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Job Summary

Assignment: Consultant - Environment, Sustainability and Resilience

Location: Delhi/ Bhubaneshwar/ Mumbai with travel as required

Reporting to: Deputy Director, Program Design and Impact

Assignment type: Consultancy up to 11 months

Work environment: Office-based in Delhi/ Bhubaneshwar/ Mumbai with field travel as required

Scope of Work

• 1. Project Design and Proposal Development: Support development of concept notes, proposals, project designs, implementation plans, activity budgets, results frameworks and monitoring indicators. Contribute technical inputs on child-centered climate action, agroforestry, carbon projects, climate adaptation, water security, climate-resilient WASH, watershed management, heat resilience and environmental sustainability initiatives.
• 2. Portfolio Implementation, Strategy and Technical Support: Support implementation of Environment, Sustainability and Resilience projects in assigned geographies, including village, district and state-level planning and coordination. Assist in developing local strategies, technical guidance notes, implementation tools and field protocols for climate and resilience interventions. Integrate nature-based solutions, agroforestry models, carbon project concepts, climate-smart technologies and community-led resilience practices into programme activities. Ensure alignment with relevant national and state policies, government schemes, climate action priorities, disaster risk reduction frameworks and sustainability goals. Support field reviews, vulnerability assessments, climate-risk assessments, community consultations, baseline activities and programme evaluations. Compile programme data and support preparation of technical reports, dashboards,policy briefs, case studies and knowledge products.
• 3. Stakeholder Engagement, Partnerships and Convergence: Build partnerships with government departments, disaster management agencies, water authorities, academic institutions, technical agencies, CSR and development partners. Support convergence with relevant government programmes and represent ChildFund India in technical forums.
• 4. Capacity Strengthening: Develop training modules, IEC/BCC materials, toolkits and operational manuals. Conduct trainings and mentoring for staff, partners and community institutions.
• 5. Resource Mobilisation: Support donor mapping, proposal development, technical narratives and partnership development for sustainability and resilience initiatives.
• Additional responsibilities given by the manager, including technical support and other duties required to meet programme priorities.

Required Experience and Education

• Education: Bachelor's in Environmental Science, Climate Change, Agriculture, Forestry, Natural Resource Management, Sustainability Studies, Disaster Management, Rural Development or a related discipline. Fresh college graduates may be considered where they demonstrate strong academic grounding, field orientation, learning agility and motivation to work on climate and sustainability issues.
• Experience: 4 years of experience in climate action, agroforestry, carbon projects, environmental sustainability, community development, natural resource management or related projects is preferred.
• Job Knowledge: Foundational understanding of child-centered climate action, climate adaptation, agroforestry systems, carbon project concepts, water security, climate-resilient WASH and community resilience approaches.
• Skills Ability: Good communication, facilitation, analytical and writing skills in English and relevant local language. Ability to support proposal writing, project design, implementation planning, field coordination, data collection, documentation and reporting.

Required Competencies

• ChildFund Core Competencies - Teamwork: the ability to work effectively and collaborate with others; values and respects individual differences.
• ChildFund Core Competencies - Communication: demonstrates empathy and tact when communicating with others and uses a storytelling approach when appropriate.
• ChildFund Core Competencies - Results orientation: gets things done; takes proactive steps to achieve organizational goals and quality standards.
• ChildFund Core Competencies - Decision making: uses good judgement, critical thinking, and non-traditional ways to evaluate problems and opportunities; reflects and innovates to improve decisions and outcomes.
• ChildFund Core Competencies - Resilience: thrives and grows in rapidly changing, demanding, and complex environments.
• ChildFund Core Competencies - Digital literacy: adopts and champions new technology to relevant contexts, stays aware of technological trends and embraces technological solutions to business challenges.
• Other Competencies: Interest in child rights, climate justice, community-led development and inclusive resilience programming.
• Other Competencies: Familiarity with SDGs, climate change, disaster risk reduction, agroforestry and carbon market frameworks.
• Other Competencies: Ability to work with community institutions, youth groups, local government bodies and technical partners.
• Other Competencies: Strong willingness to learn, take initiative, travel to field locations and work in multidisciplinary teams.

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