L’Union pour la Méditerranée recrute un Climate Change Project Manager (UfM/IP/2017/001) Retour vers les opportunités

1. Subject:

The UfMS is seeking to incorporate a Climate Change Project Manager at its headquarters in Barcelona. Below is the job description, detailing the responsibilities and required skills and qualifications.

Job Title:  Climate Change Project Manager

Reports to: Deputy Secretary General (DSG) Energy and Climate Action

Division: Energy and Climate Action

Staff Category: International 

Conditions : 

• Gross Salary Range: 60.000 -72.000 Euros
• Contract of 2 years, with a possibility of 2 years extension, following performance and budget appropriations as per the applicable support grant
• 6 months’ probation period.

Summary:

The Project Manager in the field of Climate Action will assist the DSG in implementing the Division´s Work Programme.
More specifically, under the supervision of the DSG of Energy, the project manager will assist in carrying out the Division´s Work Plan – namely in the area of Climate Change by advising on and managing the appraisal, preparation, funding and implementation of multi-dimensional regional projects, initiatives and / or activities pertaining to the division’s areas of intervention.
He/she will be part of a team of 3 to 5 members of staff to implement the objectives and work plans.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Animate the regional dialogue on climate change, especially through the implementation of the work program of the UfM Climate Change Expert Group -CCEG (adopted on 16 March 2017), including all ad hoc meetings;
• Support the emergence of regional projects aiming at supporting the implementation of a regional agenda on climate change;
• Support UfM Secretariat in the emergence of sectoral projects related to climate change;
• Identify potential projects, initiatives and activities and – in close cooperation with the promoter(s) – contribute to the development of project proposals in the field of Climate Change;
• Monitor project work plans and progress; conducts evaluations and assessment of results;
• Draft concept notes, policy papers, and speeches for the Secretariat;
• Carry out all aspects of procurement processes related to the sectors of intervention (drafting Terms of References, launching tenders etc.);
• Actively participate in relevant project and sector meetings and contributes to the preparation of UfM meetings and events in the sectors of intervention, and UfM missions and high-level visits
• Report on project progress, problems, and proposed solutions; contributes to the production of reports, information and communication tools in the areas of intervention;
• Monitor developments in the sectors of intervention, proposes relevant initiatives and reports on sector issues;
• Follow the international negotiations on climate change;
• Develop the network of actors involved in the implementation of the climate agenda;
• In cooperation with promoter(s), contribute to mobilizing the necessary funding of projects; maintains contacts with interested funding partners.