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Consultant to Support Implementation of UNDP’s Social and Environmental Standards in the Environmental Vertical Funds Portfolio in Asia-Pacific (Safeguard Technical Consultant) | |
Location : | Bangkok, THAILAND |
Application Deadline : | 22-Jan-20 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Additional Category : | Climate & Disaster Resilience |
Type of Contract : | Individual Contract |
Post Level : | International Consultant |
Languages Required : | English |
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) | 01-Feb-2020 |
Duration of Initial Contract : | 1 year |
Expected Duration of Assignment : | 2022 |
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 |
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UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan. Within the GPN, the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. BPPS’s staff provides technical advice to Country Offices; advocates for UNDP corporate messages, represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora including public-private dialogues, government and civil society dialogues, and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas. BPPS works closely with UNDP’s Crisis Bureau (CB) to support emergency and crisis response. BPPS ensures that issues of risk are fully integrated into UNDP’s development programmes. BPPS assists UNDP and partners to achieve higher quality development results through an integrated approach that links results-based management and performance monitoring with more effective and new ways of working. BPPS supports UNDP and partners to be more innovative, knowledge and data driven including in its programme support efforts. As the UN system's development program, a GEF Implementing Agency and an Accredited Entity to the Adaptation Fund and the Green Climate Fund (GCF), UNDP also supports countries in addressing development, climate, and ecosystem sustainability in an integrated manner. UNDP-Global Environmental Finance (GEF) Unit is based in UNDP’s Bureau of Policy and Programme Support and is responsible for providing leadership and technical support to, among other areas, delivery of the Environment and Sustainable Development pillar of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. Its main focus is on helping countries develop the capacity to fully incorporate environmental sustainability and resilience into development at national and local, but also global and regional levels. The principal areas of work are in environmental mainstreaming, environmental finance, adaptation to climate change, and local governance of resources, including energy. The UNDP-GEF team within the BPPS offers UNDP Country Offices and client countries a range of highly specialized technical services. The Social and Environmental Standards (SES) underpin UNDP’s support sustainable development. The objectives of the standards are to:
A key mechanism to ensure these standards are applied is through UNDP’s project-level Social and Environmental Screening Procedure (SESP), which is a requirement for all proposed projects. The objectives of the SESP are to: (a) integrate the SES Overarching Principles (human rights, gender equality and environmental sustainability); (b) identify potential social and environmental risks and their significance; (c) determine the Project's SES risk category (Low, Moderate, High); and (d) determine the level of assessment and management required to address potential social and environmental risks and impacts. All guidance on UNDPs Social and Environmental Safeguards can be found in the SES Toolkit. The Social and Environmental Safeguards consultant will support UNDP staff in Country Offices in the Asia-Pacific region, and UNDP staff in the Bangkok Regional Hub who manage the Asia-Pacific regional portfolio of the Global Environmental Finance Unit. The consultant will provide oversight of the implementation of SES requirements (e.g. Environmental and Social Management Plans) of active projects in this portfolio. The consultant would also be responsible for building capacity in safeguards at the project- and Country Office-levels. The Social and Environmental Safeguards consultant will report to the Management Advisor, Asia-Pacific Regional Hub, and the Results and Evaluation Senior Advisor in the BPPS/GEF Directorate.
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Duties and Responsibilities |
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1. Safeguards technical oversight to Vertical Fund projects under implementation
2. Safeguards technical training for UNDP Country Offices and Implementing Partners
3. Contribute to the development of UNDP guidelines, tools, and other knowledge management materials related to social and environmental safeguards to build safeguards capacity in UNDP
Information on Working Arrangements:
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Functional: Communications
Professionalism
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Documentation to be submitted:
UNDP Personal History form (P11) required of all applicants: http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/corporate/Careers/P11_Personal_history_form.doc. General Conditions of Contract for the ICs: Offeror´s letter to UNDP confirming interest and availability for the Individual Contractor (IC) assignment can be referred from the procurement notices: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=62316 |
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