Tajikistan: Specialist on Environment Rural Livelihoods Project Position (Subject to funding.)
Country: Tajikistan
Closing date: 05 May 2014
The objective of the project is to enable rural people to increase their productive assets in ways that improve natural resource management and resilience to climate change in selected vulnerable sites. Its focus is on Rural Production and Land Resource Management Investments.
It is part of the Environmental Land Management and Rural Livelihoods Project, funded under the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience and the Global Environmental Facility and implemented by the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP), through an Implementation Group (IG) with support from the World Bank.
For a 30-month project in Khatlon, southern Tajikistan, Oxfam is looking for a Specialist on Environment to work on capacity building of local communities and stakeholders, and development and monitoring of rural livelihoods sub-projects, applying participatory approaches.
Required qualifications:
- Relevant educational background in environmental issues.
- Extensive experience in rural livelihoods and environmental assessments, land use management and climate change adaptation issues.
- Experience in participatory approaches.
- English, Tajik, Russian languages.
Project’s Terms of Reference available upon request.
Due to the tender submission date there will be a shortened period for applications - closing date for
applications will be Monday 5th May, 2014.'
Please feel free to email us if you have any questions at:mecisjobs@oxfam.org.uk
About the MECIS Region
The Middle East and Commonwealth of Independent States (MECIS) region implements and manages programmes in Yemen, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Russia, Tajikistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Programmes within the MECIS region reflect Oxfam’s approach to work across the globe. We support self-reliance, not dependency, and to complement our work on the ground we strive to secure lasting change through our campaigning.
We also put women at the heart of all we do. The majority of people living in poverty are women and girls, and so this focus helps us to achieve our mission to overcome poverty and suffering.
Useful Information
Contract Length: 30 months
How to apply:
All applications will be received online at: http://bit.ly/1m5cUGm
