National Coordinators at the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC)

The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) was established on 22nd of May 1964 by the four countries that border Lake Chad: Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Chad. The Republic of Central Africa joined the organization in 1996, Libya was admitted in 2008. Observer status is held by Sudan admitted, Egypt, the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo. N'Djamena, Capital of Chad hosts the Headquarters of the Commission.

The mandate of the Commission is to sustainably and equitably manage the Lake Chad and other shared water resources of the Lake Chad Basin, to preserve the ecosystems of the Lake Chad Conventional Basin, to promote regional integration, peace and security across the Basin. The LCBC is a basin organization, member of both the African Network of Basin Organizations (ANBO) and the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO). The Commission if funded by contributions of Member State, but there is reflection for an autonomous financing of the Organization.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: National Coordinator

Direct hierarchy: Regional Coordinator
Location: Chad
Duration: Five (5) Years

Brief Presentation of the Programme

• The ecosystems of the Lake Chad are of important natural variability and are more and more exposed to different stress that climatic changes and anthropic factors might accentuate them. On the economic standpoint, in spite of the improvement of the size of the water (14,800 km2 in 2013 against 2,500 km2 during the 1980s-90s), as a result of more favourable rainfalls, the situation of the Lake is well below its “normal” Lake level of the 70s with a size of 25,000 km2 . The strong growth and concentration of populations in the Lake and in its zone of affluence (13.3 million in 2013 and a projection of 18.3 million in 2025), has exacerbated the pressure on the natural resources whose exploitation generates reoccurring serious social conflicts
• The gravity of the situation requires a regional intervention approach of which for the rehabilitation and reinforcement of resilience of socio-ecological systems would constitute a stage of rapid and visible impact. It is in this context that the African Development Bank (AfDB) proposes to support the implementation of a programme of rehabilitation and reinforcement of socio-ecological resilience systems as part of the Five Year Investment Plan (2013-2017 FYIP) of the LCBC with a view to enhance the resilience of the vulnerable populations, of the Lake Chad Basin.
• The PRESIBALT also represents the commitment of the African Bank to assist the LCBC in the implementation of its Five Year Investment Plan (2013-2017 FYIP. It aims at achieving important investments necessary for the rehabilitation and reinforcement of socio-ecological, economic and institutional resilience systems at the regional level, an optimum valorization of the available water resources, as productive potentials of the fluvial and lakeside systems which are capable of enabling rapid economic and social development of the populations of the region.

Objectives of the Programme

• The objective of the programme for the rehabilitation and reinforcement of socio-economic resilience systems in the Lake Chad Basin (PRESIBALT), is to reduce the poverty of the populations living on the resources of the Lake Chad Basin. Specifically, the programme aims at (i) reinforcing the resilience of the socio-ecological systems, (ii) preservation of the ecosystems and the valorisation of the main productions in the context of adaptation to climate changes, (iii) reinforcement of social peace through good governance of common resources.

Components of the Programme

• The programme is made up of three components: (i) preservation and valorisation of the water resource; ((ii) development of resources, ecological services and value chain; (iii) institutional reinforcement and programme management.
• The Programme is planned to last for five (5) years starting from the entry into force of the grants.
• The African Development Bank (AfDB) through the African Development Fund, supports the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) in its implementation of the PRESIBALT which comprises many stakeholders, namely technical ministries, national parastatal establishments, specialized international institutions, the civil society, local bodies and organisations of the rural sector, vulnerable groups, etc.
• To stay in the course of the objectives of the programme, to measure the results and the effect of the impact, the programme must equip itself a competent personnel to coordinate the implementation of the programme.
• The terms of dereference will serve as a basis for the recruitment of the cadres on a competitive basis.

Job Description

• Within the framework of the implementation of the PRESIBALT, it has been planned to recruit a National Coordinator in charge supervising the implementation activities selected in the programme at the national level be recruited.

Functions, Tasks and Responsibilities
The National of Coordinator of the "PRESIBALT" shall ensure the daily administration of the Programme at the national level. In this capacity he shall:

• Organize the annual planning and assessment sessions and follow-up the execution of annual work programme and the relevant budget in coordination with the execution agencies.
• Draw up acquisition timetable and develop tender documents;
• Coordinate the internal monitoring-evaluation;
• Organize internal follow-up and periodical supervision missions.

Tasks:

• The National Coordinator shall prepare quarterly and annual activity reports on the state of the progress of the programme and submit them to the Regional Coordination.
• He ensures that different partners intervening as technical operators in the execution stages of the progress submit periodical reports to the Regional Coordination;
• The National Coordinator shall ensure that the accountant maintains an accounting system for the whole of the project;
• Finally, the National Coordinator shall ensure that activities of the project are in harmony with those of other donors in the sector.

Training, Competence and Experience

• Must be a holder of a high university degree equivalent to A level + 5 years of studies in a field related to rural development and natural resources management (Environment, Rural Development, Planner, Spatial planning specialist, agronomist).

The Coordinator must possess the following competences:

• Ability to understand and analyse complex information and draw conclusion for the necessary action;
• Excellent ability to communicate (oral, written and in terms of presentations)
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively with his colleagues;
• Ability to motivate, delegate assignment to members of the team;
• Ability anchor a technical team, identify key strategic issues, potentials and risks, define and make to prevail general orientation which consist of the subscription of his colleagues;
• Ability to take decisions and soundness of judgment.

Experiences:

• At least 10 years of experience in coordination, implementation, follow-up and evaluation of programmes and projects, obtained mainly at the international level and different sectors (public and private sectors or NGO);
• Proven ability to supervise and lead multidisciplinary teams ;
• Experience in the formulation, design and client and results oriented implementation of projects;
• Knowledge of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) procedures and those other multilateral donors is an added advantage;
• Advanced knowledge of rules, modalities and project management instruments of programmes;
• Knowledge of the policy of Basin organisations and/or transboundary projects and programmes;
• Show sensibility to the issues of sustainable development;
• Perfect mastery of written and spoken skill of one of the working languages of the LCBC namely French and English.
• A good written and spoken knowledge of the other language is and added advantage;
• Mastery of the currently most used software and word procession systems (MS Office) is requirement;
• Knowledge of a range of the information technology, evaluation tools and method would desirable;
• Good physical condition and the aptitude to conduct field missions;
• Good physical condition and ability to undertake field missions.

Duration of Contract

• The duration of the contract for the Regional Coordinator is five (5).
• However, it shall be evaluated annually and renewal of the contract shall be subject to performance evaluation considered acceptable by the host institution of the programme in agreement with African Development Bank.

Application Closing Date
14th August, 2015.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates must provide evidence of their qualifications for this service (application signed and dated, CV duly signed, letter of interest, etc) Applications bearing the wording "Expression for interest for the recruitment of Consultant for PRESIBAL" must be forwarded to the Executive Secretary of LCBC at the address below:
P.O.Box 727,
N'Djamena,
Chad.
Or
Send an Email to: [email protected] or [email protected]

The recruitment process shall comply with AfDB procedures edited in May 2008 and reviewed in July 2012. An interest expressed by a consultant does not give the right to be shortlisted automatically.

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For any further details regarding job descriptions and profiles, please visit the "LCBC Headquarters in N'Djamena (Chad)". Working hours are from Monday to Friday: 8:00am to 3:30pm.