PRB Senior Director Jobs 2022 – Kenya NGO Jobs. PRB Kenya looking for “Senior Director”. Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 30 November 2022.
The Population Reference Bureau is a private, nonprofit organization specializing in collecting and supplying statistics necessary for research and/or academic purposes focused on the environment, and health and structure of populations.
PRB Senior Director Jobs 2022
The PRB has published a job vacancy announcement on 04 November 2022 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of Senior Director to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
| Recruiter | Population Reference Bureau (PRB) |
| Position | Senior Director, Climate and Environment Programs |
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Country | Kenya |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | University degree |
| Experience Required | A minimum of 10 years |
| Application Deadline | 30 November 2022 |
PRB Job Vacancy 2022
Position Overview:
PRB seeks to recruit a well-qualified Senior Director to provide technical leadership on a number of anticipated projects in PRB’s population and environment portfolio, including a large USAID-funded global project, with a preferred regional focus on West and Central Africa. The role will provide high-level technical expertise in current issues related to climate change and the environment, including but not limited to knowledge of current national, regional, and global trends in climate adaptation and resilience, biodiversity conservation, forest and land use management, and energy. The role will work closely with PRB staff implementing projects that focus on supporting global, regional, national, and subnational policy decisionmakers to adopt integrated, evidence-based solutions to key development challenges and strengthening the capacity of local civil society organizations to advocate and hold decisionmakers accountable for improved outcomes. The Senior Director will support PRB’s work across development sectors, including climate change and the environment, to advance greater policy and financial investment in health outcomes such as rights-based family planning and reproductive health as cross-cutting development and climate solutions. There will be a robust emphasis on integrated programming solutions, particularly reaching actors in the climate and environment sectors. The senior advisor will serve as a member of the management team for at least two projects. This position is contingent on the anticipated projects being awarded.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Designing and delivering technical contributions on climate change, environment, and biodiversity programs, working in collaboration with experts from these and other sectors.
- Contribute to external thought leadership on key climate and environment issues, including engaging global and regional institutions and multilateral decision making bodies and funds such as the UNFCCC, the Green Climate Fund, the Adaptation Fund, IUCN, REDD+, as well as regional and country government and civil society stakeholders.
- Provide strategic technical oversight to project implementation including overseeing work of project consortium partners and providing strategic guidance to align activities with project outcomes and theory of change.
- Contribute innovative ideas that support actors across multiple sectors (health, education, economic development, finance, and others) to integrate climate action and equity across all development programs.
- Contribute innovative ideas that help key climate actors and decisionmakers integrate health solutions, especially investments in reproductive health, in climate adaption and resilience programs.
- Provide a strategic liaison to key government decisionmakers and implementing partners on country-level activities aimed at integrating demography and reproductive health data into environmental management, land use planning, and energy sectors.
Qualification & Experience:
- A minimum of 10 years’ work experience in any combination of climate policy and finance, climate adaptation and resilience, biodiversity conservation, deforestation, land use planning, energy, or other related sectors
- An advanced university degree in climate- or environmental management-related sectors.
- Extensive experience in low- and middle-income countries managing programs, research, and/or policy assistance to governments and other partner institutions.
- Experience in francophone West and Central Africa, especially the Democratic Republic of the Congo and/or the Sahel preferred.
- Demonstrated international thought leadership.
- Strong ability to collaborate and build partnerships with host country governments, U.S. government agencies, implementing partners, donor agencies, international organizations, and the private sector.
- Strong initiative and proactive responsiveness to address problems and generate and implement solutions.
- Outstanding English oral and written communication skills are essential. French language strongly preferred.
- Ability to communicate effectively and high comfort level writing and presenting data and information in a compelling way to difference audiences.
- Flexibility to travel and to work overseas; experience living or working in developing countries preferred. Position can be based in one of PRB’s offices Washington, D.C., Nairobi, or remotely from Europe, Africa, or Asia.
Other Details
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Selection Process: Interview
- Salary: negotiable
- Application Process: Online
How to Apply PRB Senior Director Jobs 2022
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to this link Click Here
The Closing Date: 30 November 2022
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.prb.org |
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