ActionAid
The Advisor will be responsible for carrying out the following activities during this placement period:
- Mentor, coach and support the ActionAid Nigeria and ActionAid Liberia SPA II team Youth Coordinators on climate justice advocacy and movement building
- Support youth movements at national and sub-national levels to network and collaborate by reaching out/ connecting on climate justice and resilience building.
- Support key national movements, networks, and alliances in Liberia and Nigeria with networking and organizing tools.
- Support the regional youth networks to identify key youth SDGs policy issues that can be taken at regional level.
- Support ActionAid Nigeria and Liberia SPA II team and local partners on climate justice programming
- Support youth teams in Nigeria and Liberia to develop robust climate justice advocacy tools including position papers and policy briefs for dissemination.
- Provide capacity building for young people and project partners on climate resilience building and alternatives.
- Support AAN and AAL to develop mechanisms for linkages with private sector on green jobs
The Advisor will additionally:
- Support in-country and cross-country learning processes
- Participate in professional learning networks, including the Advisor network.
- Provide thematic sparing for curriculum developments.
- Support TCDC led thematic workshops.
- Participate in and support relevant cross-country working groups.
- Where relevant, the Advisor will play a facilitating role for Inspirators in-country: hold introduction meetings with Inspirators, coordinate learning meetings and support relational linkages.
- Provide policy, technical and operational advice, and support on advancing sustainable development within climate changing contexts.
- Support national actors working in the sector and contribute to growing discussions around the new way of working in promoting sustainable environment and livelihood
- Establish and maintain contacts with relevant government officials, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, diplomatic missions, media, etc.; ensures appropriate mechanisms to facilitate collaboration and exchange of information that would further enhance SPA II work in both Nigeria and Liberia
- Actively take part in the overall policy, programme, procedure and strategy development of AAN in general.
- Support the development training modules and facilitate trainings of groups and organizations on the livelihood, environment protection and resilience.
How to apply
To apply, kindly complete relevant application form accessed from https://nigeria.actionaid.org/jobs Application form should be sent in an MSWord attachment to [email protected]. Only electronically submitted forms will be considered. Submitted or Scanned CVs will be disregarded.
Please refer to the website – https://nigeria.actionaid.org/jobs for a detailed job description and application form.
Subject line of emails must state clearly, job title of position applied for and location e.g., Climate Justice Advisor (Roving) – Nigeria and Liberia
ActionAid offers competitive terms of employment.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 12th February 2024. While we respect all applicants, interview dates will be communicated only to shortlisted candidates.
ActionAid is committed to preventing any form of sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse (including child abuse and adult at-risk abuse) in line with us. Child Safeguarding policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse; and Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse at Work Policy and Overarching SHEA and Safeguarding Policy; as well as our zero-tolerance approach to Safeguarding concerns.
Deadline: 12 Feb 2024