UNDP Jobs - 81436- Strengthening Capacity of Rural Primary Health Car

Strengthening Capacity of Rural Primary Health Care Services to Address Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on Health” Full Project formulation and Feasibility Study for the Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Location :

Home Base and Khartoum, SUDAN

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Nov-2018

Application Deadline :

20-Oct-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

65 Working Days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

65 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

As part of the UN country team in Sudan, UNDP aims to contribute to the significant reduction of extreme poverty throughout the country and to support the establishment of a critical mass among Sudan’s people that is ready and able to engage in the development process of the country. In line with the overarching SDG goal “Leave No One Behind” (embedded among others in SDGs 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 13), our programme interventions target localities characterized by high levels of poverty and exclusion and those affected by conflict. UNDP Sudan activities are fully aligned with UNDP’s corporate Strategic Plan as well as with the UNDAF developed and embedded in the global SDG framework. To that end, we support stabilization and governance for peace as well as environmentally sustainable development. We pay particular attention to the inclusion of all groups, including women and youth representing the most promising potential for change in Sudan.

As part of the Environmentally Sustainable Development, the Environment, Energy and Climate Change activities focus on strengthening capacities at local, regional and national level to manage and utilize natural resources in a sustainable way, to enhance resilience and adaptive capacity to long-term climate change including variability impacts and to reduce the associated risk of natural disasters.

Given the urgency and seriousness of climate change, the United Nations and Member States have established a new Green Climate Fund to make a significant contribution to the global efforts towards attaining the goals set by the international community to combat climate change. Sudan is one of the member countries of the GCF and submitted a concept note to the GCF, entitled on “Strengthening Capacity of Rural Primary Health Care Services to Address Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on Health”. The GCF Secretariat reviewed the concept note and gave technical comments which will guide to the formulation of the full-fledged project formulation process. The proposed project seeks to strengthen resilience of health systems to climate change impacts, through three complementary outputs. These are i) Integration of climate health information into national health and adaptation strategies; ii) Strengthened capacity for effective climate-health service delivery; and iii) Ensured reliable energy supply for health care facilities in the most climate vulnerable zones.

Duties and Responsibilities

Objective: The purpose of the assignment is to prepare “a full-fledge project document”, “feasibility study report” and oversee the mandatory annexes of the project

Scope of Works:

The international consultant will be responsible for completing the following tasks over a period of 65 working days with the technical assistance of the UNDP country office, the Regional Technical Advisor (RTA) of Climate Change Adaptation, as well as other technical thematic specialists, including experts from WHO and the Global Fund. In total, 4 national consultants (Renewable Energy Specialist; Socio-economist; Gender specialist and Health specialist) will be recruited: national consultants will support the development of the project document and the development of the feasibility study report.

Preparation and Submission of a Technical Feasibility Report: The focus area of the project is the Health Sector, as prioritized in the National Adaptation Programme and Action (NAPA, 2007) and Intended Nationally Determined Contribution Report (INDC 2015) to UNFCCC under adaptation to climate change section. The Sudan Country Office prepared a pre-feasibility study report and submitted to the GCF Secretariat and received technical comments for the pre-feasibility study report. Based on the GCF Secretariat’s technical comments, the consultant should prepare a technical feasibility report as per UNDP guideline and GCF best practice, including a thorough situational analysis identifying gaps, needs and barrier profiles and hence the recommended response to these through the project in development.
Preparation and Submission of a full-fledged project document for GCF Project: The UNDP Sudan Country Office, in close consultation with GoS and other development partners, prepared a concept note and submitted to the GCF Secretariat, after which a review and and received technical comments for concept notewere received. The consultant should take the review into consideration and identify the climate change adaptation risks in the health sector and possible solutions to adapt the risks of climate change. The detailed full project document should align with the technical comments from the GCF, as well as the document should be based on a review of available literature, baseline information, consultations with communities, and authorities at the targeted states and best international practices for GCF project development. The full project document will be prepared as per the most recent “template of the Green Climate Fund”. The project document should target vulnerable communities who are affected by the climate change across the Sudan. The International Consultant should demonstrate how the project document is fully aligned with both all GCF policies and requirements, as well as UNDP strategic plan.s; He/she should develop the project baseline including information on policies, plans and programs that are active in the country, highlighting opportunities for synergies and coordination; and indicate risks, that might prevent the project objectives from being achieved, and propose measures that address these risks. He/she should also prepare the project’s Logical Results framework and the project budget as well as suggesting the institutional arrangements and implementation frameworks. He/she should also be able to demonstrate economic viability of the suggested interventions; oversee the Gender Analysis; financial analysis, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and Environment Social Management Framework; and any other issues that might be raised post to the review of the Regional and Global Climate Change Adaptation Advisors and or the GCF Ssecretariat.
A field mission to Sudan for conducting stakeholders for further consultation with Task Force Members and relevant stakeholders to validate the project document: The Consultant should conduct two missions to Sudan (exploratory and validation) and present the draft documents in slide presentations and invite stakeholder feedback, which could be addressed in the finalization of the documents. This consultation meeting would be essential for capturing the comments on the design of the GCF project document and the Technical Feasibility report. Additionally, the International Consultant should identify key stakeholders involved in the project including the private sector, civil society organizations, local and indigenous communities, and their respective roles and work with the Programme Specialist Analyst, Sustainable Livelihoods Unit (SLU) within UNDP Sudan to define indicative amounts of co-financing available and the distribution of co-financing among the different components.
Finalization of the GCF full-fledged project document and the Technical Feasibility report: Incorporation of comments from UNDP, Implementing Partners and UNDP regional and HQ Office, and Submission of the final project document, technical feasibility report and required annexes.
Expected Deliverables and Schedule of Payments:
The deliverable should be submitted in soft copy via e-mail to the Technical Specialist of the Sudan UNDP Sustainable Livelihoods Unit (SLU) and to the Regional Technical Advisor. The consultant has to use the most current templates of the Green Climate Fund for both the Feasibility Study and the Project Document and all annexes.

Competencies

Corporate 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;
Ability to work with a multi-cultural and diverse team.
Functional Competencies:
Demonstrated experience in project design
Demonstrated experience in technical issues related to adaptation to climate change
Ability to analyze large amounts of complex and diversified data related to climate change adaptation in least developed countries.
Demonstrated strong coordination and facilitation skills;
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to initiate discussions about climate change adaptation and reliance issues specifically in the water and agricultural sectors.

Required Skills and Experience

The consultant shall possess at least a Master Degree in environment, climate change, Health and Energy Sector or related disciplines, and should meet the following minimum requirements:

Minimum 10 years of experience in climate change adaptation, Health and Energy sector strategic frameworks and issues of which minimum of 5 years’ experience with project development, project designs and result-based management
Experience with multilateral supported climate change adaptation, especially with the new GCF is an asset
Experience with preparation of technical feasibility report
Excellent written communication skills, with analytic capacity and ability to synthesize relevant collected data and findings for the preparation of quality project documents and technical feasibility reports