Climate Resilience Senior Adviser

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As Climate Resilience Senior Adviser, you will provide strategic and technical support to World Vision’s National Offices (NOs) in the South Asia Pacific (SAP) region to strengthen climate adaptation and resilience, with particular emphasis on environmental degradation and livelihoods. You will also lead efforts to identify opportunities to influence policy, secure funding, and establish new partnerships.

Provide technical support and build capacity of Field Offices

You will develop a Regional Environment and Climate Change Action Plan aligned with WVI’s global commitments and strengthen Field Offices’ technical capacity to implement it. You will drive the development of impact-focused programme models that improve the well-being and resilience of vulnerable children and households to economic, conflict, and climate shocks.

You will guide Field Offices in strategic planning, programme implementation, environmental safeguarding, and greenhouse gas emissions accounting and reduction. You will also strengthen regional and global partnerships, develop capacity statements and case studies, support access to Green Climate Fund (GCF) and other climate financing opportunities, and monitor and report progress against relevant WVI regional and global KPIs.

Coordinate regional engagement and represent the South Asia-Pacific Regional Office as CCA technical expert both internally and with external partners

You will promote World Vision’s Climate Action and Resilience programmes to private and institutional donors and provide thought leadership to identify policy influence, funding, and partnership opportunities. In collaboration with the Regional Office and Field Offices, you will identify funding opportunities, facilitate cross-project learning and knowledge sharing, support research dissemination, and provide technical and strategic support for regional and global engagements, including UNFCCC Conferences of the Parties (COPs) and other climate policy and advocacy forums.

Showcase WV as a thought leader and technical specialist – 20%

You will engage government officials, UN bodies, faith-based organizations, media, and development partners across South Asia Pacific to promote the integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation into World Vision programming, particularly regarding climate impacts on natural resources. You will identify and implement measures to assess climate vulnerability affecting child well-being in alignment with WVI’s Our Promise 2030 strategy and develop position papers to influence donor policies and government interventions.

Research and Knowledge Management

You will research and evaluate promising global and regional climate action practices, ensure the technical quality of climate-related programmes, projects, policies, practices, and guidance, and participate in research and analysis supporting relevant technical areas.

Requirements include:

• At least 7 years multi-country experience working in Climate Adaptation in program development, in the country/resource-constrained contexts.
• Master’s degree and/ higher professional qualifications in Forestry, Environment, Climate Change or relevant field.
• Experience in working with the UN system, donors , academia and research organisations preferred.
• The candidate is expected to have knowledge and experience particularly around Blue economy, mangrove restoration and bio-diversity programming, Environmental safeguarding experience (use of CEDRIG/NEAT+), GCF/GEF/AF experience and carbon emission reduction experience.
• Additionally, certification on NEAT +, CEDRIG, SOLSTICE and working knowledge of ECHO Minimum Environmental Requirements.
• Proven track record in securing funding in the field of climate change and adaption, and/or livelihoods.
• Demonstrated leadership and management experience in technical sectoral teams
• Understanding of resilience building and climate action approaches
• Ability to appropriately commission, interpret, and apply research and evaluation activities
• Ability to influence strategies and plans of partners; both WV entities and any external partners