UNDP Jobs - 50367- Adaptation in the Coastal Zones of Mozambique and

Adaptation in the Coastal Zones of Mozambique and Disaster Risk Resilient Livelihoods Recovery in Gaza Province

Location :

Maputo and Gaza, MOZAMBIQUE

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

20-Oct-2014

Application Deadline :

18-Oct-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

120 working days

Languages Required :

English Portuguese

Expected Duration of Assignment :

120 working days

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

UNDP Mozambique country office intends by this terms of reference to hire a national consultant (GIS Expert) that will be in charge of developing risk mapping and climate change risk monitoring tolls;
This assignment is covered by two (2) different projects, namely: Adaptation in the coastal zones of Mozambique and Early Recovery and Livelihoods;
The adaptation in the coastal zones project is being implemented in three (3) sites/provinces, namely: Cabo Delgado - Pemba (covering 3 communities), Zambézia - Pebane (covering 3 provinces) and Inhambane - Zavora (1 community);
On the other hand the Livelihoods project is being implemented in Gaza province - districts of Xai-Xai, Chókwè, Guijá and Chibuto, covering a total of 20 communities (5 per District);
These Terms of Reference (TOR) outline the expectations to the Disaster and Climate Risk Mapping for the projects in question;
The essentials of the project to be reviewed are briefly presented further.

Adaptation in the Coastal Zones of Mozambique

The Government of Mozambique (GoM) requested the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) to support a Full-Sized Project (FSP) to implement NAPA Priority 3 “Reduction of climate change impacts in coastal zones”;
The objective of the project “Adaptation in the coastal zones of Mozambique” is to develop the capacity of communities living in the coastal zones of Mozambique to manage climate change by: i) developing the capacity for climate risk analysis, generating climate change risk analysis and mainstreaming it into policies, investment plans, sector budgets and livelihood strategies at the national and sub-national level, and ii) piloting measures to improve livelihood resilience to climate change;
The project seeks to generate policy-relevant information to help mainstream climate change adaptation into the national planning processes and will promote four types of adaptation interventions: livelihoods enhancement; livelihoods diversification; eco-system protection and enhancement; and community-level infrastructure projects;
These approaches will build up financial, natural, physical and social capital of the pilot communities;
In relation to community-level investments, the project will benefit over 10,000 households in seven communities in three coastal Provinces in Mozambique;
In relation to climate-resilient enterprise development, the project will benefit 5,000 households, using a proven micro-financing model in Mozambique, which disburses financial support and capacity development.

Disaster Risk Resilient Livelihoods Recovery in Gaza Province

In response to the devastating floods that hit Mozambique from January to February 2013, UNDP Mozambique launched a two year project in support of disaster risk resilient livelihoods recovery of flood-affected communities in Gaza province;
In close partnership with INGC at national, provincial and district levels, local government institutions, affected communities, the project attempted to restore an enabling environment for flood-affected communities in Gaza province to recover from the impact of the floods and “build back better” through three interlinked outputs;
Disaster resilient livelihoods and economic opportunities for the flood-affected people in Gaza Province restored and improved:
Capacity of local authorities and communities’ livelihoods recovery strengthened:
Coordination of livelihoods recovery by Early Recovery Cluster strengthened.
Toward this end, UNDP applied a community-based approach in Gaza province through restoring and developing capacity of local authorities and communities to lead the disaster risk resilient livelihoods recovery process;
This project forms a part of the ongoing support that UNDP is providing to the government through INGC for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation;
The project was implemented in two phases in line with Early Recovery framework: 1) to respond to the urgent needs with the interventions to help stabilize livelihoods and build the foundation for sustainable development pathways; 2) to further enhance and sustain medium-long term local economic recovery and development, building upon the foundation made through the phase I (first year).

Duties and Responsibilities

The National Consultant will provide high-level technical support to the concerned projects to carry out field missions to the project sites and liaise with the local authorities as well as with the communities to develop[1] and validate disaster historical risk maps;
Develop and deliver training modules for the project team and Government counterparts. It is also expected to submit two assessment reports for each of the projects, soft and hard copies of the maps;

Scope of Work

Adaptation in the Coastal Zones of Mozambique

Under the project adaptation in the coastal zones, the consultant is expected to provide specialized training to the central government team, as well as provincial delegates on usage of GIS for monitoring climate risk impact;

This will be further strengthen with hands on actions through data collection to provide an analysis of existing impacts of CC in the coastal zone (the 3 provinces – project sites) supported by on desk study with satellite image data based on historical information;

It is expected with the training to establish in site capacity for climate risk monitoring and establish database that will be further used to support decision makers on site for proper adaptation measures and improvement of adaptive capacity to the local government entities and communities;

Disaster Risk Resilient Livelihoods Recovery in Gaza Province

As part of output 2 of the project “Disaster Risk Resilient Livelihoods Recovery in Gaza Province”, under enhancing the local capacity in the recovery process, the project worked closely with 20 target communities in the development of community risk maps amongst other activities;

These maps however, are 2 dimensional and not digitalized. UNDP aims to take this activity a step further and create digital copies of these maps which will stay with communities and INGC for their records and future use as well as another set of maps based on historical disaster data information;

The scope of work is:

Collect and assess the existing geographical information in Gaza province and selected Districts to compile an hazard profile and risk & livelihood zone maps;
Review 20 community risk maps in close consultation with their respective Local Risk Management Committees (CLGR);
Conduct a participatory risk mapping with the CLGR to validate the hazard profile, risk & livelihood zone maps;
Present 20 community maps which identify risk areas, livelihood zones, updated evacuation routes (in collaboration with IOM) and safe areas which the community relies on during emergencies;
Print out and deliver soft copies of maps to UNDP, INGC, targeted CLGR and their respective local district authorities;

