Background

The Minamata Convention on Mercury was adopted and opened for signature on 10 October 2013. The Convention - named after a city in Japan where serious health damage occurred as a result of mercury pollution in the mid-20th Century - will aim to reduce mercury emissions from all sources, including gold mining, dental practices, chlor-alkali plants, coal combustion, medical uses as well as waste management, storage, fate and transport in the atmosphere and other related issues. The Government of India signed the Minamata Convention on 30 September 2014 and is currently working toward ratification of the Convention.

With continuing population growth and industrialisation, India will host the greatest increase in energy use in the world over the next decade, which is heavily reliant on coal-fired power stations and boilers. Although coal contains only small concentrations of mercury, it is burnt in very large volumes, thus burning of coal is the largest single anthropogenic source of mercury air emissions. Mercury emissions and releases might significantly increase if the business will continue as usual.

In order to address this challenge as well as to achieve the target for mercury emissions and releases from power plants under the Minamata Convention, MOEF&CC, supported by UNDP, plans to develop a project to improve coal and plant performance, energy efficiency and emissions control.

Duties and Responsibilities

Within the context outlined above, UNDP seeks a national Consultant to work with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), UNDP and international consultant, to coordinate and formulate a Project Identification Form (PIF) required for GEF 6 funding, on “Control Strategies and Technological Options for Atmospheric Mercury Emission from Coal-fired Industrial Boilers”

Some of the key tasks for the consultant include the following:

• To review key documents related to coal fired industrial boilers on subjects such as emission standards, technological paths, industrial patterns and supervision including relevant legal analysis reports, legal framework & national policy
• Identify barriers for implementing Best Available Technologies (BAT) and Best Environment Practices (BEP) in coal fired industrial boilers and propose actions/measures to overcome barriers including project components, project budget estimate and potential co-financing sources.
• To conduct meetings and consultations with various national stakeholders and partners and identify their potential roles and responsibilities in the proposal.
• To draft the PIF being in compliance with GEF requirements and UNDP guidelines, revise and finalize the PIF until the PIF is approved by the GEF

Competencies

Core Competencies

• Ethics and Values: Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity;
• Organizational Awareness: Demonstrate technical knowledge and sound judgment;
• Development and Innovation: Take initiative and present original writing skills using intelligent and professional
• inputs;
• Work in teams: Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective
• working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds;
• Communicating and Information Sharing: Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for lucid
• communication;
• Self-management and Emotional Intelligence: Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle
• tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others;
• Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing: Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge;
• Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making: Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.

Functional Competencies

• Technical, economic and regulatory understanding of the sectors pertaining to coal fired industrial boilers in India.
• Functional knowledge of best emission control technologies and its implementation feasibility for the sectors pertaining to coal fired industrial boilers in India.
• Experience of writing international proposals in line with the requirements of the funding agencies. 
• Ability to comprehend requirement and propose structured approach.
• Ability to prioritize assignments and requirements, and multitask as needed;
• Ability to work independently with limited instruction;
• Ability to lead and report; with good written verbal communication skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

•  Advanced university Degree in Engineering, Chemistry or Environmental science and management or relevant field

Experience:

• 7-10 years of professional multidisciplinary experience in the development sector
• Substantive research or practical work experience in coal, energy and power sector, in particular, coal-fired industrial boiler or mercury emission reduction would be desirable
• Experience of developing project concept notes and proposals for GEF projects would be an advantage.

Key Deliverables and Schedule of Payments:

Evaluation Method and Criteria

Technical Proposal (70%)
Expertise and experience (35 marks)
Methodology, Its Appropriateness to the Condition and Timeliness of the Implementation Plan (35 marks)

Financial Proposal (30%)
To be computed as a ratio of the Proposal’s offer to the lowest price among the proposals received by UNDP.
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% of the total technical points would be considered for further process.

For any clarification please write to: ranjan.sinha@undp.org