DFID's Climate & Environment (C&E) Advisory Cadre A1 (Grade 6) - Invitation to Accreditation Only

The Accreditation process is the first step to becoming a DFID Adviser. Once you are accredited you then become eligible to apply for DFID advisory positions within the relevant cadre for a period of 24 months.

DFID C&E Advisory positions are regularly advertised and only individuals who have met the required professional standards through accreditation at the appropriate grade are eligible to apply.

Each of DFID’s advisory cadres have a technical competency framework (TCF) that sets out the technical knowledge and experience required of advisers, in addition to their core Civil Service (CS) behaviours.

Advisory accreditation is the assessment of technical competencies and CS behaviours to verify that a member of staff meets established professional standards as they will be responsible for providing high quality technical knowledge and expertise to the content and delivery of strategy, policy and programmes worldwide in DFID and other government departments spending Official Development Assistance (ODA).

The required skills and experience vary between cadres, please see the relevant TCF for more information on the specific technical competencies that you need to demonstrate. The assessment process will recognise your current and past skills and expertise.

For more information please see the Accreditation FAQ document attached to the advert.

The Climate and Environment professional cadre leads DFID’s work on low carbon development, reducing poor people’s vulnerability to climate change and reducing environmental degradation of land, water and air. Our work has poverty alleviation and pro-poor development at its heart. The sustainable and responsible use of natural resources and fossil fuel reserves is one of the key challenges for economic development: Our aim is to unlock the potential of green growth and create truly sustainable development for future generations to improve the wellbeing and opportunities of millions trapped by poverty.

The climate and environment cadre delivers DFID’s commitment to do no harm and safeguarding the environment and to create opportunities for innovative environmental policies that combine the needs and wishes of developing countries within the challenge of climate change. To mitigate the risk of harmful climate change and adapt to its effects we aim to build the best possible evidence base to enable effective decision-making.
 
The cadre supports DFID's core work in building resilience to natural disasters and responding to humanitarian emergencies by providing key technical advice on climate change science and impacts, environmental governance, and natural resource management. Our objective is to improve the resilience of communities in vulnerable areas through responsive project design and the translation of scientific knowledge across DFID.
 
There are approximately 65 accredited climate and environment advisers in DFID.

Responsibilities

As this is for Accreditation to DFID's C&E Cadre only there is no post specific information.

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Climate change impacts, adaptation and resilience
• Low carbon development and climate change mitigation
• Environmental Stewardship, including Natural Resource Management (NRM), resource scarcity, ecosystem services and pollution
• Climate and Environment Science
• Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
• Climate and environmental governance, nationally and internationally

We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:

• Climate change impacts, adaptation and resilience
• Low carbon development and climate change mitigation
• Environmental Stewardship, including Natural Resource Management (NRM), resource scarcity, ecosystem services and pollution

This advert is for accreditation to DFID's C&E Cadre only. Therefore Terms and Conditions are not relevant at this time