Job offer: Coordinator

This Action Area Coordinator position offers an exciting opportunity to lead Action Area B (AAB), one of ICIMOD's six Action Areas (AA), specifically focused on Stimulating Action for Clean Air across the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). This important new position is responsible for managing the AAB and delivering AAB-specific results as committed to in ICIMOD’s Medium-Term Action Plan V (MTAP V): Embracing Change and Accelerating Impact (2023–2026). AAB is part of Strategic Group (SG) 1, one of ICIMOD’s three SGs. The position reports directly to the Strategic Group Lead (SGL). We are seeking a strong manager with excellent organisational and multitasking skills, as well as technical expertise in all aspects of air pollution and air quality management. This role is ideal for someone skilled in planning and coordinating multiple concurrent workstreams, including budgets and personnel management, while maintaining a strong focus on delivering outcomes and impacts.

Action Area B: stimulating action for clean air

The AAB highlights the impacts of air pollution on health, economy, climate, and the environment. Air pollution is high across the HKH, and transboundary in nature. Air quality often falls short of international and regional targets. ICIMOD enhances air monitoring and communications on impacts across the region. We co-develop tools to assess mitigation strategies, scale solutions, and support Regional Member Countries (RMCs) in building air quality monitoring, assessment, and communication capabilities. This AA collaborated with the World Bank and 24 government institutions in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, hosting science-policy dialogues in Kathmandu (2022) and Thimphu (2024) to develop a roadmap for transboundary air pollution mitigation. Stronger links between air pollution and climate are needed, as black carbon affects health and accelerates glacier and snow melt. Methane, a key greenhouse gas, is a significant area Page 2 of 7 TERMS OF REFERENCE: COORDINATOR: AIR QUALITY (AAB) for potential work for this AA. We aim to lead evidence-based policy and practice changes for clean air in the HKH region.

This AA focuses on two key interventions:

Strengthening institutional capabilities for policymaking and air pollution monitoring to target the most polluting activity sectors and improve air quality.

Encouraging the adoption of cleaner and socially responsible solutions and investments for the effective reduction of air pollutants, including short-lived climate forcers and greenhouse gases.

Job Specification

Minimum qualifications and experience

ESSENTIAL

• A PhD in a relevant field, such as atmospheric science, environmental science, sustainable energy or other relevant subjects with a minimum of eight years of postdoctoral experience. Alternatively, an MSc degree will be considered with at least ten years of relevant post-study work experience.
• Experience in using science knowledge for solving air pollution problems in collaboration with government and other stakeholders.
• Excellent management and coordination skills, with a proven track record of managing relevant large-scale programmes, including management of budgets.
• At least very good technical knowledge in the field of Air quality modelling or monitoring with sensors.
• Experience using analytical tools for understanding air pollution sources, impacts, and potential solutions. 
• Good people manager with experience working in multicultural environments.
• Good networker, problem solver and solution seeker.   Excellent communication and outreach skills, including presentation, verbal, and written abilities.
• Committed to advancing GESI.
• Experience in integration of gender equity and social inclusion into programming, applying inter-, multi-, and transdisciplinary approaches.

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