Regional Climate Change Adaption Advisor At World Vision

World Vision International

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our over 34,000 staff members working in nearly 100 countries are united in helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Through our work, every 60 seconds … a family gets water … a hungry child is fed … a family receives the tools to overcome poverty.

Here’s where you come in:

As the Regional Climate Change Adaption Advisor, you will provide strategic guidance and technical support to strengthen World Vision’s technical programs and positioning in relation to climate change within the East Asia region (EAS). This is a pivotal role, leading the integration of the global Environmental Stewardship and Climate Adaptation policy into our regional and country level strategy and programming, identifying opportunities to influence policy, supporting resource development efforts, forming new partnerships and building organisational capacity. You will work closely with World Vision’s Field Offices (FOs) in EAS to build technical capacity, drive innovation, and ensure programs and systems are designed to support evidence building at the country level. You will also plays a critical role in supporting strategic positioning of the organisation with key stakeholders at the regional level, representing the organisation in technical working groups and networking events, driving strategic partnerships, providing thought leadership, and contributing to the evidence-building agenda.

Requirements include:

• Master’s degree and/or higher professional qualifications in Agriculture, Business, Economics, Forestry, Environment, Climate Change, or a relevant field related to the Climate Change preferred.
• Experience working in developing country/resource-constrained contexts.
• Experience in a program development/business development function.
• Experience in livelihoods/economic development and/or climate risk reduction with the poor and marginalized.
• Experience in working with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience building effective partnerships between diverse stakeholder groups.
• High level of fluent English for both speaking and writing.
• 25% Travel required.