Risk Reduction/Climate Change Adaptation Officer Jobs Vacancy

Job Title: Risk Reduction/Climate Change Adaptation Officer

National Contract: Open Ended

Location: Kampala



Duties and responsibilities:

- Helping the team in its capacity building efforts for field staff, partners’ staff from civil society organizations and Government in critical aspects of disaster risk reduction, disaster preparedness, and climate change adaptation.

- Participate in advocacy and campaigning initiatives that are strongly based on the field activities and the obstacles faced by the population most vulnerable to climate change and the most exposed to the entire array of hazards.

- Support the research on adaptation options and recommendations.

- Support Oxfam’s active participation and contribution to national level coordination fora and the strategic coalitions it is working in.

- Contribute to the humanitarian capacity building of the Oxfam Emergency Response Team through training, frequent bulletins, case studies etc.

- Analyze and collate information to monitor the humanitarian situations and you will assist in emergency response interventions when they occur.





Qualifications and experience:

- A University Degree in the relevant area.

- At least 3 years experience of humanitarian and disaster risk reduction work and knowledge of climate change issues and adaptation concepts.

- Experience of project cycle management, knowledge of the principles and approaches to Disaster Risk Reduction/Climate Change Adaptation and Emergency Response, hazard, capacity and vulnerability assessments and contingency planning.

- Proven ability to work creatively, innovatively and effectively with limited direct supervision.

- Excellent financial management and numerical skills

- Good interpersonal skills, experience of relating to and influencing, government, donors and other organizations.

- Fluency in spoken and written English.

- Willingness to extensive travel within and out of the country and at short notice and often in difficult circumstances.



Application procedure:

Submit your application and CV in English detailing your experience for the post and include the daytime telephone contacts to;



kampalajobs@oxfam.org.uk

The subject of your email should be the title of the job you are applying for.

Please don’t send your academic credentials with your application, only CVs.



Deadline: 15th February, 2011