UNDP Jobs - 88135- Technical Expert for developing the “Capacity Buil

Technical Expert for developing the “Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) Namibia Project Document Package for GEF to be submitted to the GEF.

Location :

Homebased and Windhoek, NAMIBIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Nov-2019

Application Deadline :

25-Oct-19 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

30 Working Days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

30 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

UNDP is seeking to recruit an Individual Consultant to develop the Project Document and CEO ER, and establishment of the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system for stakeholder engagement. The MVA framework will help achieve data quality, necessary for reporting on Climate Change as per Paris Agreement (PA) decisions and through the main duties and responsibilities set out below.

Climate change is nowadays a central challenge to people and places around the globe. The costs of inaction are high, and smart solutions can propel economic opportunity, innovation, and greater energy reliability, which are the goals that all humans can embrace. Through the Paris Agreement (PA), the world agreed on a path forward. 196 nations signed the PA and for the first time the world has agreed on mutual action, which rocketed climate change to the top of the list of global issues.

As per the PA, ratifying countries will aim to keep warming well below 2ºC, and for the first time to pursue efforts to limit temperature increases to 1.5ºC. In addition, they can independently decide on how to lower their emissions. This is a significant improvement in comparison to the past actions, since previous attempts at a climate deal required that similar measures are adopted by all signing parties. However, because economies, cultures, and nations differ so greatly, a common denominator was hard to determine and, therefore, achieve. Allowing ratifying countries to determine the best way forward for them, individually, stimulated support for the agreement.

The Article 13 of the PA provides for an enhanced transparency framework aiming to build mutual trust and confidence and to promote effective implementation of the actions identified under the NDCs, i.e. framework for transparency of actions. The transparency provisions and the transformational change approach may pose additional challenges to countries, including Namibia Thus, to address these potential challenges, Article 13 provides clear understanding of climate change action in light of the Convention objectives, includes built-in flexibility, which takes into account Parties’ different capacities, and builds on collective experience, clarity and tracking of progress towards achieving NDCs, including good practices, priorities, needs and gaps.

This is further reinforced through the Article 4 of the PA, which highlights that, in communicating their NDCs, all Parties shall provide information necessary for clarity, transparency and understanding in accordance with decision 1/CP.21. Further, Article 4 requests for full, exhaustive, comparative and robust accountability of the measures and action, the progressions and achievements made determining that each country, except for least developed countries, shall report no less frequently than on a biennial basis their progress towards the implementation of their NDCs.The PA calls for Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) infrastructure that provides information on the measures taken and the support received, provided or accounted for the NDC.

Namibia’s Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) project has an overall objective to enhance Namibia’s institutional and technical capacities to establish a comprehensive Transparency Framework for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of climate actions and to report on NDC implementation under the Paris Agreement. In the absence of MRV framework, the methodologies and tools to enhance transparency as stipulated in Article 13 of the PA will not be met. In addition, Namibia will not be able to put in place an MRV system that will smoothen and facilitate provision of accurate information, monitoring and assessment of the instruments that the country selects to address climate change. Furthermore, Namibia will not be able to increase ambitions under its NDCs, as there is a major need to improve its institutional capacities and establish sustainable Institutional Arrangements

This work requires engagement with a wide range of different stakeholders and to ensure an adequate level of data quality. To do this, Namibia needs to establish an MRV system with reliable data flows and a robust evidence base for stakeholder engagement. This requires a transparent framework and structures for data exchange and the development of national Methods, Procedures and Guidelines (MPGs) for the appropriate consideration of climate action across all areas of government, private sector and civil society

Duties and Responsibilities

Ministry of Environment and Tourism together with UNDP Namibia is working on the development of a project proposal package for Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) to be submitted to GEF.

The initial concept “Enhancing Namibia’s capacity to establish a comprehensive Transparency Framework for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of climate actions and reporting on NDC implementation under the Paris Agreement” was developed and submitted to GEF in March 2019. The concept has been approved in August 2019, after which full UNDP Project Document and the GEF CEO Endorsement Request must be developed and submitted to GEF for approval.

With the GEF-CBIT support, country level capacity can be improved to prioritize the MRV development, to carry out critical climate-responsive contributions, set forth in NDC, in line with the PA. With an increased national capacity to measure, monitor and report on actions, identified in NDC, the country will be in a better position to enhance the transparency in reporting, and identify long-term mitigation potential.

Thus, the approved CBIT concept proposal focusses on three main Components:

1) Enhancing and strengthening Namibia’s institutional arrangements for robust GHG inventories and Transparency MRV System/Framework for climate actions and NDC;

2) Provision of tools, training and assistance for meeting the transparency provisions established in the Paris Agreement; and

3) NDC tracking.

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.

Functional:

Strong analytical, negotiation and communication skills, including ability to produce high quality practical of technical with GEF related documents reports,
Professional and/or academic experience in one or more of the areas of the Development or knowledge management field.

Project and Resource Management:

Ability to produce high quality outputs in a timely manner while understanding and anticipating the evolving client needs.
Ability to focus on impact and results for the client, promoting and demonstrating an ethic of client service.
Strong organizational skills.
Ability to work independently, produce high quality outputs.
Sound judgment, strategic thinking and the ability to manage competing priorities.

Partnership building and team work:

Demonstrated well developed people management skills.
Strong ability to manage teams; creating an enabling environment, mentoring and developing staff.
Excellent negotiating and networking skills.
Demonstrated flexibility to excel in a multi-cultural environment.
Provides constructive coaching and feedback.
Builds strong relationship with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback.

Communications and Advocacy:

Strong ability to write clearly and convincingly, adapting style and content to different audiences and speak clearly and convincingly.
Strong presentation skills in meetings with the ability to adapt for different audiences.
Strong analytical, research and writing skills with demonstrated ability to think strategically.
Strong capacity to communicate clearly and quickly.

Strong inter-personal, negotiation and liaison skills

Required Skills and Experience

Education

A Master’s Degree in environmental management, development studies, chemical engineering or relevant field.

Experiences

Minimum seven (7) years of demonstrable experience in the technical areas related to environmental research, natural resource management, development management, climate change, public policies, international relations, economics, environmental or natural resource economics, or development of environmental projects for the public, private or nongovernmental
At least 5 years’ experience in the field of climate change, with focus on GHG inventories;
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of methodologies for preparing GHG inventories and understanding of international reporting (according to UNFCCC and IPCC guidelines);
At least 3 years’ experience in applying UNFCCC GHG inventory reporting guidelines;
Familiarity with National Communications, Biennial updates and UNFCCC processes;
Project management experience will be an added advantage;
Financial management experience and budgeting; and
Experience working with various stakeholders

Languages.

Strong analytical skills; exceptional ability in communication and writing in English.

To apply please access UNDP Jobs site http://jobs.undp.org.

Recommended Presentation of Offer;

Completed Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP;
Personal CV or a P11 Personal History form, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidate and at least three (3) professional references;
Brief description of approach to work/technical proposal of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment, and a proposed methodology on how they will approach and complete the assignment (max 1 page).

Financial proposal:

Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided (based on the number of working days mentioned ToR.

Note:

Please group all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows uploading maximum one document.
Qualified women and members of minorities are encouraged to apply;
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials.

Incomplete applications will be excluded from further consideration.

To view the full Terms of Reference (TOR) and download letter of confirmation of interest and P11 form, please access the UNDP Procurement Notice site on the below link:http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=60206