Young Professional Officer (Climate Change)

Location: Accra, Ghana; the position is based in the hirify.global Regional Office for Africa

Company

hirify.global is a specialized United Nations agency supporting the transformation of agrifood systems for better production, nutrition, environmental sustainability, and quality of life.

What you will do

• Support the implementation of hirify.global’s Strategy on Climate Change and its Action Plan in Africa.
• Provide technical support for climate action projects and programmes in agrifood systems at regional and national levels.
• Analyse public and private climate and environmental finance relevant to agriculture and rural development.
• Contribute to tools and approaches for NDC implementation, climate-resilient investments, carbon markets, loss and damage, and energy transitions.
• Develop technical documents, reports, training materials, and knowledge products.
• Support partnerships, resource mobilization, stakeholder meetings, workshops, and consultations with governments, donors, civil society, academia, and the private sector.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in climate change, environmental engineering or sciences, natural resources management, agriculture and forestry with a climate change focus, biological sciences, or a related field.
• At least one year of relevant experience in climate change mitigation or adaptation projects, preferably related to agrifood systems.
• English at proficiency level C and intermediate knowledge at level B of at least one additional hirify.global official language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish.
• Knowledge of climate finance, carbon markets, climate and environmental investments, and agricultural food systems.
• Ability to analyse policy and governance structures related to complex climate and natural resource management issues.
• Applicants should be 32 years old or younger as of 31 December of the year of application.

Nice to have

• Intermediate knowledge of French.
• Experience working in more than one location or area, particularly in field positions.
• Experience establishing partnerships with UN agencies, NGOs, private sector organizations, donors, and government institutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Fixed-term appointment for two years, with the possibility of extension.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Dependency allowances, rental subsidy, education grant, and home leave travel, subject to eligibility.
• 30 working days of annual leave per year and participation in the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund.
• International health insurance, optional life insurance, disability protection, and flexible working arrangements.

Hiring process

• Submit a complete online profile and a letter of motivation through the hirify.global recruitment portal.
• Applications may be subject to performance assessments, reference checks, background checks, and verification of education and employment records.