Climate Adaptation Expert
RTI International
- New Delhi
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Contributing to overall assignment deliverables and project communication with the client.
- Analyze the state of play in specified sectors: Agriculture, Infrastructure, and water in the mentioned states.
- Assess the current priorities in the adaptation space aligning with the SAPCC and SDGs, priorities.
- Study and analyze the existing and potential implementation mechanism, framework for adaptation measures in the above-mentioned sectors and states.
- Study the state and national policies and strategies active in the region vis a vis adaptation measures keeping a focus on the sectors as mentioned above.
- Support Stakeholder consultation with nodal departments, NGOs, private sector and other relevant stakeholders to map the key gaps in the implementation at grassroot level (1 in each state)
- Analyze and evaluate the relevant climate co-benefits approaches which could be implemented in the mentioned states.
- Review existing Institutional setup and mechanism that delivers and support the activities related to Agriculture, Infrastructure and Water.
- Development of methodology and framework for the above-mentioned sector for measuring adaptation co-benefits
- Development of M&E framework including identifying key indicators/ parameters to measure the climate co-benefits in the sectors: Agriculture, Water and Infrastructure.
- Support in conducting a few pilots on the methodology and framework developed for above mentioned sectors and states.
- Developing a roadmap for nationwide adoption of the tested methodologies
- Post Graduate degree Climate Change studies/ Natural Resource Management / Environmental Engineering / Hydrological Sciences / Geological Sciences / relevant subject
- 10-15 years of professional experience in the Climate Change / agricultural, water, rural infrastructure and allied sectors, policy advocacy, data analysis and outreach.
- 6 years of professional experience in projects dealing with climate change. Work experience in data analysis and climate co-benefits is highly desirable.
- 5 years of experience in projects in the identified states in project design and management
- 5 years of working experience on Development cooperation (DC) projects
- Located preferably in Tamil Nadu, Delhi NCR, Himachal Pradesh, or Uttar Pradesh