Regional Senior Climate Advisor - Asia

Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact. Program / Department Summary The Asia region is comprised of Afghanistan, Georgia, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, and Uzbekistan. Programming in these countries focuses on humanitarian response, economic and market systems development, resilience, financial inclusion, food security, nutrition, sustainable energy, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), among others. Common themes include community engagement, inclusive development, gender, and working in partnership with local government, the private sector and civil society actors. Our locally led approach emphasizes the need to consider and integrate community voices and our partners who are on the frontlines to direct our technical approach and work together. General Position Summary Mercy Corps is seeking a Regional Senior Climate Advisor for Asia who has a broad range of experiences working across relevant climate adaptation approaches, including disaster risk reduction, climate finance, natural resource management, climate-smart agriculture, and climate and weather services, ideally with strong experience in community-based adaptation in response to climate-related shocks and stresses. Mercy Corps has a strong portfolio of climate programming in Asia covering a wide spectrum of activities including climate and weather services, climate-smart livelihoods, and disaster risk reduction, governance capacity building, and natural resource management. To learn about our work and approach please visit: www.mercycorps.org/climate. The Regional Senior Advisor will primarily focus on helping country teams in the Asia region strengthen their portfolio of climate resilience programming. This will involve supporting the development of country sectoral strategies, developing concept notes, donor engagement, producing influence-oriented learning products, and leading capacity strengthening initiatives, in line with country Annual Implementation Plans (AIPs), the regional Evidence & Learning Agenda (ELA), and the Asia Regional Strategy for FY25 (“Regional Overview”). More broadly, this position will provide strategic technical support to existing climate resilience, water, and food security programs and countries teams, advancing Mercy Corps’ global programmatic resilience approach principles. This support includes program design and development, network and partnership development, representation at key sector forums and events, writing competitive proposals for submission to donors, capacity building, and technical influence amongst internal and external partners, and helping ensure program quality and relevance. The Regional Senior Advisor position is part of both Mercy Corps’ Asia regional team, as well as a member of Mercy Corps’ collective of technical excellence housed within the Technical Resources and Quality (TRaQ) team. Essential Job Responsibilities PROGRAM AND PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT