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Consultancy Services for a Consultant to Conduct the EWACC MTR

Location :

UNDP Multi Country Office, SAMOA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

19-Jun-2017

Application Deadline :

02-Jun-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

25 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

25 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

The project was designed to adopt an economy-wide approach to climate change in Samoa, that will allow for increased integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk into national development planning and programming across all sectors as well as strengthening resilience of communities including their physical assets and livelihoods. The project has five outcomes and these are as follows;

OUTCOME 1.1. Policy Strategies/Institutional Strengthening: Climate change adaptation and DRM mainstreamed in relevant policies, sectoral strategies, sub-national strategies and budgeting processes through enhanced coordination of government institutions;
OUTCOME 1.2. Public finance management at the national and village level: Capacity to access, manage, implement and monitor use of climate change funds is enhanced at the national and village level;
OUTCOME 2.1. Protection of communities’ physical assets and livelihoods: Increased resilience, and decreased exposure and susceptibility of communities to climate change and natural disasters by protection of household and community assets and promoting resilient livelihoods;
OUTCOME 2.2. CCA/DRM plans and implementation: Increased adaptive capacity of communities for implementation of effective risk management and protection of household and community assets;
OUTCOME 3.1. Knowledge about CCA and DRM is captured and shared at the regional and global level.

Duties and Responsibilities

The objective of this consultancy is to undertake the mid-term review of the EWACC project. Please refer to the Terms of Reference for detailed informaton

Competencies

Demonstrates commitment to the Gov. of Samoa mission, vision and values;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Focuses on result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
Good inter-personal and teamwork skills, networking aptitude, ability to work in multicultural environment

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Post-graduate degree in environmental / climate science, disaster risk management or other closely related field

Experience:

Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience in climate change adaptation and disaster risk management
Minimum of 5 years experience with evaluations, results-based monitoring, and/or evaluation methodologies
Experience working with the GEF/GEF-LDCF programmes and in the targeted focal areas:Climate Change Adaptation
Experience working in the Pacific region

Language:

Fluency in English (oral and written) is a requirement

Note:

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