Jobs and Careers

TERM : 

Full-time

JOB DESCRIPTION : 

GIZ is looking for a Field Coordinator for the project “Environmental Protection of Lake Sevan (EU4Sevan)”. The main goal of the Project is to enhance the environmental protection and water quality of Lake Sevan. The Field Coordinator will be based in Gavar with the office in Gegharkunik Regional Administration (Marzpetaran). He/ she will be mainly responsible for providing organizational support to the Project, ensuring the good coordination of the field activities being conducted in the frames of the EU4Sevan project. Field Coordinator will be in regular contact with Gegharkunik regional and local authorities and other stakeholder groups, including civil society, NGOs, private sector, farmers, etc. in Lake Sevan basin serving as a connecting link between those groups and the project team. Field Coordinator will be responsible for:
a) Assistance in formulating, preparing and conducting project field activities and carrying out other procedures required for implementing these activities;
b) Assistance to national and international advisors in carrying out their work in the field;
c) Assistance in programme initiatives to provide professional advisory services to and cooperate with a broad range of target groups;
d) Support for identification of the needs of regional and local administrations, NGOs, enterprises and farmers;
e) Maintenance of a good flow of communication and information between all involved partners from Gegharkunik regional and local administrations, Sevan National Park SNCO, Sevan Basin Management Organization, other local stakeholders and GIZ;
f) Regular consultations with the GIZ Officer responsible for the contract and cooperation on all project activities;
g) Safely and responsibly performing official travel using official vehicles;
h) Regularly servicing and looking after official vehicles;
i) Taking account of all available information on road conditions, accessible routes and locations.

RESPONSIBILITIES : 

- Assist and monitor the development and implementation of programme plans and activities in close consultation with partners;
- Coordinate relevant project activities at the local level in consultation with the manager and in cooperation with the partners located in the Lake Sevan basin, both in relation to implementation and organisational aspects;
- Contribute to preparing and implementing the coordination process, joint programme activities and work at the basin level;
- Assist with the design, preparation and implementation of workshops, seminars and other events in the region on issues connected with the programme’s area of activity;
- Support cooperation, regular contact and dialogue with partners located in the Lake Sevan basin, assist with PR work and cooperate with local communities, relevant local organisations, NGOs and individuals in the programme and with other projects to improve and maintain good working relationships;
- Communicate local interests and efforts, forward these and encourage sharing ideas and information for the benefit of the programme;
- Develop and organise quality assurance measures and suggest necessary changes, improvements and initiatives;
- Ensure knowledge transfer of the programme information in the basin;
- Draw up reports and presentation documents;
- Prepare appropriate input for various programme reports, including annual reports, and contribute to the other reports required by the component manager and GIZ Head Office;
- Assist with research activities and studies on various issues related to the main components of the Project;
- Provide support with the transportation during the visits of EU4Sevan team members to the basin.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS : 

- University degree in a relevant specialization;
- At least 3 years of professional experience in a comparable position with coordination and communication, and management responsibilities;
- Very good working knowledge of ICT (phone, email, the Internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel);
- Excellent management and organisational skills;
- Good time management skills and ability to prioritise;
- Strong attention to detail and an investigative nature;
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to liaise and cooperate with other members of the team, strong professional ethics;
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment and demonstrate gender-sensitive and non-discriminatory behavior and attitude;
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team;
- Strong skills in self-motivation, self-organisation, thinking for oneself and priority-setting;
- Ability to take responsibility and deliver high quality (also under pressure) ensuring reliability and confidence;
- Ability of preparing a technical reports on the activities in English language;
- Excellent presentation skills with creative approaches;
- Driving license (at least B category); at least 5 years of experience of driving the car with a manual transmission;
- Good working knowledge of English language; fluency in Armenian language, both written and spoken; knowledge of German language is an asset.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES : 

Interested candidates should send a brief motivation letter, a complete CV highlighting relevant professional experience and education and employers' references to: HR-GIZ-Armenia@giz.de , indicating the vacancy title ("Field Coordinator") in the subject line of the email. If the automatic response "Thank you for your email" is not received by email, the documents should be sent to: GIZ Country Office, Reception, 59 Hanrapetutyan Str., Yerevan. GIZ would like to increase the proportion of employees with disability. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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REMUNERATION/ SALARY : 

Negotiable

ABOUT : 

The EU4Sevan (Environmental Protection of Lake Sevan) Project is co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and jointly implemented under a Multi-Partner Contribution Agreement by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The Project is part of the EU Action “EU4Energy Efficiency and Environment” and the BMZ-funded programme “Management of natural resources and safeguarding of ecosystem services for sustainable rural development in the South Caucasus” (ECOserve). The Project’s overall objective is to enhance the environmental protection of Lake Sevan, which is the largest freshwater lake in the Caucasus Region. Lake Sevan is the most significant source of freshwater, irrigation water, aquaculture, as well as hydropower source in Armenia. Its condition has direct bearing on the region’s environmental health and Armenia’s economic potential.
With support from the EU Water Initiative Plus (EUWI+), the Armenian Government has developed the first River Basin Management Plan for Sevan basin, aimed at structuring, and improving the management of water resources at basin level in the long term. EUWI+ also conducted studies and field surveys aimed at improving water monitoring in the basin.
This Action will build on existing achievements and plans and will complement and support such interventions through five outputs:
Output 1: The water monitoring and management capacities for Lake Sevan watershed are (further) improved;
Output 2: The capacities for implementing ecosystem-friendly and water-protecting land-use and cultivation practices are improved;
Output 3: The capacities for implementing wastewater treatment, including nature-based solutions, are improved;
Output 4: Awareness and information availability for the protection of Lake Sevan is enhanced among basin communities, the private sector and other stakeholders;
Output 5: The Lake Sevan ecosystem governance is further improved.