About GIZ-Afghanistan:

GIZ Background:

As a federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. GIZ operates throughout Germany and in more than 120 countries worldwide. Our registered offices are in Bonn and Eschborn. We have more than 19,500 staff members around the globe, some 70% of whom are employed locally as national personnel.

With an international remit and a multicultural working atmosphere, we are successful because we share knowledge across disciplinary frontiers. Your professional and personal development is important to us. Whether it is the multifaceted day-to-day challenges or the considerable scope for applying creativity in your work – there are plenty of good reasons to join our motivated team.

As a federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. GIZ operates throughout Germany and in more than 120 countries worldwide. Our registered offices are in Bonn and Eschborn. We have more than 19,500 staff members around the globe, some 70% of whom are employed locally as national personnel.

The Forest Landscape Restoration and Food Security (FLR) project aims at restoring forests and vegetative land coverage, and at increasing resilience in communities in different provinces of Afghanistan. Landscape management plans are developed in a participatory manner at village level. By establishing and working with local, regional and national NRM structures for participatory and conflict-resolving land use planning, implementing food security measures, managing of water resources and the restoration of forest landscapes, conflicts at the local level are reduced and a multi-stakeholder dialogue is initiated. Participation of women as beneficiaries and service providers is a core value of implementation. Sector-specific training products are developed to enable various actors in the forest sector and in the management of natural resources to implement forest-related landscape as well as food security systems independently and sustainably in the future.

GIZ supports the Mahram system for female staff

With an international remit and a multicultural working atmosphere, GIZ is successful because we share knowledge across disciplinary frontiers. Your professional and personal development is important to us. Whether it is the multifaceted day-to-day challenges or the considerable scope for applying creativity in your work – there are plenty of good reasons to join our motivated team.

Job Description:

1. Overall Responsibilities

• Support and advise FLR implementation partners on the technical development of the FLR approach in natural resource management, climate change, local forest governance, food security measures, sustainable water management and disaster risk reduction,
• Support the NRM actors and FLR partners in the identification and application of best practices in the above-mentioned areas as well as in the exchange of information between the stakeholders

2. Tasks

• Advise the FLR implementation partners in various technical approaches in tree planting and forest establishment for eco-system services and livelihood support,
• Document and disseminate best practices to partners and other NRM actors,
• Help organize and lead communities of practice that ensure continuous learning across all project stakeholders concerned,
• Promote and coordinate peer to peer knowledge exchange among implementing partners,
• Carry out field missions to the FLR partners’ implementation sites, engage with stakeholders and provide (technical) support
• Support the M&E system of the FLR project (e.g., the monitoring advisor)
• Work closely with the FLR advisors on monitoring, provide assistance and support when needed (e.g., setting up meetings, translation, verifying data in the monitoring system and in the field).
• Maintain a good knowledge of project issues, operations, and working environment
• Support any other related tasks assigned by superior

Job Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

Education:

• Degree in rural development, forestry, agriculture or related field, preferably an MSc.

Professional Experience:

• 5-7 years relevant experience, especially within an international donor organization, NGO, UN agency or similar organization, with GIZ would be an asset
• Experience in working with international staff
• Experience in working with (i)NGOs desirable
• Deep knowledge on approaches of community forestry, inclusive and gender sensitive participatory planning, and co-creation methods
• Profound knowledge in sustainable land management, food security and watershed management systems

Other experiences and skills (e.g., language, IT-skills, social and personal skills, etc.):

• Experience with virtual exchange formats (i.e., Teams, Zoom, Virtual Learning Platforms) desirable
• Experience in carrying out surveys and assessment for international organizations,
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills,
• Computer skills at operator level, especially with MS Office packages, especially Excel

Submission Guideline:

You are kindly requested to fill in GIZ-Afghanistan’s job application form and send it along with your updated CV and letter of motivation with complete contact details to our HR recruitment unit by applying through the link below:

Link for the position in GIZ’s job website: VA/2023/GIZ/06 | Forestry and Biodiversity Advisor

You can download the GIZ’s job application form from our jobs website (www.giz-jobs.com) We will not consider and review the applications without the job application form (for internal candidates, filling the form is optional).

Please do not send us your working certificates, educational certificates or any other additional documents while you are applying for the post. We will ask you for these documents if you are selected for the next steps of our recruitment.

We would also like to point out that the selection process is not in the decision-making competence of individuals, but that a committee of national and international staff always makes the decisions on the pre-selection up to the final hiring decision. As all our processes are subject to strict compliance requirements, we ask you to refrain from contacting employees with a recruitment request.

Only those candidates will be invited for written test or interview who meets the qualifications and requirements for the mentioned job vacancy.

We would like to encourage female applicants to apply for our vacant positions.

For more information about German Cooperation with Afghanistan and GIZ Afghanistan Projects, please visit our websites:

www.gc-afg.de

https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/358.html

Submission Email:

https://www.giz-jobs.com/#id=70f2c6cf-4323-4b05-9c4d-a4719cb63b0d