UNDP Jobs - 68062- ETH/IC/2016/064 - International Consultant to prep

ETH/IC/2016/064 - International Consultant to prepare full sized projects for climate change adaptation in the lowland ecosystems of Ethiopia

Location :

Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

01-Sep-16 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

From September 15, 2016 to May 30, 2017 (21.75 working days per month for eight and half months i.e.

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Eight and half months

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

Ethiopia has a rapidly growing population and has committed to achieving ambitious socio-economic goals that would see the country attain middle-income status by 2025. These socio-economic goals are being pursued while Ethiopia is experiencing the current effects of climate change. Specifically, declines in rainfall during Belg are reducing the extent and productivity of agricultural land while increased frequency of droughts is resulting in reduced food security following poor rainy seasons. Furthermore, inappropriate land management practices have resulted in severe and widespread soil erosion. Collectively, the current effects of climate change are estimated to reduce Ethiopia’s GDP by 2–6% by the end of 2015. The pursuit of Ethiopia’s socio-economic goals is likely to continue to be undermined by the projected effects of climate change. Specifically, the predicted decline in Belg rains in south-central and eastern Ethiopia is expected to reduce harvests and result in the reduced productivity of rangelands during the summer and early autumn. In addition, farmers and agro-pastoralists living in southern Oromia and western Somali regions will be negatively impacted by reduced harvests and rangeland productivity under future climate change. Collectively, the projected climate changes are expected to decrease food security and result in costs exceeding 10% of Ethiopia’s GDP by 2045.

Duties and Responsibilities

Contribute to the design and conduct of at least 3 national consultations:

An inception meeting;
Consultation meeting on the draft project document; and
Final project validation meeting/consultation.

An inception report which sets out the work plan for the project design phase, consultants needed, and budget lines. It should not exceed 5 pages;

A stakeholder consultation plan with measures for documenting and including community inputs during the project preparation period;

Provision of advice and technical guidance to other members of the project design team on key outputs of the project preparatory phase, which feed into the comprehensive project proposal;

A detail Gender Assessment and develop Gender Action Plan.

The Project Document (PRODOC), - as per the UNDP template

The GEF CEO Endorsement Request, as per the GEF template

The climate change adaptation tracking tool, as per the GEF template

Environmental and Social safeguards screening as per the UNDP template

Co-financing letters.

Please note UNDP and the Regional Technical Advisor will provide all the templates required. All this work will also be done jointly with the National Consultant.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

Solid analytical and conceptual skills, ability to do quick but robust Integrated Landscape Management to Enhance Food Security and Ecosystem Resilience Project;
Policy and institutional knowledge in Climate Change Adaptation in the Lowland Ecosystems;
Good knowledge of the national planning context (culture, politics, line ministries) is essential;
Willing to do field visits to source data as necessary; and
Full command of Microsoft applications (word, excel, PowerPoint) and common internet applications will be required.

Core Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favouritism; and
Fulfils all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Minimum of Master’s Degree in environmental management, environmental finance, agricultural economics, natural resources management or a related field.

Experience:

A minimum of 7 years of experience (after MSC) in conducting similar assignment, experience in developing a Full Size Project Document for the GEF Financed Project on Climate Change Adaptation in the Lowland Ecosystems is an asset;
Proven experience, in producing similar assignment in other developing countries;
Proven experience in Project Preparatory Grant (PPG) Project Document for the GEF; and
Experience in international best practices in Integrated Landscape Management to Enhance Food Security and Ecosystem Resilience Project.

Language:

Excellent knowledge of English language, including the ability to set out a coherent argument in presentations and group interactions; and
Capacity to communicate fluently with different stakeholders (civil society, government authorities, local communities, project staff).

Application Instruction:

Download both TOR and IC Proposal Submission Form from the following link: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=32072
Strictly follow the instructions indicated in the IC Proposal Submission Form uploaded hereto; and
Group of Individuals and/or Firms are not eligible for this consultancy assignment (open only for individual consultant)

Documents Required:

The following proposals must be prepared as per the IC Proposal Submission Instructions. The Proposals shall be submitted before application deadline September 1, 2016 via UNDP Ethiopia Secured mail address: procurement.et@undp.org

Technical Proposal in pdf under file name: ETH-IC-2016-064 – TP - [insert your name]
Financial Proposal in pdf under file name: ETH-IC-2016-064 – FP - [insert your name]

Please note that these proposals shall be submitted to the designated secured email into two files but in one email unless both Files are Greater than 9MB file size.

Important Note:

A candidate applying only by uploading CV to this job site will not be considered. Instead, both Technical and Financial Proposals shall be submitted to UNDP Secured email: procurement.et@undp.org
Those prospect consultants who fail to submit both Technical and Financial proposals as per the standard format and to the designated secured email will not be further considered for evaluation.
Please group all your documents

Email subject line while submitting proposal:

While submitting your proposals to procurement.et@undp.org be sure your email subject line is ETH-IC-2016-064 in order to let our Office easily locate your respective proposals from secured email and be considered in subsequent evaluations.