Antecedentes

UNDP’s Strategic Plan (2014-2017) emphasizes the critical links between environmental sustainability and efforts to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and strengthen resilience. Drawing on over forty years of experience, UNDP assists countries to implement their obligations under Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and to integrate environmental concerns into national and sectoral plans and strategies; secure resources; implement programmes that advance inclusive, sustainable development, and strengthen livelihoods.

UNDP’s support for environmental management and nationally-owned sustainable development pathways includes the following areas: biodiversity and ecosystem services, including forest management; sustainable land management and desertification; water and ocean governance; climate change; energy; chemicals and waste management; green economy; and extractive industries. UNDP works across these areas to address issues of environmental governance, policy, regulation, capacity development, financing, human rights, gender, technology, South-South learning, and public, private, and civil society partnerships at all levels.

As a leading purveyor of environmental technical assistance and grant financing, UNDP works in 36 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. UNDP is an accredited multilateral implementing agency of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), Multilateral Fund for Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (MLF), Adaptation Fund (AF), and since February 2015 the Green Climate Fund (GCF). As such UNDP offers integrated technical services for needs assessment, programme formulation, resource mobilization, implementation oversight, knowledge and results management, evaluation, and performance-based payments.

In order to ensure continued support to our initiatives, the Regional Hub (BRH) invites candidates to send their applications for inclusion in a Vetted Roster external experts. The process of including candidates in the Expert Roster are described in the later sections of this advertisement.

To be considered for inclusion in the roster, applications would need to have expertise in one or more of the following areas:

Natural Resource Management:

  • Ecosystem management;
  • Biodiversity conservation;
  • Land use and land degradation;
  • Forestry conservation and management;
  • Water resource management;
  • Oceans and fisheries management.

Energy:

  • Energy policies, laws, and regulatory frameworks;
  • Energy efficiency (especially in buildings, transportation, industrial processes, appliances and infrastructure);
  • Renewable energy technologies and systems (including solar, wind, thermal, biomass and hydropower);
  • Access to modern energy services.

Climate Change:

  • Climate change modeling and scenarios;
  • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions (i.e., climate change mitigation);
  • Adapting to climate change, including vulnerability assessment and risk mitigation;
  • Climate finance.

Chemicals Management:

  • Management and control of ozone-depleting substances (ODS);
  • Management and control of persistent organic pollutants (POPS);
  • Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM);
  • Management and control of mercury.

Environmental Governance:

  • Environmental policies, laws and regulatory frameworks;
  • Environmental impact assessments;
  • Environmental finance and economics;
  • Environmental and social safeguards;
  • Indigenous peoples’ rights;
  • Access and benefit sharing;
  • Mainstreaming environment into development planning.

Deberes y responsabilidades

Tasks assigned in each individual assignment may include one or more of the following:

Policy and Strategy Development:

  • Prepare Policy briefs, Status papers on developmental challenges/issues based on secondary review of existing literature for evidence based advocacy and policy dialogue;
  • Develop guidelines and national and sub-national strategy in the areas of institutional strengthening;
  • Develop institutional and regulatory frameworks to facilitate climate change and adaptation and disaster risk reduction;
  • Review of policy literature in respect to the subject;
  • Formulation of strategic national and sub-national development policy;
  • Identification of barriers and solutions for proposed interventions;
  • Risk Identification, Mitigation.

Project Design, Formulation  & other project related functions:

  • Prepare conceptual framework/concept note on new area of work/developmental challenge;
  • Provide technical assistance in identification of developmental challenges, target areas, beneficiaries and partners and formulation of implementation strategy for UNDP support;
  • Provide technical support in development on new interventions/projects with Implementation (operational plan, monitoring and resource requirement) Institutional and management arrangements;
  • Identify issues, formulate and implement interventions that focus on various activities;
  • Conduct studies on project/program highlights, activities and processes involved;
  • Prepare and review Project documents;
  • Identify areas/beneficiaries and partners; timing, sequencing of activities; mobilization of finance;
  • Prepare project proposals to ensure innovation in concepts, strategies and incorporation of best practices.

Research and Documentation:

  • Undertake secondary research in the new areas of developmental concern based on review of existing literature;
  • Develop research design, research questions and scope of work for undertaking primary research in new areas;
  • Document good practices, case studies, innovations and pilot models for wider dissemination and sharing;
  • Undertake process documentation of models for upscaling.

