Vacancy title:
Project Manager

Jobs at:
The Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Deadline of this Job:
6th July 2018.

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

JOB DETAILS:
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat has approved a Project Document in Uganda for a $1,050,000 medium sized project with funding from the newly established Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT). The project entitled “Strengthening the Capacity of Institutions in Uganda to comply with the Transparency Requirements of the Paris Agreement" will be executed by the Ugandan Ministry of Water and Environment, the Africa Innovations institute and the Vital Signs Program. The implementation will be done by Conservation international’s GEF Project Agency

The main objective of this project is to support institutions in Uganda to respond to the Transparency

Requirements of the Paris Agreement. The main components of the project are:

• Establishing & strengthening the institutional arrangements for robust Green House Gases (GHG) emission inventory and MRV System
  
• Building the capacity of key stakeholders to collect, process and feed gender disaggregated data into the GHG emissions inventory and MRV system
  
• Testing and piloting the GHG emission inventory and MRV system. Following project implementation approval, the Africa innovations Institute seeks to appoint qualified individuals for the following positions:

The project manager will be responsible for the overall management of project activities including acting as secretary of the Project Steering Committee. S/he will coordinate delivery of the project components and all project activities and act as liaison between the project stakeholders including the Ministry of Water and Environment Africa innovations Institute and Conservation international’s vital Signs Program in Nairobi.

Job application procedure
For more details on the project and positions please refer to this URL:

http://bit.ly/2revtEm . Full job descriptions and application criteria for each position can be found on the Conservation international Website under the “Careers” tab  ( www.conservation.org  ).

All positions will be based at the Africa innovations institute in Kampala. Applicants must have the legal right to work in Uganda without employer sponsorship.