🇸🇱 Job Vacancy @ Trocaire – Climate Change Policy & Advocacy Coordinator
VACANCY NOTICE
Trócaire is an International NGO. We work with local partners in the world’s most at-risk communities and with people in Ireland to tackle the underlying causes of poverty and injustice and respond to the crises they create. Together we bring about positive and lasting change for a just world.
Job Title: Climate Change Policy & Advocacy Coordinator – Sierra Leone
Location of position: Freetown, Sierra Leone
The Climate Change Policy & Advocacy Coordinator – Sierra Leone
The role provides high level continuous and consistent technical expertise, providing proactive and strategic support that takes full account of the breadth of climate justice needed, and ensuring the coordination of Civil Society Organizations, Women-Centered Organizations, and relevant climate stakeholders and authorities
The Climate Change Policy & Advocacy Coordinator plays a pivotal role in the development and driving of a climate strategy, coordination of climate change actors and partners, and a key role in influencing policies, procedures, and systems at district and national level to continuously improve in-country initiatives for climate justice in Sierra Leone.
Requirement
Third level qualification in: Environmental Science, Climate Change, Agricultural Science, or other related disciplines.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and assume accountability for the successful delivery of climate change policy and advocacy programming, including the development and implementation of a localized climate strategy.
- Lead and coordinate a Climate-Centered CSO Network formed in 2023, in advocacy and climate justice initiatives.
- Provide high quality technical support to partners, Women-Centered Organizations, and CSOs on climate change adaptation, communal natural resources management, resource rights, and resilience.
- Provide high quality technical support to partners on the development of advocacy campaigns and networks.
- Lead partnership portfolio management of Trócaire’s thematic partners delivering climate change policy and advocacy programming.
Closing Date for Applications is 8th March 2024
The successful applicant is expected to sign up to and adhere to Trócaire’s Safeguarding Policy