Capacity Development/Training:

  • Based on capacity assessment, develop Capacity Development Plan to achieve the milestones identified and address the identified capacity gaps;
  • Develop target specific training tools/tool-kits and manuals based on training needs assessment;
  • Design training curriculum, conduct and/or coordinate trainings programmes for various stakeholders;
  • Carry out capacity assessments of public institutions and government institutions for development of strategic interventions for institutional strengthening;
  • Design and delivery of training tool-kits, products etc;
  • Conduct and/or Coordinate trainings and workshops.

Knowledge Management:

  • Prepare  knowledge and communications products related to the projects/programs (Audio, Video and Hard copies);
  • Review of Knowledge products (subject, design and content);
  • Prepare and publish  featured articles and case studies in publications of the UNDP, other pertinent organizations, academic journals;
  • Disseminate knowledge and communications products;
  • Develop literature on best practices and case studies;
  • Contribute to Communities of Practice (CoP) of UN Solutions Exchange (UNSE).

Monitoring & Evaluation:

  • Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of national and sub-national policies;
  • Carry out required independent monitoring and evaluation of UNDP projects;
  • Facilitate community and process monitoring;
  • Undertake Baseline and Client satisfaction surveys.

Competencias

  • Good track record in project management and UNDP experience is an asset;
  • Understanding of Government functioning and systems;
  • Updated familiarity on, various international projects on across one or more areas of expertise;
  • Working knowledge of objectives-oriented project planning, or results-based management;
  • Leadership skills;
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
  • Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities skills;
  • Openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback;
  • Ability to plan, organize, implement and report on work;
  • Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines;
  • Proficiency in the use of office IT applications and internet;
  • Outstanding communication, project management and organizational skills;
  • Excellent presentation and facilitation skills, and ability to work in multi-cultural environments;
  • Demonstrates integrity and ethical standards;
  • Positive, constructive attitude to work.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:

  • Degree in governance related field including: Law, Economics, Public administration, development studies, Business Administration, Public Policy, Social Science, Political Science, international relations.

Experience:

Following a vetting process, the successful candidates would be place in one of the following bands:

  • Band 1, Implementation Support: Masters Degree in relevant field with minimum 3 years of relevant work experience, or Bachelors Degree in relevant field with minimum 5 years of relevant work experience;
  • Band 2, Specialist Support: Masters Degree in relevant field with minimum 7 years of relevant work experience, out of which minimum 3 years of international experience as a requirement;
  • Band 3, Senior Advisory: Masters Degree in relevant field with minimum 12 years of relevant work experience, out of which minimum 5 years of international experience as a requirement;
  • Knowledge and experience in international development, governance, and Governance and Peace Building programming and policy development;
  • Knowledge of Governance and Peacebuilding programming;
  • Experience in management of post-conflict interventions;
  • Knowledge of high-level governance, capacity and public communication support.

Language:

  • Fluency in spoken and written English is a must.

Evaluation of Applicants

Interested candidates are advised to carefully review this advertisement and ensure that they meet the requirements and qualifications described above. Applicants will be screened against qualifications and the competencies specified above and may be may be requested to participate in a brief interview.

Qualified women are encouraged to apply.

Applications should include:

  • A cover letter, clearly identifying the “Areas of Expertise” as mentioned in the background section above;
  • Updated CV with phone/email contacts.

Successful candidates will be included in UNDP RBAP Experts Roster for a period of 5 years, in one of the “bands” indicated above. However, the addition of an individual in the Roster does not guarantee a contract with UNDP.

Contracting:

  • When a request for services arises, the roster manager shall Contact the individuals included in the specific area of expertise with ToR, location and dates of the assignment seeking confirmation of availability, as well as other costs such as living allowance, travel cost, etc. The daily fee quoted by the individual during this application process shall remain as the ceiling fee and cannot be increased upwards for any offered individual assignment(s);
  • Travel: For each assignment UNDP shall reimburse cost of travel from the place of domicile of the individual to the place of assignment (most direct economy fare);
  • The individual selected for the deployment will be contracted as an Individual Contractor to the UNDP. The Contract template and associated conditions are available at
     http://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/operations/procurement.html;
  • The Contract and its terms and conditions are non-negotiable.

Payment:

Payment(s) shall be made following certification by the hiring UNDP Office that the services related to each deliverable, as specified in the contract, have been satisfactorily performed and the deliverables have been achieved by or before the due dates specified, if any.

Other information

  • This call for experts is not linked to other UNDP rosters or to a specific UNDP recruitment opportunity;
  • Due to the large number of applications we receive, we are only able to inform the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.

For any clarifications, please write to rcb.procurement.th@undp.org