WASCAL seeks to hire Regional Thematic Coordinator to consolidate its position as a leading Regional Research Partner Institution in West Africa and to expand into new areas of work relevant to climate science, climate services and societal impacts. The Regional Thematic Coordinator will be responsible for WASCAL Priority Research Theme 1 which is Land Use, Land Cover and Land Degradation Nexus. The position will be based at the WASCAL Competence Centre in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The successful candidate and will report to Director of Research at the WASCAL Competence Centre who is the Head of Research and climate service provisions.<\/p>\n
WASCAL is a research and education-focused institute designed to provide knowledge and climate services that should help tackle the climate change challenge and thereby enhance the resilience of human and environmental systems. It does so by strengthening the research capacity and infrastructure in West Africa related to climate change by pooling the expertise of eleven (11) West African countries and Germany. The West African countries include: Benin, Burkina Faso, C\u00f4te d\u2018Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo and Cape Verde.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Regional Thematic Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n WASCAL has its Headquarters in Accra, Ghana, the Competence Centre is based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and 12 graduate schools (PhD and MSc. Programs) in 12 lead universities in and across West Africa.<\/p>\n The WASCAL Research Program is aiming to (i) develop qualitative and quantitative tools and models for linking bio-physical and socio-economic processes and feed-backs; (ii) use these models and tools to develop and analyse impact scenarios of climate change including the assessment of alternative land use options as a means to help society cope with the vagaries of climate change, both in climate trends as well as climate variability and extreme events and (iii) facilitate collaboration with research and donor institutions and organizations in West Africa to commonly identify constraints to adaptation and mitigation strategies in land use and how to master these.<\/p>\n The Regional Thematic Coordinator will undertake the following duties among others:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Project Management and Administration (50%) Project Management and Administration (50%)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Wining Proposal development as response to global climate funds CES Provision (35%)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Synthetize output from programs and or projects and identify salient results for climate and environmental development Research (15%)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Provide scientific analysis and interpretation to support the timely delivery of the results and output Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Desired Skills and Experience<\/p>\n \u2022 PHD in Meteorology and climate science, remote sensing, Geography, environmental or agriculture science, Forestry. Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n Application procedure:<\/p>\n Applications including a covering letter (no more than two pages), statement of motivation highlighting the candidate\u2019s experience against the criteria listed above (desired skills and experience), and a curriculum vitae including a list of publications, with names addresses and e-mail addresses of three referees (2 professionals and 1 academic) should be emailed to:<\/p>\n candidature@wascal.org<\/strong>. Please indicate \u201cWASCAL Priority Research Theme 1\u201d in the subject line.<\/p>\n The successful candidate will be appointed for an initial period of three (3) years.<\/p>\n Closing Date:<\/strong>\u00a030 October, 2022<\/p>\n Applications will be acknowledged, but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Women with the required qualification and interest are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WASCAL seeks to hire Regional Thematic Coordinator to consolidate its position as a leading Regional Research Partner Institution in West Africa and to expand into new areas of work relevant…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-j4J","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 CES Provision (35%)
\n\u2022 Research and Innovation (15%)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Program\/Project management and grant management
\n\u2022 Supervise and coordinate the provision of support services to project managers and deliver relevant scientific inputs as needed
\n\u2022 Identify national and regional problems in the Land Use land Cover\/land degradation nexus to climate change and develop wining proposals to Funding Entities.
\n\u2022 Work through his network to attract National, Regional and International partners to WASCAL.
\n\u2022 Establish documentation for project commitments (i.e. agreements, contracts, etc.)
\n\u2022 Provide active guidance to project coordinators and partner institutions regarding research plans sampling strategies, training, field work programming and measurement methods and other methodologies for reaching expected outcomes
\n\u2022 Monitor and evaluate program\/project performance against contract requirements, keep tracks of deliverables, and other performance goals, participate in the analysis and reporting for impact assessment
\n\u2022 Work with consortia leaders, elaborate outlook budgets for the program and proposals to donors and contractors, coordinate and schedule meetings and workshop among team members, and plan and coordinates regular advisory board and steering committee meetings
\n\u2022 Lead the drafting and the submission of grant proposals and coordinate recruitment and manage integration of a new staff members as needed
\n\u2022 Act as the primary administrative point of contact for internal research staff and as the principle operational liaison for other research organizations, funding agencies and regulating bodies<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Lead the development and delivery of climate and environmental information relevant for WASCAL member countries sectors and communities as well as regional political bodies
\n\u2022 Identify, develop and implement ways of improving access to, and use of CES for sectors, communities and regional political bodies
\n\u2022 Develop tools, approaches and products for effective delivery of CES and integration to day-to-day activities with support from the data management department
\n\u2022 Establish training guidelines on technical aspects of CES, organize stakeholder engagement workshops and prepare communication materials for dissemination<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Contribute to knowledge products (reports, briefs, data products, scientific publications)
\n\u2022 Carry out research, when relevant (e.g. in the framework of a project), and deliver science that can be used in practice by the West African adaptation community
\n\u2022 Assist with reviews of knowledge products written by other RTCs
\n\u2022 Show scholarly evidence through publication in high impact factor journals.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 At least five years post qualification experience
\n\u2022 Good understanding of the role of geospatial sciences in development at various scale
\n\u2022 Experienced in Modelling and simulations using various model situatable for West Africa
\n\u2022 Demonstrated expertise in developing practical remote sensing applications, decision support tools in agriculture and in the use of High-performance Computer (HPC)
\n\u2022 High Decree of initiative and self-motivation
\n\u2022 Good track record in resource mobilization and research proposal development
\n\u2022 Ability to lead and mentor a group of researchers
\n\u2022 Ability to supervise students\u2019 research
\n\u2022 Experience in developing training materials and organizing\/conducting training
\n\u2022 Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, experience in working and interacting effectively with a variety of stakeholders, and demonstrated ability to collaborate well across disciplines and with key collaborative institutions and agencies
\n\u2022 Working knowledge of main remote sensing and GIS tools software
\n\u2022 Research experience in interdisciplinary working environments
\n\u2022 Strong publication and record in peer-reviewed journals
\n\u2022 Fluent in spoken and written English and French
\n\u2022 Excellent organizational and time management skills
\n\u2022 Ability to generate new ideas and implement them
\n\u2022 Ability to work as part of a dynamic and multicultural team
\n\u2022 Work experience in West-African countries and willingness to travel is of an advantage<\/p>\n