Adaptation Specialist

5 days ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa WWF South Africa Full time
Job title : Adaptation SpecialistJob Location : Western Cape, Cape TownDeadline : April 14, 2025Quick Recommended Links
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Minimum Requirements

  • Post graduate degree in a relevant field such as climate change, development or related fields.
  • Minimum 5 years' experience in adaptation project development and implementation
  • Multi stakeholder and partnership engagement experience
  • Good understanding of climate change adaptation, ideally in ecosystem-based adaptation context.
  • Good understanding of adaptation policy processes
  • Good project management skills including budget management and reporting
  • Able to translate technical issues to a varied audience
  • Understanding & knowledge of proposal processes
  • Report writing skills: Technical & other
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Networking and relationship building skills
  • Ability to work with diverse stakeholders
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to communicate clearly, both written and verbal
  • Ability to work in tight deadlines
  • Collaborative working style
  • You recognise yourself in the values of WWF: Courage, Integrity, Respect, Collaboration and Inclusion

Duties and Responsibilities

Assist in developing WWF's environmental program strategy

  • Work with the Senior Climate Specialist and Cluster Lead to develop an adaptation strategy that integrates into WWF's program thematic
  • Develop a workplan to roll out adaptation work across Systems Chans and Landscape teams

Manage and support area-based adaptation projects

  • Conduct climate risk and vulnerability assessments in key landscapes (2 landscapes in first instance)
  • Engage with project partners and stakeholders to support understanding and uptake of climate adaptation approaches
  • Co-develop and track monitoring and evaluation indicators for project implementation
  • Ensure delivery of specific outcomes as agreed with partners.
  • Ensure regular reporting to key partners.
  • Present research findings in both technical reports and media-friendly formats.
  • Manage subcontracts and project disbursements.

Support the mainstreaming of climate adaptation approaches into WWF's key landscapes

  • Cooperate with landscape managers and implementation teams to build internal capacity for adaptation planning
  • Identify opportunities for ecosystem-based and community-based adaptation linked to key landscapes
  • Co-develop projects and funding applications to establish a long-term adaptation programme
  • Develop strategies and/or toolkits for integrating adaptation approaches and focus into landscape clusters

Engage national and sub-national climate adaptation policy processes

  • Work with partners and key stakeholders in targeted for to influence climate adaptation policy and strategies
  • Provide thought leadership on climate adaptation
  • Engage with working groups such as the Adaptation Network to ensure WWF is kept abreast of national development and opportunities
  • Respond to ad-hoc demands for speaking at workshops, conferences as needed by WWF.
  • Publicly represent WWF on climate adaptation issues

Participate in the effective functioning and delivery of the systems change group

  • Contributing to the sustainable funding of the unit by supporting proposal preparation processes.
  • Participate in unit meetings, strategy sessions and reading seminars.
  • Prepare communication materials as required including blogs, opinion pieces, articles and others as identified by the unit communication strategy.
  • Engaging in activities as directed from time to time by the Cluster Lead
  • Attend meetings, events and workshops to ensure WWF's profile and positions are well recognised and opportunities capitalised on.
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