About World Vision Tanzania

World Vision is a global Christian humanitarian, development, and advocacy organization dedicated to helping vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. Operating in nearly 100 countries, the organization works with communities, governments, and development partners to improve child well-being, strengthen resilience, and promote sustainable development.

Position: Technical Specialist – Environmental Stewardship and Climate Action

Organization: World Vision Tanzania (WVT)

Location: Arusha, Tanzania

Job Requisition ID: JR53514

Employment Type: Full-time, Local Fixed-Term Contract

Date Posted: 22 October 2026

Application Deadline: 5 November 2026

Job Summary

The Technical Specialist – Environmental Stewardship and Climate Action (ESCA) will provide strategic and technical leadership in designing, implementing, monitoring, and scaling environmental stewardship and climate action programmes across World Vision Tanzania’s development programmes, grants, and humanitarian responses.

The role focuses on climate change adaptation and mitigation, community resilience, environmental restoration, sustainable natural resource management, and disaster risk reduction. The successful candidate will also strengthen partnerships, support policy engagement, build technical capacity, and lead resource mobilization and proposal development to expand the organization’s ESCA portfolio.

Major Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership, Programme Design and ESCA Mainstreaming (30%)

• Provide strategic and technical leadership in the design, implementation, quality assurance, adaptation, and scale-up of ESCA programmes across Area Programmes, grants, and humanitarian responses.
• Lead the contextualization and implementation of ESCA strategies, frameworks, technical models, and core project approaches.
• Promote evidence-based approaches, including Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), Regreening Communities (RGC), Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM), Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), ecosystem restoration, watershed management, Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA), Eco-Schools, and Nature-Based Solutions (NbS).
• Integrate climate adaptation, mitigation, and resilience-building interventions into development and humanitarian programmes.
• Provide technical guidance on climate risk analysis, vulnerability assessments, resilience programming, and disaster preparedness systems.
• Strengthen CBDRM structures, early warning systems, contingency planning, and climate risk reduction mechanisms.
• Promote integration of ESCA initiatives with Health, Nutrition, Education, WASH, Livelihoods, Child Protection, Safeguarding, GESI, CVA, Sponsorship, Peacebuilding, and External Engagement programmes.
• Collaborate with government institutions and partners to advance environmental restoration, climate resilience, sustainable natural resource management, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Expected results:

• High-quality ESCA programmes implemented in accordance with organizational standards.
• Increased adoption and sustainability of FMNR, RGC, CBDRM, CSA, and ecosystem restoration approaches.
• Improved climate resilience, environmental stewardship, ecosystem restoration, and livelihood outcomes.
• Stronger integration of ESCA across sectors and programmes.
• Greater contribution to national climate action and environmental restoration priorities.

2. Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, Accountability and Knowledge Management (15%)

• Lead monitoring, accountability, learning, and knowledge management systems for ESCA programmes.
• Ensure high-quality data collection, analysis, reporting, and utilization to support adaptive management and decision-making.
• Conduct ESCA-related Data Quality Assessments (DQA/DIQA) and support indicator development and tracking.
• Document and disseminate lessons learned, innovations, best practices, case studies, success stories, and technical learning products.
• Provide technical oversight for donor, management, and partnership reporting.
• Generate evidence demonstrating programme impact on children, households, communities, and ecosystems.
• Facilitate organizational learning and knowledge-sharing activities internally and externally.

Expected results:

• Reliable, high-quality ESCA data available for evidence-based decisions.
• Timely and compliant donor, management, and technical reports.
• Increased use of evidence and learning to improve programme quality and accountability.
• Improved documentation and dissemination of programme impact, innovations, and best practices.

3. Technical Capacity Strengthening and Programme Support (15%)

• Develop and implement ESCA capacity-strengthening strategies and plans.
• Conduct training needs assessments and coordinate targeted capacity development initiatives.
• Design and facilitate training on climate change adaptation and mitigation, FMNR, RGC, CBDRM, Climate-Smart Agriculture, environmental governance, natural resource management, and ecosystem restoration.
• Provide mentoring, coaching, and technical support to staff, partners, government stakeholders, and communities.
• Strengthen community institutions, producer groups, environmental committees, and local disaster management structures.
• Promote continuous technical improvement and adoption of best practices across programmes.

