UNDP Jobs - 99359- National Consultant for Climate Public Expenditure

National Consultant for Climate Public Expenditure Review 2020

Location :

Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Jul-2021

Application Deadline :

09-Jun-21 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

27 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Over three months from July to September 2021

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

Since 2012 UNDP has been working with Swedish and EU support to generate knowledge and understanding of how to integrate a response to climate change within the budget process in Cambodia, under a partnership between the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance and the regional UNDP programme on Strengthening the Governance of Climate Change Finance (GCCF).

A first Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review was conducted in Cambodia in 2012, with updates to the expenditure review now covering fiscal years 2009-2018. These reviews include public finance from both the Government and external partners. Being able to effectively track climate finance is important for several reasons:

It helps decision-makers to assess if domestic and external climate finance is aligned with national priorities, to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of these expenditures in contributing to economic and social development objectives, and to make the required adjustments in institutional arrangements and public finance management practices;
It demonstrates Cambodia’s capacity to track and manage climate finance, and helps with the mobilization of additional external resources.

Unlike other countries in the region (e.g. Nepal, Indonesia, Bangladesh), Cambodia does not yet have a “Climate Change Marker” in its budget information system, which would allow for systematic tracking of climate change finance. While this is being considered, it is necessary to conduct annual reviews to track the trends in climate finance. The current exercise is conducted to update climate finance data for fiscal year 2020, and also includes a specific component looking at gender mainstreaming practices in climate change programmes.

UNDP is looking for a national expert to support the climate public expenditure review for 2020, which will be led by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF).

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant is expected to take roles and responsibilities as follows:

Work planning and facilitation of the exercise: in coordination with all stakeholders involved and under the guidance of the designated MEF team, the consultant will assess availability and quality of data and support the development of a detailed work plan and approach for the exercise, including allocation of responsibilities and expected outputs from each stakeholder, as well as an inception meeting. The consultant will also assist in liaising with the CCCA team and with the UNDP regional team, particularly on methodological issues;

Mentoring and capacity development: provide on-the-job support to the MEF and CRDB/CDC officials to apply the climate expenditure review methodology to the budgets and expenditures under their supervision;

Review available data and conduct analysis of the current status of gender mainstreaming in climate change programmes. This should include quantitative analysis where possible, as well as one or two case studies of specific climate change programmes or ministries. Based on this analysis, the consultant shall include recommendations to improve gender mainstreaming in climate change budgeting and programming.

Lead in drafting the climate public expenditure review report: the report will include at a minimum analysis of trends for budgets vs expenditure; capital vs recurrent; on-budget vs off-budget expenditure and domestic vs external resources, as well as sector allocation of climate finance and type of instruments (loans, grants). It will also include analysis of best practices and challenges with regard to policy and institutional arrangements, and recommendations for potential improvements. The report will assess alignment of the budgets/expenditures with national and sectoral climate change priorities, and include analysis of the interaction between gender programming and climate change programming. The gender analysis shall include a quantitative analysis of the expenditures that are both gender and climate change relevant (subject to data availability), and a qualitative analysis (short case studies) of gender mainstreaming in two climate change programmes or projects.

Support MEF for the finalization of the report.

Interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=78891 for more detail information about term of references, instructions to offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer through online

Competencies

Strong interpersonal skills, communication and diplomatic skills.
Openness to change and ability to receive and integrate feedback.
Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities.
Excellent speaking and presentation skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in economics, public policy, finance or closely related subjects.

Experience:

Minimum 5 years of experience in public finance, planning and budgeting processes;
Expertise and experience in research on climate change financing in Cambodia;
Experience on analysing gender mainstreaming in development programmes, preferably in sectors relevant to the climate change response;
An experience related to climate public expenditure reviews in Cambodia or in the region would be an advantage;
Familiarity with government planning systems;
Ability to interact with senior government officials;
Ability to work as a team with strong communication skills;

Language Requirement: Fluency in spoken and written English and Khmer required

UNDP reserves right to reject any applications that is incomplete.

Please be informed that we don’t accept application submitted via email.

Interested individual offeror must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

1. Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work

2. Financial proposal

3. Personal CV including experience in similar projects, list of publication written by Candidate and at least 3 references.

Interested Offerors are required to submit application via UNDP jobsite system as the application screening and evaluation will be done through UNDP jobsite system. Please note that UNDP jobsite system allows only one uploading of application document, so please make sure that you merge all your documents into a single file. Your on-line applications submission will be acknowledged where an email address has been provided. If you do not receive an e-mail acknowledgement within 24 hours of submission, your application may not have been received. In such cases, please resubmit the application, if necessary. Please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document.

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