Country Project Officer– HI-CAS

The Country Project Officer will be responsible for supporting the delivery of results in line with the commitments ICIMOD has made in the HI-CAS Project Performance Measurement Framework, that is nested within our Strategy 2030: Moving Mountains and our Medium-Term Action Plan V (2023–2026): Embracing Change and Accelerating Impact and related Results Framework 2023-26.

This position encompasses three core responsibilities, as follows:

1. Coordinating and liaising between ICIMOD HQ, HI-CAS project team members and specialists, ICIMOD Country Focal Points, Bhutan HI-CAS partners, and relevant departments and agencies of the Government of Bhutan.
2. Coordinating with and supporting the implementing partner – Tarayana Foundation – to execute field activities under the HI-CAS project.
3. Ensuring high-quality, gender equality and social inclusion (GESI)-responsive, feminist-informed, and impactful delivery of results by all HI-CAS implementing partners.
   This position is based in Bhutan and helps ensure effective implementation of field-level activities by providing hands-on support to the implementation partner, as well as fostering strong links between other relevant national and local partners, women-led groups and IPLCs, and government agencies, to ensure that project interventions are executed according to agreed plans and timelines. She/he will also support the HI-CAS Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Specialist in monitoring and tracking field progress and outcomes. Additionally, this position provides a critical link for technical backstopping to the HI-CAS partner and relevant stakeholders, as well as to HI-CAS and ICIMOD specialists, as and when needed.

This position is based in Bhutan and helps ensure effective implementation of field-level activities by providing hands-on support to the implementation partner, as well as fostering strong links between other relevant national and local partners, women-led groups and IPLCs, and government agencies, to ensure that project interventions are executed according to agreed plans and timelines. She/he will also support the HI-CAS Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Specialist in monitoring and tracking field progress and outcomes. Additionally, this position provides a critical link for technical backstopping to the HI-CAS partner and relevant stakeholders, as well as to HI-CAS and ICIMOD specialists, as and when needed.

(Project position open to Bhutanese nationals only)