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Agence Française de Développement

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the authority of the Pole Manager, the project officer will support the regional directorate in carrying out its strategic, operational, and partnership missions for the development of the Pacific region. Based in Nouméa, they will be responsible for identifying, processing, and monitoring the execution of projects in their areas of expertise, namely biodiversity and climate. For ongoing projects, the project officer will primarily be responsible for monitoring the Kiwa Initiative (75% of their time) and will support the development of the regional portfolio. The project officer will participate in monitoring partnership relations with regional organizations, diplomatic posts, and donors in the region within their areas of competence.

Requirements

• Recognized expertise in programming, processing, and monitoring projects in the sectors of climate change adaptation (natural risk management, biodiversity, etc.).
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken.
• Good knowledge of AFD's operational activities in foreign states and overseas territories, as well as of the donors present in the region.
• Ability to adapt to the cultural and societal specificities of Oceania.
• Ability to supervise a team of experts.
• Political and strategic sense.
• Aptitude and desire to work with significant autonomy while continuously reporting to the Pole Manager and Regional Director.
• Ability to work in a team in an intercultural context, to lead cross-functional projects, and an appetite for working in a project mode with the DROP team in synergy with the skills of the headquarters.
• Excellent synthesis and writing skills, and public speaking abilities.
• Proficiency in office software, particularly Excel (steering and monitoring tables).
• Aptitude and appetite for providing training to the DR and agency teams on relevant themes/actors/actions.

Nice To Haves

• Time difference with AFD headquarters in Paris to be carefully considered.
• Beautiful living environment but high cost of living in New Caledonia. Take into account the local employment law for the spouse.
• Travel required for short-term missions in the countries of the region and occasional travel (maximum 1/year) to AFD headquarters in Paris.

Responsibilities

• Participate, in close consultation with headquarters and in coordination with the Secretariat of the Kiwa Initiative, in the implementation of the Kiwa Initiative by ensuring: the relationship with the services of headquarters as well as the agencies and offices of the AFD and the diplomatic posts of the region; dialogue with various donors (European Union, Canada, Australia, New Zealand); supervision of the Secretariat of the Kiwa Initiative (8 experts) based in Nouméa; preparation and animation of the Initiative's governance bodies (Strategic Orientation Committee); processing and supervision of the execution of regional projects that have received a favorable opinion from the Strategic Orientation Committee; dialogue with the Initiative's implementation partners (SPC, SPREP, IUCN) and monitoring the implementation of component A (local projects), B1 (technical assistance), and C (coordination and communication); valorization of the Initiative's results in conjunction with the Kiwa Secretariat and the Regional Communication Manager; monitoring the quality of the Initiative's portfolio in conjunction with the SPR (Regional Portfolio Monitoring) unit.
• Support the development of the regional portfolio: processing and steering the execution monitoring of existing and future regional projects in the climate and biodiversity sectors.
• Participate in strategic thinking and the animation of institutional relations: Monitoring the implementation of the DROP strategy; Development of strategic, operational, and organizational notes on the DROP's regional activities; Animation of partnerships (regional organizations, donors, diplomatic posts), in support of the DROP and/or directly.

Benefits

• Contribution to the construction of a common world, which is our Group’s mission. A common world is a world that preserves and defends these five great common goods: the planet, the social bond, peace, partnerships and economic prosperity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed