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 About KPMGKPMG is a professional service company, being one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, EY and PwC. Seated in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, KPMG employs 174,000 people and has three lines of services: audit, tax, and advisory. Position Summary KPMG Africa is looking for a best-in-class candidate to help grow the decarbonization business across our different sectors and service lines in Africa, including but not limited to, carbon finance, carbon markets and carbon project development/verification. The ideal applicant would be able to find client opportunities for KPMG, manage and develop relationships with partners, develop appropriate market strategies and assist in execution. Predominantly a client facing role, a key performance metric is the sales and revenue generated for KPMG- though it does not exclude the need to formalize and structure the operational support required to build this practice internally. The role will be located in Nairobi, Kenya and will be...

 About United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) The United Nations Office for Project Services is an operational arm of the United Nations, dedicated to implementing projects for the United Nations System, international financial institutions, governments and other partners in the aid world. Functional Responsibilities: Analytical and technical tasks: Support the TSU in rolling out environmental and social (E&S) risk management as a service to UNOPS Projects, including the design of E&S risk management instruments and systems for projects and the implementation on a project basis - based on donor requirements. implementation of the ESMF and other related Environmental & Social instruments. Help liaise and coordinate between donor E&S requirements and the preparation and implementation of UNOPS’ Health, Social, Safety and Environmental (HSSE) system. Support partnerships specialists and project preparation and implementation teams in the design and implemen...

 About DAI Kenya - Development Alternatives, Inc. DAI is a global development company working on the frontlines of international development consulting. We are committed to shaping a more livable world. We tackle fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability. We work with a wide range of clients, including national and local governments, bilateral and multilateral donors, private corporations, and philanthropies. ROLE’S PURPOSE: The Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan Specialist will assist USAID Kenya STAWI technical staff in revising the project environmental mitigation and monitoring plan (EMMP). S/he will take the lead in writing the EMMP in partnership with the Chief of Party, Water Technical Advisor, or designee and with input from other Kenya STAWI technical staff on anticipated project activities for the project. Key Duties And Responsibilities Conduct necessary research and/or literature...

 About United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction About UNDRR As the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR brings governments, partners and communities together to reduce disaster risk and losses to ensure a safer, more sustainable future. UNDRR (formerly UNISDR) is the United Nations focal point for disaster risk reduction. UNDRR oversees the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, supporting countries in its implementation, monitoring and sharing what works in reducing existing risk and preventing the creation of new risk. Photo Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for International Development Duties and Responsibilities: The consultant will be based in Abuja, Nigeria working in close coordination with operators at the AUC, ACMAD, IGAD and AGRHYMET situation rooms and with the technical team within UNDRR and the technical partner organisation the CIMA Research Foundation. Specifically, the consultant wi...

 About Save the Children The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries The role will: Provide technical leadership and advice to, whilst building the capacity of, our Country Office teams on the design and implementation of child-focused climate change programming; Supports the generation of evidence to demonstrate impact, while promoting and supporting learning across our programmes, teams and partners. Supports driving strategic partnerships for new business development, helping to position Save the Children as a leading Child Rights organization on climate resilience, whilst building ownership, agency and engagement of local organisations and child-led initiatives; Undertake external representation, advocacy and influencing at national and regional level on priority issues, including engaging children in climate ...

 About United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the world's environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the environment. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) helps developing countries and those with economies in transition to meet the agreed incremental costs of measures designed to achieve global environmental benefits in six focal areas: biological diversity, climate change, international waters, ozone layer depletion, land degradation and chemicals and waste. An important component of almost all UNEP’s GEF projects is building capacity to manage the environment in a sound manner. The Chemicals and Health Branch of UNEP plays a key role in supporting countries to implement, develop and execute chemicals related GEF ...

 About United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the world's environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the environment. Responsibilities Coordinate one UN Common Approach to Early Warning for Environment; Develop annual workplan framed by the Environment Early Warning Services strategy within the overall Early Warning and Assessment Division and the Big Data Branch portfolio of Early Warning Services and Data and Analytics and Foresight; Proactive coordination and action to ensure budget constraints are addressed adequately; Improve the strategic approach based on validation with stakeholders and the evolution of the UNEP Programme of Work (PoW) and Medium-Term Strategy (MTS) and the implementation of UNEA 5 Ministeria...

 About African Wildlife Foundation The African Wildlife Foundation, together with the people of Africa, works to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will endure forever. The Project Officer - Natural Resource Management and Climate Change will support the implementation and delivery of Natural Resource Management (NRM) and Climate Smart Conservation activities under AWF SIDA-funded project that seeks to enhance biodiversity conservation and Climate Resilience in Southern Kenya Landscape.  Roles & Responsibilities: Support planning and implementation of projects, and ensure projects are mainstreamed to climate change. In coordination with the Landscape Manager, prepare and update priority-based work plans. Participate in the identification of strategic partners and other key stakeholders in the Southern Kenya Landscape counties to ensure close consultation with the AWF and contribute to the development of Terms of References (ToRs) for workshops. Assist community o...

 About UNICEF UNICEF is the world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. Scope of work Goal and objective: Under the supervision of the Innovation Manager the consultant will provide advisory services to develop a scalable business plan for ADDA and a DPG incubator. Provide details/reference to AWP areas covered: Technical expertise will be provided to allow Green Yoma and ADDA scale its operation to reach more young people to train relevant 21st century skill. Activities And Tasks Work with the innovation scaling consultant and the broader Green Yoma team to facilitate a human-centered process for developing a scalable business model for ADDA and a DPG incubator bas...

 About Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO) Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) is an international development charity[1] with a vision for a "world without poverty" and a mission to "bring people together to fight poverty". VSO recruits professionals to work as volunteers, living and working alongside local populations in developing countries. Founded in 1958, VSO has sent over 50,000 volunteer. As of 2015 VSO worked in 23 countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Role overview To provide technical guidance and operational and programme support to project team, management and partners to ensure compliance with safeguarding policies in line with donor expectations and the VSO volunteering for development approach. To build understanding and capacity for safeguarding with partners, CSOs and networks. Ideal Applicant Summary We are looking for someone with experience managing safeguarding in the context of humanitarian, development and peacebuilding programmes in Kenya The...

 About Conservation International Conservation International is an American nonprofit environmental organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Its goal is to protect nature as a source of food, fresh water, livelihoods and a stable climate. The primary duties of this position include managing the application of the ESMF to the Agencies’ portfolio, training and administrative support, and monitoring and evaluation in the area of ESMF for projects under the oversight of the CI-GEF/GCF Project Agencies. This includes among others, managing submission timelines and quality control of ESMF plans and project documents, ensuring projects comply with ESMF policies and requirements and achieve project targets, providing technical support to projects on a regular basis, conducting ESMF outreach and training, managing ESMF e-course(s) and developing other capacity building products, and collecting, analyzing and presenting ESMF data. This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya and a...

 About United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) The United Nations Office for Project Services is an operational arm of the United Nations, dedicated to implementing projects for the United Nations System, international financial institutions, governments and other partners in the aid world. Purpose and scope of the assignment Under the technical supervision of the Head of Strategic Initiatives, the Retainer will provide climate adaptation technical advisory and supervision in the conceptualization and implementation of infrastructure projects (mainly in the energy, transport and buildings sectors) in different countries in at least one of UNOPS’ regions. The Retainer will provide technical knowledge and will contribute to processes and decisions to facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development and activities such as climate risk identification, vulnerability assessments, mainstreaming climate adaptation measures in infrastructure development and the pro...