Expected results:

• Improved technical competencies among staff, partners, communities, and government stakeholders.
• Functional and effective CBDRM and environmental management structures.
• Enhanced local capacity to implement sustainable ESCA interventions.
• Increased adoption and replication of proven ESCA approaches and models.

4. ESCA Integration, Partnerships, Policy Engagement, Visibility and Representation (15%)

• Establish, strengthen, and manage strategic partnerships with government institutions, academic and research organizations, civil society, development partners, climate finance institutions, and private-sector actors.
• Represent World Vision Tanzania in national, regional, and global ESCA forums, conferences, technical working groups, networks, and relevant observances.
• Provide technical input into policy dialogue, position papers, advocacy initiatives, and environmental governance processes.
• Promote collaboration with governments, UN agencies, NGOs, academic institutions, and private-sector stakeholders pursuing shared environmental and climate objectives.
• Lead initiatives to improve the visibility, influence, and positioning of World Vision Tanzania’s ESCA portfolio.
• Coordinate the development and dissemination of technical papers, success stories, impact reports, digital content, conference presentations, and other communication products.
• Support participation in environmental and climate-related events to strengthen partnerships, learning, visibility, and policy influence.

Expected results:

• Enhanced organizational visibility, credibility, and technical leadership in ESCA.
• Increased strategic partnerships, networking, collaboration, and policy influence.
• Stronger engagement in environmental and climate platforms.
• Improved dissemination of programme achievements, innovations, and evidence.
• Recognition of World Vision Tanzania as a trusted technical partner in climate resilience and environmental stewardship.

5. Resource Mobilization, Grants and Business Development (25%)

• Lead resource mobilization efforts and strategic growth of the ESCA portfolio.
• Identify, assess, and prioritize funding opportunities in collaboration with the Resource Development Division and Resilience & Livelihood Team Leader.
• Monitor donor trends and opportunities relating to climate resilience, biodiversity, carbon finance, ecosystem restoration, environmental stewardship, and disaster risk reduction.
• Serve as the technical lead for ESCA in proposal development processes.
• Lead or contribute to the development of concept notes, proposals, grant applications, technical narratives, logical frameworks, theories of change, and results frameworks.
• Review funding proposals and ensure technical quality and compliance.
• Support donor engagement, technical presentations, and partnership discussions.
• Develop investment cases and strategic positioning documents to strengthen competitiveness and portfolio growth.

Expected results:

• Increased funding and investment for ESCA programmes.
• Expanded and diversified ESCA portfolios and partnerships.
• High-quality and competitive concept notes, proposals, and grant applications.
• Improved proposal success and grant acquisition rates.
• Stronger positioning of World Vision Tanzania as a preferred partner in climate resilience, environmental stewardship, ecosystem restoration, FMNR, RGC, and CBDRM.

Education and Professional Qualifications

Applicants should meet the following requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Management, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, Forestry, Environmental Planning, Geography, or a related field.
• A Master’s degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage.
• Certifications, professional registrations, or specialized training in climate change, natural resource management, disaster risk reduction, environmental assessment, GIS, carbon markets, or related disciplines will be an added advantage.

Required Professional Experience

• At least five years of experience providing technical advisory support in climate change adaptation, mitigation, resilience, and environmental management programmes within development settings, including carbon markets.
• Demonstrated expertise in FMNR, Regreening Communities, landscape restoration, Nature-Based Solutions, and environmental impact assessment.
• Strong experience in CBDRM, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), community resilience programming, and capacity strengthening.
• Proven knowledge and application of GIS, remote sensing, drones, satellite imagery, and other digital technologies for environmental monitoring, planning, and decision-making.
• Experience in climate finance, proposal development, donor engagement, environmental governance, climate policy, SDG implementation, and collaboration with national, regional, and global climate networks and platforms.

