Application deadline: 2025-08-04
Position Overview:
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:
- 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.
- Coordinating with and supporting the implementing partner – Tarayana Foundation – to execute field activities under the HI-CAS project.
- 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.
Background
The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region stretches 3,500km across Asia, spanning eight countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. Encompassing high-altitude mountain ranges, mid-hills, and plains, the zone is vital for the food, water, and energy security of up to two billion people and is a habitat for countless irreplaceable species. It is also acutely fragile and front-line to the impacts of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), based in Kathmandu, Nepal, is an international organisation established in 1983 that is working to make this critical region greener, more inclusive and climate resilient.
For more information, read our Strategy 2030: Moving Mountains and explore our website.
Gender and Equity Policy
Applicants only from Bhutan are eligible for this position. Hence, only Bhutan nationals are requested to apply online before 4 August 2025 (11:59 pm Nepal Standard Time UTC+05:45) through the ICIMOD Vacancy Application Portal.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Method of application
Applicants only from Bhutan are eligible for this position. Hence, only Bhutan nationals are requested to apply online before 4 August 2025 (11:59 pm Nepal Standard Time UTC+05:45) through the ICIMOD Vacancy Application Portal.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
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