Technical Program Officer

Overview

The Coastal Climate Resiliency Program (CCRP) reinforces the resiliency of coastal communities in the Dominican Republic (DR) due to the implementation of integrated strategies that combine innovating hands-on education, science, community development, youth empowerment, national policy, and law enforcement. Dominican and international partners work through a framework that improves the livelihoods of coastal populations while restoring and enhancing the environmental services of their coastal marine ecosystems. The goal of this program is to reduce local pressures on biodiversity in coastal marine ecosystems, while minimizing economic and cultural disruption to the communities that depend on those ecosystems. The program strives to build a nature-positive economy empowering coastal communities by enhancing behavioral change through environmental education. The key to success in resilience to climate change is the capacity of people, families, natural systems, businesses, and government, among others, to mitigate, adapt and recover from impacts and pressures, thus reducing extreme vulnerability and improving sustainability. With this focus on climate resilience, CCRP supports its partners by concentrating efforts on 3 basic objectives:

1. Foster opportunities for Dominican youth to engage as emerging leaders in marine-coastal conservation and innovative science education through the Dominican Environmental Education Program (DEEP).
2. Optimize the capacity of local institutions and organizations for the design and implementation of conservation, restoration, and environmental education programs and research.
3. Provide strategic planning support to governmental institutions to improve resiliency and environmental education, promoting effective participation of all sectors in the national dialogue and in the design of public policies.

Counterpart International is seeking a Technical Program Officer to support the implementation of CCRP’s activities, which include grant administration, technical assistance to local organizations, logistical and travel arrangements, and other tasks as required by the needs of the program.

Responsibilities

• Provide grant administration and technical support for the program’s subgrants in the Dominican Republic.
• Support the Program Director in meetings with subgrantees and stakeholders.
• Provide technical assistance on climate resiliency activities to subgrantees and local organizations as needed.
• Review and provide inputs to Program materials such as presentations, summary writeups of program activities, or blog posts.
• Support administrative and logistical components of the program, including support with travel arrangements as needed.
• Participate in weekly virtual meetings with the Counterpart office in Washington, DC, and provide updates on the program.
• Lead tasks as assigned by Program Director.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in environmental studies, environmental science, biology, non-profit management, or related fields.
• 4-5 years of experience with the following:
  • Program management, grant administration, and related administrative duties.
  • Environmental conservation and climate resilience programming.
  • Any experience working with/for organizations that work with coastal ecosystems and communities is a plus.
• Deep understanding of the environmental technical and policy context in Dominican Republic.
• Ability to work with diverse groups and populations.
• Strong written and verbal communication, and presentation skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken Spanish and English, preferred.

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