Climate Resilience & Environmental Health Coordinator
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
The IRC seeks a Climate Resilience Coordinator to design programs addressing climate change impacts on vulnerable populations. Duties include environmental health safety assessments, risk mitigation planning, and M&E of climate adaptation projects. Requires Diplomas in Climate Change, Environmental Health & Safety, and Strategic M&E. Experience in humanitarian settings and grants management is valued.
### Strategic Analysis
As climate change intensifies, its disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations demands specialized humanitarian roles like the Climate Resilience & Environmental Health Coordinator at IRC. This position bridges environmental health and disaster risk reduction, ensuring that adaptation programs are evidence-based and sustainable. By integrating environmental health safety assessments with strategic monitoring and evaluation, the coordinator directly addresses the intersection of climate risk and public health in fragile settings. The role’s emphasis on grants management underscores the need for financial stewardship in scaling climate interventions. In the global humanitarian landscape, this position is pivotal for operationalizing the Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework commitments, turning high-level climate pledges into tangible protections for the most vulnerable. It represents a shift from reactive emergency response to proactive resilience-building, aligning with donor priorities for climate-smart development and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.