Technical Advisor: Natural Resources Stewardship Programme II - (2 positions)

Reports to: Programme Component Manager: NatuReS II South Africa

Duty Station: Hatfield, Pretoria

Duration: Until 30 June 2026

BACKGROUND

The Natural Resources Stewardship Programme II (NatuReS II) is a global programme funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). NatuReS II is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ). 

The programme promotes natural resources stewardship and multi-stakeholder collective action for more sustainable management of natural resources, especially those resources that are linked to water security and natural resource risks in economic zones. NatuReS II aims to strengthen and support local partnerships to address shared natural resources risks. Due to the scale and complexity of emerging challenges related to water and natural resources, individual actions, though important, are limited in effectiveness. “Natural Resources Stewardship” addresses this issue by offering a pragmatic approach to establishing strategic dialogue and identifying projects of mutual benefit between public and private partners and civil society actors, in order to better manage their shared natural resources risks and promote a just transition. NatuReS II currently operates in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia, and South Africa.

These vacancies are in support of activities in South Africa.

The NatuReS II South African team is based in the GIZ’s Centre for Cooperation with the Private Sector (CCPS) in Pretoria. The programme works in close cooperation with the GIZ’s Climate Cluster portfolio. The team requires the expertise of an independent and innovative team member who is dynamic, self-driven, adaptable and passionate about supporting improved water security, natural resource governance, environmental and economic sustainability and a Just Transition through a collaborative partnership approach.  In particular, the team member is expected to work specifically on supporting the programme’s technical advisory on resource use efficiency and embedding of stewardship principles in an economic zone and industrial parks. This includes support to the national secretariat for the Re-imagined Industrial Park initiative. He/ She should demonstrate strong advisory competency as well as flexibility to work on technical natural resources governance topics especially linked to water governance, socio-ecological transformation and a Just Transition.

In execution of tasks, the Technical Advisor will assist the programme team with the following responsibilities:

RESPONSIBILITIES - see full job description download below

The Technical Advisor will be responsible for:

  • Supporting the programme’s national and city partners with the management of stewardship partnerships in line with the programme’s objectives, agreements and partner organisation objectives;
  • Supporting the uMhlathuze Water Stewardship Partnership (UWASP) and its partners and actively contributing to the identification, implementation of projects and the sustainability of the partnership in line with the partnerships’ 5-year Strategy;
  • Assisting with project/programme initiatives by providing professional advisory services on related technical topics including: partnership formation, integrated water resources management, sustainability planning, and the implementation of socio-ecological transformation measures. This will also include work around industrial development, resilience in economic zones and industrial parks, resource-use efficiency and embedding stewardship principles in related national processes based on the programme’s objectives;
  • Contributing to concept innovation and knowledge management products of the national and global programme through participation in the programme-wide inter-country technical teams;
  • Supporting selected implementation initiatives identified through project and partner consultations and in line with the objectives of the programme;
  • Supporting monitoring and evaluation processes of NatuReS II;
  • Contributing to inter-country learning initiatives on stewardship in practice;
  • Supporting and advancing the partnership work of the Centre for Collaboration with the Private Sector (CCPS);
  • Ensuring alignment of work on establishing sustainable Multi-Stakeholder Stewardship Partnerships with other GIZ programmes.

APPLICATION PROCESS

GIZ will only assess applications which meet the following criteria:

  • Suitable candidates should apply by submitting a
    • A motivation letter (concisely 1 page) stating why they should be the preferred candidate, the value added they will bring to the project and their desired salary range.
    • This should be accompanied by a detailed CV and indicating their nationality.

Applications should be submitted to: recruit-pretoria@giz.de, with the email subject line “Application for Technical Advisor: Natural Resources Stewardship Programme II” for the attention of Head of Human Resource.

           Closing date for applications: 29 November 2024.

                             Only shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

                    Applications without a Cover letter will not be considered!