Background
Duties and Responsibilities
Summary of Key Functions:
- Support the implementation of the UNDP Energy And Environment (E&E) Climate Change Regional Strategy;
- Ensure the successful implementation of the “Long-term climate change investment and financial flows assessments and policies strengthened in region to face the challenges of the post-2012 climate change regime” project;
- Provide technical support to the RSC, Country Offices (COs), and national decision makers on I&FF assessments and policies and climate change budgetary planning issues related to the post-2012 climate regime in order to strengthen UNDP’s support to national governments.
- Ensure coordination with UNDP HQ in the implementation of global projects and corporate activities related to IF&F assessments, as well as any additional initiatives regarding the policy implications of economic planning for addressing climate change that may arise as a result of UNFCCC negotiations over a future climate change regime.
Support the implementation of the UNDP Energy And Environment (E&E) Climate Change Regional Strategy, by:
- Strengthening RSC, CO and Executing Agency partner capacities to manage projects;
- Organizing and strengthening the Practice Information Management System;
- Providing support to COs, advising environmental focal points as well as consultants on procedural issues, approval processes and associated time-frames;
- Coordinating and managing information flow between COs & HQ on the regional portfolio and climate change policy related issues;
- Participating in cross-Focal Area dialogue, common strategic visioning, mainstreaming, programming, and other collaboration within the regional team;
- Supporting the development of strategic plans and partnerships, and liaising with other agencies and partners;
- Assisting with inception, contracting and start up of projects including establishment of indicators, benchmarks and work plans;
- Assisting, establishing and maintaining partnership with key donors and other actors;
- Generating knowledge products and stimulating knowledge sharing.
Ensure the successful implementation of the “Long-term climate change investment and financial flows assessments and policies strengthened in region to face the challenges of the post-2012 climate change regime”, by:
- Planning and coordinating all project activities and ensuring their appropriate implementation;
- Identifying and developing strategic partnerships with other institutions working on similar issues to ensure a coordinated approach and leverage additional financing for the project;
- Developing annual work plans and budgets and reporting on their implementation status;
- Preparing Terms of Reference (TORs) for inputs (individual and institutional consultancy services, organization of training, workshops, etc.) with expert technical support, as required;
- Supervising contracted consultants and institutions, and evaluating their performance in delivering outputs as described in their ToRs, ensuring inputs are processed in a timely and transparent manner;
- Ensuring technical backstopping to national and regional activities is provided in a timely manner and to an appropriate standard;
- Assisting countries to identify appropriate international and regional experts, as required;
- Reviewing products prepared by countries, providing guidance to countries and any additional backstopping entities;
- Providing strategic inputs and advice to the RSC, Regional Bureau and HQ, as needed.
Provide technical support to the RSC, COs, and national decision makers on I&FF assessments and policies and climate change budgetary planning issues related to the post-2012 climate regime in order to strengthen UNDP’s support to national governments, by:
- Sharing information related to I&FF assessments with the regional and HQ teams;
- Supporting the development of technical papers, presentations, advisory and briefing notes that provide climate change budgetary planning advice to decision makers in LAC and UNDP corporately;
- Ensuring the widespread dissemination of UNDP’s climate change activities to high level decision makers in the LAC region, through participation and/or organization of workshops, seminars, and other strategic interventions;
- Developing strategic partnerships with other institutions supporting the establishment of the post 2012 climate regime and following up with the regional and HQ teams;
- Providing climate change budgetary planning advisory services on policy issues for the projects and the RSC;
- Conducting analytical work related to the project, as required, and sharing findings and recommendations.
- Supporting the successful implementation of global Climate Policy projects in LAC countries;
- Liaising with HQ and developing a coordinated work plan that integrates the Global Climate Policy projects and the LAC Regional Programme;
- Reporting to the RBLAC, the EEP, or any other UNDP stakeholder on the progress of project implementation, including the allocation of funding provided by donors;
- Jointly supervising the performance and activities conducted by the Global I&FF Officer in LAC (together with the Global Project Coordinator).
Impact of results
- Increasing national capacity on I&FF assessments and policies and climate change budgetary planning issues related to the post-2012 climate regime in order to strengthen UNDP’s support to national governments in the region.
Competencies
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling 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 favoritism.
Functional Competencies:
- Operational effectiveness.
- Excellent ability in negotiations.
- Strong communication skills.
- Excellent ability to develop proposals and fundraise with potential donors.
- Ability to apply theory to the specific policy context to identify creative, practical approaches to overcome challenging situations.
- Good oral communication skills and conflict resolution competency to manage inter-group dynamics and mediate conflicting interests of varied actors.
- Good written communication skills, with analytic capacity and ability to synthesize project outputs and relevant findings for the preparation of quality project reports.
- Maturity and confidence in dealing with senior and high ranking members of national institutions, government and non-government.
- Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
- Good team player, self starter, has ability to work under minimum supervision and maintain good relationships.
- Focuses on result for the client and responds positively to feedback.
Required Skills and Experience
- Master’s Degree in Environment, Environmental Policy and/or Economics related to Climate Change.
- Five years relevant work experience and excellent knowledge in project management related topics.
- Excellent knowledge of all thematic areas of the climate change (i.e., the Bali Road Map building blocks).
- Excellent knowledge and work experience on Investment & Financial Flows for climate change in the region.
- Work experience in UNDP and knowledge of UNDP policies and procedures is desirable.
- Experience in working and collaborating with high-level government officials on climate change.
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English and Spanish.
- Working knowledge of any other language of the region is desirable.