Save the Children is recruiting a Climate Change Technical Advisor, to provide technical leadership and advice for the Sierra Leone Coastal Resilience Project (SLCRP), with a focus on mangrove conservation and restoration, and ensuring that all elements of the project address climate change impacts effectively. The role will include oversight and management of several critical consultancies and assessments related to mangrove conservation and restoration, so should have experience managing technical aspects of high-value consultancies.
The SLCRP will be one of the largest community-based adaptation projects ever delivered in West Africa. Mainly funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), it aims to strengthen the climate resilience of communities across five coastal districts of Sierra Leone. The project will do this by:

1. Community mainstreaming of climate change adaptation through governance, partnerships, education and training,
2. Enhancing climate resilience of food production systems and value chains to secure food and livelihoods, especially for women, youth and children
3. Delivering ecosystem-based adaptation for coastal protection and natural resources

The project is ambitious in scope.  It will work in all five coastal districts and across 75 coastal communities; and covers several thematic areas, including: Governance; WASH; education; climate change adaptation; and the key focus areas of ecosystem management and livelihoods.Ecosystem management is a core component of the project that underpins the other project activities, and as such, the climate advisor will be one of the key project roles to ensure successful delivery of the SLCRP.
The SLCRP is a partnership between the Government of Sierra Leone through the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), and Save the Children International Sierra Leone, supported by four other NGO implementing partners. The project will be managed by a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) which will sit within the Save the Children International Sierra Leone office, overseeing staff within the EPA and the other NGO partners.
The Climate Technical Advisor will report to the project director with a dotted line to the Program Development and Quality Director, and will be the chief technical advisor to the project overall, as well as working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone – especially the EPA and other agencies under the Ministry of Environment – to build capacity and support mangrove restoration and conservation elements.

Budget Responsibilities: N/A
Role Dimensions: The climate advisor will be responsible for providing technical advice to both the PIU and the Government of Sierra Leone, as well as technical management of mangrove-specific interventions for Save the Children. The advisor will work closely with other SCI technical advisors – particularly the livelihoods, health and education advisors – to ensure climate change considerations are embedded across all project activities.
Climate change technical leadership

• Act as a key focal point and advisor on all project-related climate change needs and interface with all implementing partners and stakeholders. Particularly: NGO and CBO implementing partners; relevant Ministries – including EPA, NPAA, NDMA, SL Met etc.; Technical working group; District Councils; Community Adaptation Committees, other related climate projects  (e.g. the GCF-funded SAP033 Enhancing climate information systems for resilient development in Sierra Leone); working closely and collaboratively with the project director and other internal technical advisors.
• Provide technical leadership in the implementation of the project’s  activities pertaining to climate change issues, including linkages to Food Security & Livelihoods (FSL), Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Health, and Education programming.
• Provide overall leadership within the PIU on the mangrove conservat