Technical Specialist: Environmental Stewardship and Climate Action

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on 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.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Leadership, Programme Design and ESCA Mainstreaming (30%)

Key Responsibilities

• •Provide strategic and technical leadership for the design, implementation, quality assurance, adaptation, and scale-up of ESCA programming across Area Programmes, grants, and humanitarian responses.
• •Lead the contextualization and implementation of ESCA strategies, frameworks, technical models, and core project approaches.
• •Ensure effective implementation and scaling of evidence-based approaches, including FMNR, Regreening Communities (RGC), Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM), Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), ecosystem restoration, watershed management, Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA), Eco-Schools, and Nature-Based Solutions (NbS).
• •Lead integration of climate adaptation, mitigation, and resilience-building interventions across development and humanitarian programmes.
• •Provide technical guidance on climate risk analysis, vulnerability assessments, resilience programming, and disaster preparedness systems.
• •Strengthen CBDRM structures, early warning systems, contingency planning, and climate risk reduction mechanisms.
• •Promote multisectoral integration of ESCA with Health, Nutrition, Education, WASH, Livelihoods, Child Protection, Safeguarding, GESI, CVA, Sponsorship, Peacebuilding, and External Engagement initiatives.
• •Support collaboration with government and partners to advance environmental restoration, climate resilience, sustainable natural resource management, and SDG achievement.

End Results

• •High-quality and impactful ESCA programmes implemented according to organizational standards.
• •Increased adoption and sustainability of FMNR, RGC, CBDRM, CSA, and ecosystem restoration approaches.
• •Improved climate resilience, environmental stewardship, ecosystem restoration, and livelihood outcomes.
• •Stronger integration of ESCA across sectors and programmes.
• •Enhanced contribution to national climate action and environmental restoration priorities.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, Accountability and Knowledge Management (15%)

Key Responsibilities

• •Lead monitoring, accountability, learning, and knowledge management systems for ESCA programming.
• •Ensure high-quality data collection, analysis, reporting, and utilization for adaptive management and decision-making.
• •Conduct ESCA-related Data Quality Assessments (DQA/DIQA) and support indicator development and tracking.
• •Document and disseminate lessons learned, innovations, best practices, case studies, success stories, and technical learning products.
• •Provide technical oversight for donor, management, and partnership reporting.
• •Support evidence generation demonstrating programme impact on children, households, communities, and ecosystems.
• •Facilitate organizational learning and knowledge sharing internally and externally.

End Results

• •High-quality and reliable ESCA data available for evidence-based decision-making.
• •Timely and compliant donor, management, and technical reports.
• •Increased use of evidence and learning to improve programme quality and accountability.
• •Improved documentation and dissemination of impact, innovations, and best practices.

Technical Capacity Strengthening and Programme Support (15%)

Key Responsibilities

• •Develop and implement ESCA capacity-strengthening strategies and plans.
• •Conduct training needs assessments and coordinate targeted capacity development initiatives.
• •Design and facilitate training on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, FMNR, RGC, CBDRM, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Environmental Governance, Natural Resource Management, and Ecosystem Restoration.
• •Provide mentoring, coaching, and technical accompaniment to staff, partners, government stakeholders, and communities.
• •Strengthen community institutions, producer groups, environmental committees, and local disaster management structures.
• •Support continuous technical improvement and adoption of best practices across programmes.

End Results

• •Improved technical competency of staff, partners, communities, and government stakeholders.
• •Functional and effective CBDRM and environmental management structures.
• •Enhanced local capacity to implement sustainable ESCA interventions.
• •Increased adoption and replication of proven ESCA approaches and models.

ESCA Integration, Partnerships, Policy Engagement, Visibility and Representation (15%)

Key Responsibilities

• •Establish, strengthen, and manage strategic partnerships with government institutions, academia, research organizations, civil society, development partners, climate finance institutions, and private-sector actors.
• •Represent WVT in national, regional, and global ESCA forums, conferences, technical working groups, observances, and networks.
• •Provide technical input into policy dialogue, position papers, advocacy initiatives, and environmental governance processes.
• •Promote collaboration with governments, UN agencies, NGOs, academic institutions, and private-sector stakeholders pursuing shared environmental and climate goals.
• •Lead initiatives to enhance the visibility, influence, and positioning of WVT's ESCA portfolio.
• •Coordinate development and dissemination of technical papers, success stories, impact reports, digital content, conference presentations, and other communication products.
• •Support WVT participation in environmental and climate-related events and observances to strengthen learning, partnerships, visibility, and policy influence.

End Results

• •Enhanced organizational visibility, credibility, and thought leadership in ESCA.
• •Increased strategic partnerships, collaboration, networking, and policy influence.
• •Stronger engagement in national, regional, and global environmental and climate platforms.
• •Improved dissemination of programme achievements, innovations, and evidence.
• •Recognition of WVT as a trusted technical leader in climate resilience and environmental stewardship.

Resource Mobilization, Grants and Business Development (25%)

Key Responsibilities

• •Lead resource mobilization efforts and strategic growth of the ESCA portfolio.
• •Identify, assess, and prioritize funding opportunities in collaboration with the Resource Development Division and Resilience & Livelihood Team Leader.
• •Monitor donor trends and opportunities related to climate resilience, biodiversity, carbon finance, ecosystem restoration, environmental stewardship, and disaster risk reduction.
• •Serve as the ESCA technical lead in proposal development processes.
• •Lead or contribute to the development of high-quality concept notes, proposals, grant applications, technical narratives, logframes, theories of change, and results frameworks.
• •Provide technical reviews and quality assurance for funding proposals.
• •Support donor engagement, technical presentations, and partnership discussions.
• •Develop investment cases and strategic positioning documents that strengthen WVT competitiveness and portfolio growth.

End Results

• •Increased funding and investment secured for ESCA programming.
• •Expanded and diversified ESCA portfolio and partnerships.
• •High-quality and competitive concept notes, proposals, and grant applications.
• •Improved proposal success and grant acquisition rates.
• •Enhanced positioning of WVT as a preferred partner in climate resilience, environmental stewardship, ecosystem restoration, FMNR, RGC, and CBDRM programming

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROL E

Required Professional Experience

Minimum 5 years’ experience