Climate Change Specialist Job Vacancy at FAO Nepal – 2025
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Position: Climate Change Specialist
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Job Type: National Project Personnel (NPP) – Non-staff
Duration: 12 months (extendable)
Application Deadline: 26 August 2025
Job Posting Date: 11 August 2025
About FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating hunger and ensuring food security worldwide. Operating in over 130 countries, FAO focuses on sustainable agriculture, food security, natural resource management, and climate change adaptation.
FAO Nepal supports the government in transforming agrifood systems into more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable solutions aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Job Overview
The Climate Change Specialist will play a crucial role in advancing climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction (DRR), sustainable agriculture, forestry, and natural resource management projects. This includes policy development, project implementation, and resource mobilization through global climate financing windows such as GCF and GEF.
Key Responsibilities
- Support policy processes in climate change, DRR, and natural resource management.
- Coordinate and implement climate-related projects under GEF, GCF, and FAO Technical Cooperation Programmes.
- Develop project proposals and contribute to resource mobilization efforts.
- Mainstream gender equality in projects in line with FAO’s Gender Equality Policy.
- Organize policy dialogues, workshops, and stakeholder consultations.
- Monitor and evaluate project progress, conduct field visits, and prepare review reports.
- Serve as country focal point for Climate Change, DRR, and natural resource management.
- Prepare technical documents, policy briefs, and communication materials.
- Support the collection and analysis of climate-related data.
- Liaise with UN agencies, government ministries, INGOs, and development partners.
Minimum Requirements
- Advanced university degree in Climate Change, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, DRR, or related fields.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in climate change and natural resource management projects.
- Strong understanding of climate change policies, adaptation, and mitigation strategies.
- Working knowledge of English.
- Nepali nationality.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with UN agencies, INGOs, and Nepal government ministries (MOALD, MOFE, MOHA, NDRRMA).
- Proven skills in stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and project coordination.
- Familiarity with GCF and GEF project proposal development.
- Ability to work in multidisciplinary, multicultural teams.
- Strong communication, organizational, and analytical skills.
Why Apply?
✅ Work with the United Nations in Nepal.
✅ Contribute to sustainable agriculture and climate resilience.
✅ Competitive salary and benefits under FAO terms.
✅ Opportunity to extend the contract beyond the initial 12 months.
HOW TO APPLY
• To apply, visit the recruitment website at Jobs at FAO and complete your online profile. We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, and language skills.
• Candidates are requested to attach a letter of motivation to their online profile.
• Once your profile is complete, please submit your application.
• Candidates may be asked to provide performance assessments and authorization for verification checks of past and present work, character, education, military, and police records to confirm any information relevant to employment qualifications.
• Incomplete applications will not be considered.
• Personal information provided in your application may be shared within FAO and with other companies acting on FAO’s behalf to provide employment support services such as pre-screening applications, assessment tests, background checks, and related services. You will be asked for your consent before submitting your application. You may withdraw your consent at any time by withdrawing your application; in that case, FAO will no longer consider your application.
• Only applications received through the FAO recruitment portal will be considered.
• Your application will be screened based on the information provided in your online profile.
• We encourage applicants to submit their application well before the deadline date.
If you need help or have any queries, please create a one-time registration with FAO’s client support team for further assistance: https://fao.service-now.com/csp