Preferred Knowledge and Competencies

The ideal candidate should demonstrate:

• Strong knowledge of climate change adaptation, mitigation, resilience, and integrated development approaches.
• Understanding of resource mobilization, donor engagement, and the development, humanitarian, and UN landscape, particularly in environmental, sustainability, climate, and agriculture programming.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, reporting, and analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
• Ability to analyze quantitative and qualitative data, manage multiple priorities, and work independently while coordinating effectively with stakeholders.
• Strong facilitation, training, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build capacity, foster collaboration, and handle sensitive situations professionally and tactfully.

Organizational Values and Conduct

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is centred on following Jesus Christ in serving the world’s most vulnerable children.

Successful applicants are expected, to the fullest extent legally permissible, to affirm the organization’s core documents, maintain high professional and ethical standards, demonstrate cultural sensitivity, and conduct themselves in accordance with Christian principles.

Regular attendance at team and office devotions, chapel services, and prayer gatherings is expected in accordance with applicable policies.

• Provide strategic and technical leadership in the design, implementation, quality assurance, adaptation, and scale-up of ESCA programmes across Area Programmes, grants, and humanitarian responses.
• Lead the contextualization and implementation of ESCA strategies, frameworks, technical models, and core project approaches.
• Promote evidence-based approaches, including Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), Regreening Communities (RGC), Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM), Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), ecosystem restoration, watershed management, Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA), Eco-Schools, and Nature-Based Solutions (NbS).
• Integrate climate adaptation, mitigation, and resilience-building interventions into development and humanitarian programmes.
• Provide technical guidance on climate risk analysis, vulnerability assessments, resilience programming, and disaster preparedness systems.
• Strengthen CBDRM structures, early warning systems, contingency planning, and climate risk reduction mechanisms.
• Promote integration of ESCA initiatives with Health, Nutrition, Education, WASH, Livelihoods, Child Protection, Safeguarding, GESI, CVA, Sponsorship, Peacebuilding, and External Engagement programmes.
• Collaborate with government institutions and partners to advance environmental restoration, climate resilience, sustainable natural resource management, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Lead monitoring, accountability, learning, and knowledge management systems for ESCA programmes.
• Ensure high-quality data collection, analysis, reporting, and utilization to support adaptive management and decision-making.
• Conduct ESCA-related Data Quality Assessments (DQA/DIQA) and support indicator development and tracking.
• Document and disseminate lessons learned, innovations, best practices, case studies, success stories, and technical learning products.
• Provide technical oversight for donor, management, and partnership reporting.
• Generate evidence demonstrating programme impact on children, households, communities, and ecosystems.
• Facilitate organizational learning and knowledge-sharing activities internally and externally.
• Develop and implement ESCA capacity-strengthening strategies and plans.
• Conduct training needs assessments and coordinate targeted capacity development initiatives.
• Design and facilitate training on climate change adaptation and mitigation, FMNR, RGC, CBDRM, Climate-Smart Agriculture, environmental governance, natural resource management, and ecosystem restoration.
• Provide mentoring, coaching, and technical support to staff, partners, government stakeholders, and communities.
• Strengthen community institutions, producer groups, environmental committees, and local disaster management structures.
• Promote continuous technical improvement and adoption of best practices across programmes.
• Establish, strengthen, and manage strategic partnerships with government institutions, academic and research organizations, civil society, development partners, climate finance institutions, and private-sector actors.
• Represent World Vision Tanzania in national, regional, and global ESCA forums, conferences, technical working groups, networks, and relevant observances.
• Provide technical input into policy dialogue, position papers, advocacy initiatives, and environmental governance processes.
• Promote collaboration with governments, UN agencies, NGOs, academic institutions, and private-sector stakeholders pursuing shared environmental and climate objectives.
• Lead initiatives to improve the visibility, influence, and positioning of World Vision Tanzania’s ESCA portfolio.
• Coordinate the development and dissemination of technical papers, success stories, impact reports, digital content, conference presentations, and other communication products.
• Support participation in environmental and climate-related events to strengthen partnerships, learning, visibility, and policy influence.
• Lead resource mobilization efforts and strategic growth of the ESCA portfolio.
• Identify, assess, and prioritize funding opportunities in collaboration with the Resource Development Division and Resilience & Livelihood Team Leader.
• Monitor donor trends and opportunities relating to climate resilience, biodiversity, carbon finance, ecosystem restoration, environmental stewardship, and disaster risk reduction.
• Serve as the technical lead for ESCA in proposal development processes.
• Lead or contribute to the development of concept notes, proposals, grant applications, technical narratives, logical frameworks, theories of change, and results frameworks.
• Review funding proposals and ensure technical quality and compliance.
• Support donor engagement, technical presentations, and partnership discussions.
• Develop investment cases and strategic positioning documents to strengthen competitiveness and portfolio growth.

