The project aims to strengthen the resilience of communities in Turkana, Marsabit and Baringo counties to economic, environmental and social challenges in the context of climate change, with a focus on climate change adaptation, sustainable natural resource management, and improved livelihoods through value chain development.

The Integrated Watershed Management Advisor holds technical and operational responsibility for project activities in Baringo County, with a focus on strengthening community-based organizations in natural resource management, rehabilitating degraded areas, and promoting soil and water conservation, climate-smart agriculture and agroforestry.

The role is embedded in the specific environmental context of Baringo's Rift Valley landscape, characterized by intense land degradation, increasing flash floods driven by extreme rainfall events, severe erosion and sedimentation affecting downstream water bodies including Lake Baringo.

The Advisor will guide smallholders in adopting practical measures that reduce erosion, improve water infiltration and retention, and generate benefits both at farm level and across the wider catchment.

• Providing technical guidance on integrated watershed management approaches suited to Baringo's specific agro-ecological conditions, including soil and water conservation structures (terracing, cut-off drains, gully rehabilitation), water harvesting techniques, and nature-based solutions such as agroforestry and reforestation to stabilize slopes and increase rainfall infiltration.
  

• Advising smallholder farmers and community-based organizations on the adoption of climate-smart, erosion-reducing production practices that simultaneously improve on-farm productivity and contribute to catchment-level resilience against flash floods and drought.
  

• Overseeing the planning and implementation of field activities, ensuring technical quality and creating synergies within the project and with other initiatives operating in Baringo County
  

• Initiating and facilitating capacity development measures for target groups and local partners, including community workshops, farmer trainings, and technical exchange events.
  

• Elaborating work packages — including administrative and financial requirements — for implementation by consultants or local partners and overseeing and monitoring their execution and impact.
  

• Initiating and performing administrative tasks in accordance with GIZ rules and regulations, including procurement of goods and services and compliance with GIZ security standards.
  

• Supporting monitoring and evaluation of project activities, documenting results and impact, and contributing to knowledge and communication products as well as project visibility.
  

• Mainstreaming cross-cutting issues — including gender and youth, and digital transformation — into project planning and implementation, and contributing to agriculture cluster development
  

  
  

• Master's degree in integrated watershed management, natural resource management, environmental sciences, or a closely related field with a strong technical component in land and water management
  

• Minimum of eight years of professional experience in integrated watershed management, with demonstrable hands-on expertise in soil and water conservation structures (e.g. terracing, cut-off drains, gully rehabilitation), water harvesting techniques, and nature-based solutions such as agroforestry and reforestation; at least five years of experience in a duty station outside Nairobi, with preference for experience in Kenya's ASAL areas and familiarity with the specific agro-ecological and hydrological conditions of the Rift Valley region
  

• Strong technical knowledge of climate-smart production practices that combine on-farm productivity with catchment-level benefits, including erosion control, improved rainfall infiltration and sustainable land management in semi-arid contexts
  

• Prior experience working with GIZ processes and systems is a significant advantage
  

• Good national and preferably international professional network in the field, and solid overview of ongoing policy and technical discussions on climate-resilient integrated water shed management in Kenya
  

• Proven experience in working with diverse, cross-sectoral stakeholders — including government, civil society, private sector and development partners — at multiple levels
  

• Strong communication and negotiation skills in complex and politically sensitive settings, combined with the ability to create and sustain linkages between different stakeholders
  

• Fluency in written and spoken English and spoken Swahili is required; very good working knowledge of ICT tools and computer applications (e.g. MS Office, MS Teams) is expected; proficiency in local languages is an added advantage
  

• Applicants from Baringo and/or women with a fully matching profile will be given specific consideration