Technical advisor - IWRM and Catchment Planning

The IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature, Rwanda Country Office in collaboration with The Government of Rwanda and the Netherlands Embassy are in the process of implementing a 3-year programme (May 2019 to April 2022) – “Landscape Restoration and Integrated Water Resources Management in Sebeya and other Catchments” – The Project . IUCN’s role is to provide Technical Assistance (TA) for the Landscape management and Integrated Water Resource Management. The TA Project has the overall purpose of “Increased livelihood and conservation Benefits in Sebeya (& other) catchments from restoration & improved local land management”. This TA Project will embrace both water and sustainable land and water management, using a catchment approach based on a strong participatory landscape planning and restoration approach that strengthens ecosystem service delivery particularly in degraded landscapes.

IUCN seeks to recruit the position of a Technical advisor for IWRM and Catchment Planning to support in the implementation of landscape restoration and integrated water resources management in Rwanda. The Technical Advisor for IWRM and Catchment Planning will work with the Programme Coordinator, the Hydro informatics and Information Systems (GIS) expert, and the Landscape Restoration and Governance Advisor and will be the technical lead for water management interventions both planning and technical delivery. The technical advisor will work in close collaboration with district and catchment level officers as well as the national level to ensure that the catchment plans meet the standards for Government of Rwanda (GoR) and water management infrastructure are implemented including technical design and supervision. The main role of the Expert is to lead the catchments planning process as well as micro-catchments plans development. He/She will work closely with a Team of Staff from RWFA and the GIS Expert.

This will be an international recruited position. The Expert will be based within Ministry of Environment, Rwanda Water and Forestry Authority offices and will work on a daily basis with the rest of the team.

For full job descriptions, applicants are requested to apply online through the IUCN HR Management System, by opening the vacancy announcement links below and pressing the "Apply" button. Applicants will be asked to create an account and submit their profile information.

Technical advisor for IWRM and Catchment Planning Vacancy link: https://hrms.iucn.org/vacancy/4075