Place & Modality
Local Position, Full time; Project office in St. Lucia, occasional regional or international missions.
Duration
October 2025 until September 2026, with possibility for extension.
Duties
- Provide advisory services to CARICOM in the field of biodiversity and governance, with a specific focus on the implementation of the Caribbean Biodiversity Strategy.
- Provide capacity development support to CARICOM, national Biodiversity Focal Points in the region, as well as other relevant partners on various biodiversity aspects.
- Support with the development of National Ecosystem Assessments in St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the mainstreaming into national policies, plans and strategies.
- Provide advisory services on biodiversity, climate change, natural resource management, blue economy and related fields to other relevant GIZ projects in the Caribbean.
Profile requirements
Qualifications
- University degree in biology, environmental studies, natural resource management, political sciences, project management or a related field.
- Specializations or certifications in a related field desirable.
- Candidate must be a Citizen of Grenada or hold a valid work permit for this country.
- 5 to 10 years’ professional experience, with at least 5 years professional experience in a comparable position.
- Demonstrated experience in Small Island Developing States with a focus on biodiversity and natural resource management.
- Work experience in or with CARICOM, OECS, or other relevant regional/ national institutions (public and private), and/or international cooperation sector’s organizations.
- Proven experience in policy guidance, providing capacity development support as well as coordinating complex multi-stakeholder settings.
- Excellent advisory, organizational and analytical skills.
- Strong teamplayer with excellent communication, facilitation, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
- Fluent written and oral knowledge of the English language, Spanish or French would be considered an asset.
- Gender competency.
- Very good knowledge of ITC technologies (e.g. Ms. Office).
- Willingness to travel in/outside the region regularly.
Professional Experience and required competences
- 5 to 10 years’ professional experience, with at least 5 years professional experience in a comparable position.
- Demonstrated experience in Small Island Developing States with a focus on biodiversity and natural resource management.
- Work experience in or with CARICOM, OECS, or other relevant regional/ national institutions (public and private), and/or international cooperation sector’s organizations.
- Proven experience in policy guidance, providing capacity development support as well as coordinating complex multi-stakeholder settings.
Languages, applications and other competences
- Excellent advisory, organizational and analytical skills.
- Strong teamplayer with excellent communication, facilitation, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
- Fluent written and oral knowledge of the English language, Spanish or French would be considered an asset.
- Gender competency.
- Very good knowledge of ITC technologies (e.g. Ms. Office).
- Willingness to travel in/outside the region regularly.
How to apply
Documentation
- CV (max. 2 pages), Motivation letter & two (2) reference letters.
- All in PDF & in English, max size 4MB
How to apply
Applications are received only via e-mail by 22.09.2025 to the following address: HRCaribbean@giz.de Reference “Biodiversity Advisor”.
- Incomplete credentials will be discarded,
- Please include the Reference Subject of the e-mail
- Due to the high volume of applications received, we will be in contact with the applicants who fulfill the requirement and the required documentation.
Data Privacy Statement based on Article 13 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applied during this process.