Job description

– Contribute to all activities related to climate change vulnerability and adaptation at national level;

– Contribute to all activities related to the development of climate change mitigation measures;

– Contribute to the preparation of policy and strategies related to mitigation and adaptation at national level,

– Contribute to the development and implementation of strategies, guidelines for the mitigation and adaptation at national level;

– Contribute in all activities related to capacity building of national stakeholders through workshops, seminars and conferences related to international climate change adaptation mechanisms including NAPA, NAPs, Risk assessment, Loss and Damage, NDC and NATCOMs;

– Contribute in all activities related to capacity building of national stakeholders through workshops, seminars and conferences related to international climate change mitigation mechanisms including NAMA, Mitigation scenarios, Carbon trade, NDC and NATCOMs ;
– Provides strategic advice on building resilience to climate change through capacity building, organizational change and provisional of technical support and common tools, methods and frameworks;

– Facilitate development, implementation and monitoring of climate change mitigation and adaptation actions in national climate change policy, strategy and plans;

– Regularly update climate change mitigation assessment through National Communications, Biennial update Reports (BUR) and other related reports;

– Provide technical and strategic support in the design and implementation of climate change adaptation and mitigation activities across REMA’s projects and programmes;

– Advise and monitor the national adaptation planning process and particularly, the implementation status on the green growth and climate resilience strategy and other national adaptation goals;

– Provide technical input on multilateral and bilateral Climate change negotiations;

– Facilitate the domestication and implementation of all international climate change adaptation and mitigation mechanisms, tools and initiatives in the country;

– Facilitate the endorsement and follow up the implementation of Technology to be transferred related to climate change adaptation and mitigation;

– Provide relevant information related to carbon markets to be shared on climate change portal;

– Liaise with national and international stakeholders on issues relating to existing carbon markets and the development of new and innovative sustainable development mechanisms for an effective engagement of Rwanda;