HUMANITARIAN VOLUNTEER IN ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE - MAURITANIA
Acción contra el Hambre
Nouakchott, Mauritania
Description
You will familiarize with AAH environment & climate requirements, resilience, humanitarian, & DRR policies, supporting Environment, DRR/DP/HA and CC assessments & analysis; identify environment & climate risks and mainstream mitigation measures across project cycles; You will monitor & analyze global & local trends in CC & DRR interventions, their relevance and integration to programs, and participate in Clusters and coordination platforms; You will support the development of inclusive strategies to ensure addressing environment, CC & disaster issues in the project cycle; conduct DRR & CC Stakeholders Mapping, identify potential partners. You will support technical coordinators to strengthen capacities in proposal development & reporting, and SAME & WASH Teams in the integration of pastoralism-related issues, particularly in relation to the mobility of pastoralist communities, access to water, pressure on natural resources, and contribute to the capitalization and structuring of cross-
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
We cover your accommodation, travel, visa, medical checkup and vaccinations costs, and you will be provided with monthly pocket money for your free time and personal hygiene. During the deployment you will be provided with a laptop and phone of the organization to ensure the means to carry out the activities. In case of belonging to one of the Fewer Opportunities categories (please, check the details with the organization) additional inclusion measures and benefits will be applied.
Training during the activity
During the deployment you will have access to the full catalog of training courses offered on ACF Virtual Campus and will have the opportunity to benefit from additional external courses.
Participant profile
Studies and/or experience in disaster risk reduction, climate change, environment studies, WASH, social sciences or international development. French C1. Familiar with DRR and Climate change mainstreaming concepts and approaches in projects/programs; skills to assess/manage DRR and Climate change outputs, outcomes, and impacts; computer/IT skills. High analytical capacity; effective communication, facilitation, and synthesis; an asset familiarity with mainstreaming differentiated impacts of hazards and climate change to vulnerable communities and with gender concepts/framework used by donors.
Activity dates
A total of 52 week(s) during the period 10/05/2026 to 09/04/2027
Activity location
NOT 126 Tevragh Zeina , Nouakchott, Mauritania
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye
Activity topics
Environment and natural protection
Deadline for applications
No application deadline
Project code
2025-1-EACEA-VOLUN-101252245