Chief Climate Change Officer
Full-time
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Job Salary Range
$ GOB Pay Scale 25 - GOB Pay Scale 25 Per Year
Gender
Does not matter
Managerial Level
Senior Management
Job Category
Environmental
Minimum Experience
5 Year
Degree Title
Environmental Science, Natural Sciences, Climate Science/Climatology, Natural Resources Management, Engineering or related discipline
Overview
Department :
Ministry Headquarters
Sub Category :
Climate Change Officer
Job Type :
Full-time
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
1. SUPERVISES and manage the staff of the Department of Climate Change, conducting daily monitoring of activities to ensure that they comply with the Annual Operational Plan, ensuring the review of progress and performance of individual technical staff.
2. LEADS and coordinates Belize’s reporting responsibilities to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change including the national established contribution, Biennial Transparency Report, and National Communications ensuring to administer the climate change and Carbon market initiative act.
3. ASSISTS with the development and implementation of the Carbon Markets for Belize in association with the Climate Change and Carbon markets Initiative Act including serving as the Registrar for Carbon Credits.
4. DEVELOPS high level programmes and projects with the aim of mobilizing resources in collaboration with development partners inclusive of the Ministry of Economic Development, the Protected Areas Conservation Trust and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre and UNDP.
5. DEVELOPS projects and programs within the department of Climate Change to ensure sustainability and relevance to establish goals and objectives and prepares and implement the department’s annual Budget and workplans.
6. CONDUCTS reporting activities such as developing briefing notes, technical papers, financial reports, and cabinet papers for the national delegation in its representation at the UNFFCCC Conference of Parties.
7. CONSULTS and advises the Chief Executive Officer, Directors, and other Management Team members within the department on matters relating to climate change.
8. LEADS in the implementation and tracking of key strategies that guides climate change mitigation and adaptation in Belize including the Low Emission Development Strategy, the National Determined Contributions, National Climate Change Policy, Strategy and Action Plan (NCCPSAP), the Climate Finance Strategy.
9. SERVES as Belize’s lead climate change focal point officer within the department and to the UNFCCC Secretariat and its associated bodies, conducting duties as lead negotiator at UNFCC COP and subsidiary bodies coordinating positions across various thematic areas.
10. COORDINATES activities of the Belize Climate Change Council (BNCCC) and collaborate with other ministries and departments to ensure that climate change concerns are mainstreamed at every level of decision-making.
11. MONITORS program accounts, finances, and procurement activities in adherence with Government of Belize and Donor stipulated guidelines and oversees the completion of programme activities, ensuring that objectives and products are fulfilled, and that success indicators are verified.
12. REPRESENT the Government of Belize at regional and international events participating as a member in several National Inter-ministerial/inter-sectorial committees on behalf of the department.
13. PREPARES Cabinet papers, briefing notes, Ministerial reports, and Annual Technical reports on the performance of the Department in line with the Ministry’s and Department’s strategic plan and annual operational plans.
14. MAINTAINS a working relationship with the members of the Technical Committee and National Climate Change Council to ensure joint programming in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
15. SETS major job objectives for subordinates and appraises performance against same; develops and implements performance improvement plan for each subordinate.
Reporting Responsibility :
The Chief Climate Change Officer will report to the Chief Executive Officer
Accountable for :
Climate Change Office
Employment Type :
Permanent Establish
Required Travel :
Occasionally
Comments :
Posted :
2024-04-19
Requirements
Minimum Education :
Masters Degree
Managerial Level :
Senior Management
Status
No of Jobs :
0
Start Publishing :
2024-04-19
Stop Publishing :
2024-05-03
Basic Purpose of Position
Responsible for the overall management of the Department of Climate Change including strategic planning, inter-ministerial coordination, resource mobilization and corporate communications in conjunction with Ministry’s mandate and objectives. The Officer will serve as the Administrator of the Climate Change and Carbon Markets Initiative Bill and will serve as technical lead for climate change mitigation and adaptation for Belize.
Conditions of Service
Belize Constitution (Public Service) Regulations, 2014
Qualifications/Experience
Master’s Degree in Environmental Science, Natural Science, Climate Science/Climatology, Natural Resources Management, Engineering or related discipline.
Years of Experience in Supervisory/Management Level: At least five (5) years working experience in Management. A minimum of 10 years of functional experience in the Climate Change field at a national or international level.
Competencies/Skills
1. Good understanding of scientific and technical issues as it relates to climate change is essential.
2. Experience in negotiations at a national, regional, and international level.
3. Ability to work effectively with donor agencies, senior governmental officials, and administrators.
4. Experience in obtaining international and/ or multilateral donor funding/proposal writing.
5. Experience working with local, regional, and international organizations.
6. Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation prodedures.
7. Excellent knowledge of policy development and analysis.
8. Sound research skills.
9. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
10. Excellent decision-making skills.
11. Excellent communication skills and advance level of computing literacy, and
12. Fluency in English is essential and an ability to speak Spanish is an asset.
13. In-depth knowledge of climate change mitigation and adaptation issues, programme and approaches in the national and international context with the ability to train and build the capacity of national counterparts.
14. Experienced in climate change negotiations under the UNFCCC on issues relating to interalia, mitigation, adaptation, markets, capacity building and knowledge transfer.
15. Experience in providing expertise and support for the development of technical and policy papers relating to, inter alia, NDCs, Namas, NAPs roadmaps for LEDS and climate change technology prioritization.
16. Demonstrated experience in identifying, implementing, and executing programmes, projects and project components aimed at promoting resilience to climate change.
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