Call For Experts – WABiLED Follow-On Activity, Accra, Ghana,Job Ref. GH/RTI/2911/2430

Call For Experts – WABiLED Follow-On Activity, Accra, Ghana

Overview

Research Triangle Institute (RTI) has over 30 years’ experience assisting governments, communities, and the private sector. As a not-for-profit, independent research institute based in North Carolina, USA, RTI has roughly 6,000 employees with global experience implementing international development projects. RTI’s Sustainable Growth & Resilience (SG&R) technical unit within the International Development Group brings together RTI experts and capabilities across food security, agriculture, energy, environment, water, governance, and economic opportunity. SG&R will leverage RTI’s experience designing and delivering multisectoral programming and technical solutions to respond to climate change, build resilience, and promote economic growth around the world.

SG&R’s Global Agriculture, Water, and Environment division is working to mitigate and address the impacts of climate change, build resilience in impacted communities and environments, and protect ecosystems and biodiversity through policy and governance support, private sector engagement, capacity building for local actors, and support for responding to natural and human-caused impacts to biodiversity.

Project Description

The goal of the anticipated West Africa Biodiversity and Low Emissions Development Activity Follow-on is to promote biodiversity conservation, combat wildlife crime, maximize land-based greenhouse gas mitigation, and promote low emissions development in West Africa.

Position Description:

RTI is seeking CVs from relevant and qualified technical experts and specialists for the anticipated follow-on to the USAID West Africa Biodiversity and Low Emission Development Activity (WABiLED ). These positions may be based in Ghana or any of the countries named in the stated project’s goals including Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, and Cameroon.

Positions available are contingent upon award and funding.

Responsibilities

•  Demonstrated experience in the one or more of the following areas:
  •  Biodiversity conservation
  •  Climate resilience planning
  •  Climate financing
  •  Carbon project development
  •  Countering wildlife crime and trafficking and anti-poaching
  •  Human-Wildlife Conflict
  •  Deforestation and forest degradation eeCAALb B2ZoGK
  •  Timber trade
  •  Policy reform and governance
  •  Private sector engagement, especially transportation, tourism, and agriculture
  •  Value chain development for non-timber forest products
  •  Communications and knowledge management
  •  Monitoring and evaluation
  •  Gender, Youth, Social Inclusion Integration

Qualifications

•  Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of experience, or Master’s degree and 6 years of experience.
•  Excellent oral and written English language communication skills
•  Fluency in French and local languages required for francophone countries.
•  Citizens of Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, and Cameroon are strongly encouraged to apply.

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