event 30 авг. 2021

Vacancy // Advisor for Water and Rural Development at GIZ in Germany

GIZ is offering a full- or part-time position as Advisor for Water and Rural Development, based in Eschborn, Germany. Application deadline: September 2, 2021, 11:59 PM.

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Field of activity

On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the sector project (SV) "Water Policy - Innovations for Resilience" implements, among other things, the so-called "Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme". This is a project on the water-energy-food security nexus (WEF), which GIZ implements together with regional partner institutions. The SV "Sustainable Agriculture", also commissioned by the BMZ, aims to promote the dissemination of sustainable agricultural production and processing methods in development cooperation (DC). The selection and adaptation of these methods in relation to the availability and use of natural resources in rural areas and integrated water resource management play an important role here.

Tasks

  • Advising BMZ sector units (water, sanitation, hygiene) and (rural development, land rights, forests) on strategic and conceptual issues in the context of the WEF Nexus, with a particular focus on water and agriculture, and on positioning within national and international debates;
  • Coordination with other GIZ projects, in particular, the SV "Agriculture" and the global project "Water and Energy for Sustainable Agriculture and Food";
  • Processing of learning experiences and policy recommendations for the implementation regions of the WEF Nexus and feeding the results into BMZ advisory services and international expert networks;
  • Supporting the BMZ in participating in events and preparing fact sheets, speaking notes, draft speeches and background information;
  • Contributing to studies, statements, assessments and drafts;
  • Maintaining and expanding a network on water, agriculture and energy;
  • Steering and management of funding contracts, grant agreements and performance contracts;
  • Conception, planning and implementation of inter-institutional and cross-sectoral event and exchange formats.

Requirements

  • Completed university studies in agriculture, natural sciences, geography or comparable courses of study with demonstrable reference to the topic of rural development and water;
  • Several years of international and professional experience in the field of rural development, natural resource management, integrated water resource management and agriculture;
  • Very good knowledge of international processes and actors in the fields of water policy, rural development and climate policy and ideally knowledge of the implementation of projects in these fields;
  • Profound knowledge of international processes and actors in rural development and water policy, as well as of the relevant instruments and procedures of international DC;
  • Experience in advising and cooperating with ministries and partner organisations in the international political arena, ideally also in DC projects;
  • Excellent ability to think and write analytically, conceptually and interdisciplinarily, as well as social and intercultural competence and an independent and structured way of working with a strong service orientation and a high level of commitment;
  • Very good PC user skills and high affinity for digital tools:
  • Business fluent in German and English; good knowledge of French or Spanish is desirable.

Period of employment

01.10.2021 - 30.06.2023

Application

Please, apply online via the GIZ job portal.

Contact

You can contact the Customer portal of the Recruitment and Follow-up Deployment Department by telephone at +49 6196/79-3200 or by mail: kundenportal-rueckfragen@giz.de.

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