Climate Resilience and Adaptation Advisor

Opportunity Type:

Regular Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Summary:

Position Summary
The Climate Resilience Advisor provides technical and advisory support to strengthen climate resilience of Habitat for Humanity’s housing and settlement work across Asia Pacific programs. The Advisor will work with the Asia-Pacific regional team to support Country Offices. This will include the implementation of strategic guidance, provision of technical assistance, design and delivery of capacity strengthening, supporting research, evidence-based implementation and knowledge management, advocacy and partnership development. This will include coordination with HFHI Global Program Operations, and specifically the Director-Climate Resilience (e.g., on development and implementation of the Global Climate Approach). The Advisor will work to ensure the integration of climate adaptation and mitigation into housing and settlement work and community development initiatives.
The Advisor will serve as the regional focal point for climate action, and in this capacity will support Country Offices to understand climate risks, and options to address/mitigate these risks to reduce vulnerability and build resilience of low- and middle-income households and communities across the Asia Pacific region.

Key Responsibilities:

Key Result Areas and Responsibilities

1. Strategic Alignment and Stakeholder Engagement (30%)

Provide technical thought leadership to ensure climate resilient housing and settlement programming is aligned with the Global Climate Approach, with contextualized implementation across Country Offices in Asia Pacific region.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to support contextualized/localized implementation and monitoring of HFHI’s Global Climate Approach within the Asia Pacific region.
• Advise on current/recent sources of climate risk data and analyses, and options for integrating climate these risks into housing/settlement-focused project design, implementation and monitoring.
• Facilitate alignment and promote integration between climate resilience programming and broader disaster risk reduction/humanitarian programming.
• Serve as a technical resource and thought partner to Habitat Country Offices, supporting program design, implementation and learning.
• Engage with external stakeholders (HFHI’s global and regional partners, research institutions, NGOs, and networks) to strengthen technical positioning and partnerships opportunities around climate resilience and DRR.
• Represent HFHI and contribute to relevant regional and global forums, working groups, and coordination platforms, as required.
• Support strategic partnerships and collaboration opportunities that advance Habitat's climate resilience agenda.

2. Capacity Building and Technical Support (25%)

Strengthen the technical capacity of Country Offices and partners to design, implement, and scale high-quality climate resilience housing/settlement programming

Key Responsibilities

Assess in-country capacity, design and facilitate targeted capacity building initiatives (e.g., structured training, workshops, coaching) for National Organization staff on climate resilience.

Develop and maintain technical resources, tools, guidance documents, and learning materials.

Facilitate communities of practice, peer learning, and regional exchanges.

Promote organizational learning across countries, programs and operations.

3. Technical Program Oversight (25%)

Provide advisory support to Country Offices to help ensure the quality of climate-related program design, implementation and monitoring. considerations into program designs, projects—supporting Country Offices to scale impact, and cross-learning across the Asia Pacific Region.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical input and advisory support to Country Offices to strengthen integration of climate risk data/analyses and evidenced-based approaches into climate resilient housing/settlements project design, implementation and monitoring.
• Advise Country Offices on context specific adaptation measures, including resilient construction techniques, site selection, safer land use, and community-based approaches.
• Where feasible, advise Country Offices on context appropriate mitigation measures, where feasible,
• Contribute technical input to concept notes, program proposals, and donor reports related to climate resilience (e.g., adaptation and mitigation).
• As requested, support donor engagement resource mobilization efforts.
• Collaborate with other Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and technical teams to ensure climate considerations are integrated into cross-sectoral programming.

4. Research, Innovation, Learning and Knowledge Management (15%)

Strengthen evidence generation, cross-learning and innovation, to improve climate resilient housing/settlement programming and support scaling of effective approaches.

Key Responsibilities

• Support research design and implementation, the generation and synthesis of evidence, and institutional learning specific to climate resilient housing.
• Document and share climate resilient housing/settlement promising practices, case studies, and lessons learned.
• Contribute to integration of climate and DRR indicators into MEAL systems and contribute to regional and global learning agendas.
• Contribute to research, support innovation pilots, and partnerships related to climate resilient housing and settlements.
• Develop and disseminate technical resources, and guidance materials.
• Provide subject matter expertise and technical advisory support to other departments and initiatives within HFHI.

5. Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery Support (5%)

Provide advisory support to integrate climate risk reduction and resilience into disaster preparedness, response and recovery efforts

Key Responsibilities

Work with the Housing Disaster Risk and Resilience (HDRR) team on climate risk reduction measures in response and recovery

Provide technical input on risk-informed approaches to recovery planning and implementation

Support alignment of recovery interventions with long-term resilience objectives

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Master’s degree in Climate Change, Environmental Sciences, Disaster Risk Reduction, Urban Planning, Engineering, Development Studies, or a related field
• Minimum 5–7 years of relevant experience in climate resilience, DRR, or risk-informed programming, preferably in the Asia-Pacific region
• Demonstrated experience supporting multi-country programs and working with decentralized teams
• Strong understanding of climate risks, adaptation, and resilience approaches in housing, settlements, or community development
• Strong understanding of climate risks, adaptation, resilience, and mitigation approaches in housing, settlements, infrastructure, or community development.
• Experience in humanitarian, recovery, or nexus programming is an asset
• Experience in donor engagement, proposal development, or climate finance is an advantage

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong technical expertise in climate adaptation and the built environment
• Sound understanding of climate mitigation, with the ability to understand where synergies and tradeoffs exist between mitigation and adaptation (especially where these impact affordability)
• Ability to translate technical concepts into practical, field-oriented guidance
• Proven advisory, facilitation, and capacity-building skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English (regional languages an asset)
• Strong cross-cultural collaboration skills and ability to work in matrixed environments
• Willingness and ability to travel within the Asia-Pacific region

Core Behavioral Competencies

• Commitment to HFHI’s mission, values, equity, and safeguarding principles
• Collaboration and partnership mindset
• Learning oriented and solution focused
• Accountability and integrity

Working Conditions

• Regional role with frequent collaboration across multiple countries and time zones.
• Periodic travel to Country Offices and Country Offices, including fragile, climate-vulnerable, and disaster-affected contexts.
• Ability and willingness to travel within the Asia-Pacific region as required.

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About Us:

Habitat for Humanity, founded in 1976, is a global, Christian-based nonprofit organization that grew out of an intentionally multi-racial community in rural Georgia. Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat brings together people of all faiths and people of no faith to build homes, communities and hope. Working alongside each other, we help families and individuals build and improve places to call home and achieve the strength, stability and self-reliance they need to build better lives for themselves. Habitat seeks individuals who have a willingness to affirm these principles and values.
At Habitat for Humanity International, we are compelled by our Koinonia roots to put God’s love for all into action and pursue housing equity and opportunity by bringing all people together to build community and drive impact. We strive to build a culture rooted in learning, accountability and trust, attracting and retaining mission-driven talent reflective of the global communities we serve.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

As an equal opportunity employer, we realize our success depends on courageously committing to being a workplace where all staff feel safe, welcome, visible, respected, supported and valued, and building a workforce that reflects a variety of lived experiences, backgrounds and perspectives, in which every person experiences dignity and respect.