RESPONSIBILITIES/JOB DESCRIPTION

The Officer’s responsibilities include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Identify, assess and manage projects in the above-mentioned field in accordance with procedures provided by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida);
• Engage in policy dialogue with cooperation partners;
• Participate in consultations and coordination with donor groups;
• Participate in all regular activities of the regional section and the Embassy, including planning, monitoring and reporting, as well as other issues when required;
• The tasks to be undertaken require a certain amount of travel, mainly within Africa, as well as coordination with colleagues at Sida in Stockholm and at other Swedish Embassies in Africa.

Job Requirement

QUALIFICATIONS AND WORK EXPERIENCES

Required qualifications:

• Documented academic degree in Natural Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences or Economics, minimum at Master’s level;
• Fluency in English (both oral and written);
• Extensive experience of working with computer programmes, applications, and systems.

Required work experience:

• At least five years documented experience of work related to Environment, Climate and Sustainable use of Natural Resources, preferably in an African continental or regional context; and
• Documented experience of managing donor-funded programmes and projects in a development cooperation context, including legal aspects related to agreements and financial follow-up.

Additional qualifications considered as merits are:

• Proven capacity to work independently, take leadership of processes, manage programmes and budgets, create relevant professional networks and to conduct dialogue and negotiations with partners and colleagues;
• A team-player with good communication skills;
• A results-oriented approach to work as well as practical experience from Results Based Management (RBM);
• A good understanding of the African continental and sub-regional institutional structure (African Union, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) etc), as well as policies and legal frameworks;
• Experience in risk assessment and anti-corruption;
• Additional language skills that are relevant to the position, for instance Swedish, French, or Swahili.