities are aligned with the M&E Framework;
- Maintain ongoing support and coordination of the National Project Advisory Committee on project updates, guidance and recommendations;
- Submit timely country activity reports and updates to the Project Management Unit;
- Develop national resource guide outlining past and current CCA and DRR interventions and tools to promote and strengthen community’s capacity towards sustainable development;
- Undertake Community Integrated Vulnerability & Assessment (CIVA) at selected community(ies) and facilitate the development and/or revision of community development action plans (in close consultation with the community and relevant technical experts/stakeholders) that aligns to sub-national and national strategic development plans;
- Undertake awareness activities with government line ministries, communities and schools;
- Carry out national consultation workshops/trainings where stakeholders and communities are represented to map and plan out a successful way forward for an LMCCA Network for the country. In cases where there is an active LMMA National Node present, undertake national consultation workshops to align and affiliate selected community (ies);
- Undertake a training needs assessment within selected community(ies) and their respective sub-national governments;
- In collaboration with the TVET Project, develop, coordinate and organise trainings to address these needs.

The Person We Seek

To be considered for this position, applicants must have:

- Postgraduate qualifications or progress towards Postgraduate qualifications in Environmental Sciences/Agriculture/Climate Change/Sustainable Development from a recognised institution with extensive relevant work experience;
- Research interests targeted specifically in the Pacific region;
- Experience/familiarity with international and/or regional organisations;
- Relevant experience with the ACP/PICs;
- Experience in carrying out multiple activities within tight deadlines;
- Relevant experience with the P-ACP/PICs & CROP agencies; and
- Experience supervision of Project activities in the Region, with demonstrated ability to work Team Player in adversely multicultural environment.

Preference will be given to applicants with:

Direct experience in climate vulnerability and resilience analysis in the Pacific Islands;
- Three (3) to five (5) years of relevant and verifiable work experience in the broad field of climate change and sustainable development either with government or a non-government organisation;
- Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in project management design and implementation life-cycle in Environmental Sciences/Agriculture/Climate Change/Sustainable Development.

Remuneration
The position is available for a term of 3 years and may be renewed by mutual agreement.

Salary Range: Level 2 FJ $50,184 to FJ $61,289 per annum

Enquiries: Ann Yabaki, PaCE SD; tel.: (679) 32 31982; email: yabaki_a@...

Closing date for applications: 24 November 2019

How to Apply

Candidates may use the University’s online E-Recruitment system to view full details and apply for this position at Manual and emailed applications are no longer accepted. Candidates may request further information from the Human Resources Office; tel.: (679) 32 32072; email: hrhelp@... or personnel@...

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Please also include the following documents in your application: Cover letter and Resume clearly addressing key Selection Criteria, academic transcript and names of three referees, one of which must be your current or most recent direct work supervisor. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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