• Climate change adaptation
• Climate change mitigation
• Community resilience
• Environmental restoration
• Sustainable natural resource management
• Disaster risk reduction
• Partnership strengthening
• Policy engagement
• Technical capacity building
• Resource mobilization
• Proposal development
• Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR)
• Regreening Communities (RGC)
• Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM)
• Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA)
• Ecosystem restoration
• Watershed management
• Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA)
• Eco-Schools
• Nature-Based Solutions (NbS)
• Climate risk analysis
• Vulnerability assessments
• Resilience programming
• Disaster preparedness systems
• Early warning systems
• Contingency planning
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, Accountability and Knowledge Management
• Data Quality Assessments (DQA/DIQA)
• Indicator development and tracking
• Technical learning products
• Donor reporting
• Management reporting
• Partnership reporting
• Evidence generation
• Organizational learning
• Knowledge sharing
• Capacity-strengthening strategies
• Training needs assessments
• Mentoring
• Coaching
• Environmental governance
• Natural resource management
• Community institutions
• Producer groups
• Environmental committees
• Local disaster management structures
• Strategic partnerships
• Policy dialogue
• Advocacy initiatives
• Environmental governance processes
• Collaboration
• Visibility
• Influence
• Positioning
• Technical papers
• Success stories
• Impact reports
• Digital content
• Conference presentations
• Resource mobilization
• Funding opportunities
• Donor trends
• Biodiversity
• Carbon finance
• Proposal writing
• Concept notes
• Grant applications
• Technical narratives
• Logical frameworks
• Theories of change
• Results frameworks
• Donor engagement
• Investment cases
• Strategic positioning
• GIS
• Remote sensing
• Drones
• Satellite imagery
• Written communication
• Verbal communication
• Presentation skills
• Reporting skills
• Analytical skills
• Facilitation skills
• Training skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Collaboration skills
• Professionalism
• Tact

• A Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Management, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, Forestry, Environmental Planning, Geography, or a related field.
• A Master’s degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage.
• Certifications, professional registrations, or specialized training in climate change, natural resource management, disaster risk reduction, environmental assessment, GIS, carbon markets, or related disciplines will be an added advantage.
• At least five years of experience providing technical advisory support in climate change adaptation, mitigation, resilience, and environmental management programmes within development settings, including carbon markets.
• Demonstrated expertise in FMNR, Regreening Communities, landscape restoration, Nature-Based Solutions, and environmental impact assessment.
• Strong experience in CBDRM, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), community resilience programming, and capacity strengthening.
• Proven knowledge and application of GIS, remote sensing, drones, satellite imagery, and other digital technologies for environmental monitoring, planning, and decision-making.
• Experience in climate finance, proposal development, donor engagement, environmental governance, climate policy, SDG implementation, and collaboration with national, regional, and global climate networks and platforms.
• Strong knowledge of climate change adaptation, mitigation, resilience, and integrated development approaches.
• Understanding of resource mobilization, donor engagement, and the development, humanitarian, and UN landscape, particularly in environmental, sustainability, climate, and agriculture programming.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, reporting, and analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
• Ability to analyze quantitative and qualitative data, manage multiple priorities, and work independently while coordinating effectively with stakeholders.
• Strong facilitation, training, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build capacity, foster collaboration, and handle sensitive situations professionally and tactfully.