Expected Outputs

Adaptation in the Coastal Zones of Mozambique

An inception report should be prepared by the consultant prior to the main evaluation mission. It should detail the preliminary findings of the desk review, proposed methodology, data collection procedures and limitations;
The inception report should also include a proposed schedule of tasks, activities and deliverables, designating a team member with the lead responsibility for each task or product;
Training program on GIS usage for climate risk monitoring to the central team and targeted provinces technicians as detailed the deliverables table;
7 communities coastal climate risk profiles (comprising 3 communities in Pemba, 3 communities in Pebane and 1 community in Závora), which will include mainly historical analysis on coastal dynamics based on satellite images, and current situation provided by on site data collection (including determination of hazard profile on coastal erosion) with strict consultation of the local communities and government institutions to ensure sustainability for further assessments by the local technicians;
A final presentation of results, including hard and soft copies of the report (including relevant maps) in addition to a PowerPoint presentation of the results, challenges and lessons learned;
The final presentation is considered complete, in contractual terms, only when it has achieved acceptable standards.

Disaster Risk Resilient Livelihoods Recovery in Gaza Province

An inception report should be prepared by the consultant prior to the main evaluation mission;
It should detail the preliminary findings of the desk review, proposed sampling strategy, proposed data collection procedures and limitations;
The inception report should also include a proposed schedule of tasks, activities and deliverables, designating a team member with the lead responsibility for each task or product.

Hazard profiles for the four Districts[2]

20 risk/livelihood zone maps, which includes identification of livelihood zones, updated evacuation routes (in collaboration with IOM), hazard identification, and and safe areas which the community relies on during emergencies;
A final presentation of results, including hard and soft copies of the report and maps in addition to a PowerPoint presentation of the results, challenges and lessons learned;
The final presentation is considered complete, in contractual terms, only when it has achieved acceptable standards;

The risk & livelihood mapping exercise should properly examine and assess the perspectives of the various stakeholders (CLGR, women, elderly, and children);
Interviews should include a wide array of interested persons including beneficiaries, local district authorities and technical officers. Field visits are expected to the project site, in Gaza (Chókwè, Chibuto, Guijá, Xai-Xai);
Data analysis should be conducted in a systematic manner to ensure that all the findings, conclusions and recommendations are substantiated by evidence;
Appropriate tools should be used to ensure proper analysis;
By the end of the mapping exercise mission and prior to submitting a first draft of the maps, a wrap up discussion should be organized with the country office and project team to present initial findings and request additional information as needed.

Institutional Arrangements

The consultant will be under supervision of the main IP teams (INGC/MICOA) team through projects focal points and will also be supervised by UNDP project teams and focal points in order to ensure that expected results are achieved and key project information is provided in timely and proper manner;
Consultant will work daily directly with national project coordinator, project focal points and district authorities in Gaza/Inhambane/Zambézia/Cabo-Delgado, including local communities where direct interviews will be conducted;
As described above, consultant will be requested to submit the inception reports, draft of the field finding results and at the end a final reports to be approved by UNDP and main IPs (INGC and MICOA);
Main partners and Institutions to be meeting by the consultant are: all relevant governmental institutions at National, Provincial and District levels as well as the targeted communities from the project;
The main IPs (INGC and MICOA) are expected to provide basic facilities for the consultancy team, which will include facilitate setting up meetings with stakeholders and partners and provide all necessary documentation of the project and necessary back up on information and guide on project objectives and main findings within the project life time;
Other facilities, such as travel, accommodation, meals and extra trips within the field and in the main city will be covered by consultant fees.

Duration of the Work

An 'evaluation mission' should be scheduled, providing an intensive 30 days for the evaluation team to hold interviews and visit project sites, including analyse of data collected and write up at the office;
The evaluation mission should be planned far enough in advance to enable interviews to be properly set up, especially to request meetings;
A detailed plan for the mission should be included in the inception report, which should be revised based on CO, project team and IP inputs;
The consultancy work is expected to start in November and will be bound to the timeframe of the project as described below:

[1] Adaptation to Coastal Zones of Mozambique.

[2] Xai-Xai, Chibuto, Guijá and Chókwè.

Competencies

Core competencies

Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity;
Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment;
Self-development, initiative-taking;
Acting as a team player and facilitating team work;
Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively;
Creating synergies through self-control;
Managing conflict;
Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others;
Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member;
Informed and transparent decision making;

Functional competencies:

Ability to synthesize significant amount of qualitative information in a short period of time and transform it into a short documentary along with a detailed narrative report;
Good knowledge of main DRR and gender issues in Mozambique and the interventions at national level to address the challenges;
Capacity to organize and facilitate meetings; excellent oral and written communication;
Self-motivated, good sense of humor combined with seriousness on quality and timeliness of work.

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications:

At least a Bachelors’ Degree in Geography, Environmental Management with very good knowledge of livelihood, sustainable development, climate change and or/disasters risk management;

Experience:

A minimum five (5) years of relevant experience in disaster risk mapping, Geographic Information System, Remote Sensing and database management;
At least three years of recent work in Mozambique in one of those fields;
Solid experience in production of short documentaries with focus on development issues in a creative and effective manner;
Experience in development of quality reports preferably in the areas of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and livelihoods is essential.

Languages:

Fluency in Portuguese and English.

Note:

Submission of a completed UNDP Personal History (P11) form is required.