Antecedentes
Deberes y responsabilidades
- Developing a comprehensive public climate finance database drawing on the CPEIR literature, country national communications and OECD-DAC database and dissemination strategy;
- Organizing a climate responsive budgeting workshop;
- Developing a consultant roster for public financial management specialists, climate finance specialists, local governance experts and other relevant groups of experts;
- Developing briefs that would illustrate and advocate for the work the UNDP APRC Climate Finance Governance Team is doing in a reader friendly and accessible language to stakeholders and the general audience alike.
Developing a comprehensive public climate finance database and dissemination strategy:
The analyst will identify and gather all available public climate finance data sources, compile and present them in formats allowing time and cross country comparisons to the extent possible. He/she will also identify potential users of this data and prepare a mailing list to which the database will be sent regularly as it gets updated. The analyst will liaise with the website maintenance supplier in coordination with the team’s Regional Communications and Programme Analyst to have the database available to the public and published properly online.
Organizing a climate responsive budget workshop:
The consultant will contribute to the preparation of the climate responsive budget workshop. He/she will help the governance of climate change finance cross-practice team identify the participants (governments, donors, UN agencies, CSOs etc.) and liaise with them, prepare the agenda for the workshop in coordination with the designated partners, identify and liaise with the guest speakers and review and comment on the submitted presentations. The analyst will also contribute to the summary/follow up report of the workshop.
The consultant will help build a consultant roster (both national and international consultants) the APRC governance of climate change finance cross-practice team can tap into when it is looking for 1)- Public Financial Management Expertise, 2)- Climate Financial Expertise, 3)- Gender and Climate Change Expertise, 4)- Poverty and Climate Change Expertise, 5)- Local Governance and Climate Change Expertise, 6)- Political Economy Analysis Expertise and 7) Cost Benefit Analysis expertise. This roster will also be shared with country offices when they would like to contract an expert for an assignment relevant to climate change finance.
Developing briefs that would illustrate and advocate the public finance instruments the Climate Finance Governance Team is implementing in a reader friendly and accessible language for concerned stakeholders and general audience alike:
- Climate Change Budget Coding in Nepal;
- Climate Change Mitigation Expenditures Tagging in Indonesia;
- Climate Fiscal Framework in Bangladesh;
- Climate Change Financing Framework in Cambodia;
- Sub-national Climate Change Financing Framework in Cambodia;
- Climate Public and Institutional Expenditures Review in Viet-nam;
- Climate Public and Institutional Expenditures Review in Fiji;
- Climate Public and Institutional Expenditures Review in Vanuatu.
Final Products:
- Comprehensive public climate finance database constructed and published on www.climatefinance-developmenteffectiveness.org web-site;
- Dissemination strategy for public climate finance database developed;
- Climate Responsive Budgeting technical workshop successfully organized including agenda, list of participants identified and summary/follow up report on the workshop;
- Comprehensive consultant roster prepared and shared with country offices;
- At least eight briefs prepared on public finance instruments and framework implemented by the Climate Finance Governance Team.
Contract Duration:
1 July - 31 December 2014
Duty Station:
Bangkok, Thailnad with travel to Asia-Pacific countries.
Provision of Monitoring and Progress Controls:
The consultant will be working as an integral part of the APRC climate finance team and will be working closely with members of the team. The consultant will work under the overall supervision and guidance of APRC’s Governance, Climate Change Finance and Development Effectiveness Advisor, APRC’s Environment Advisor and will be supervised by the APRC Governance and Public Finance Specialist and/or the Climate Finance Specialist. She/he is expected to closely coordinate her/his activities with the International Poverty and Gender Advisor(s).
Documents to be included when submitting proposal:
- Financialproposal:The financial proposal must indicate lump sumprofessionalfeein USD;
- Personal CV and/or P.11including past experience in similar projects and the name and contact details of 3 references.
The award of the contract will be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
- Responsive/compliant/acceptable;
- Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.
Technical Criteria weight; 70%
- Experience related to services: 50 points;
- Expertise & Availability: 50 points.
Financial Criteria weight; 30%
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 350 technical points would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.
Competencias
- Demonstrates commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values;
- Promoting Ethics and Integrity/Creating Organizational Precedents;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Professionalism
- Demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter;
- Is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results;
- Is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns;
- Shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges;
- Remains calm in stressful situations.
- Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals;
- Solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others;
- Places team agenda before personal agenda;
- Supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position;
- Shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.
- Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies;
- Identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required;
- Allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work;
- Foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning;
- Monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary;
- Uses time efficiently.
- Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients ” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view;
- Establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect;
- Identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions;
- Monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems;
- Keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects;
- Meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client Works towards creating an enabling environment for a smooth relationship between the clients and service provider.
- Speaks and writes clearly and effectively;
- Listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately;
- Asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication;
- Tailors language, tone, style and format to match the audience;
- Demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
- Makes the case for innovative ideas documenting successes and building them into the design of new approaches;
- Identifies new approaches and strategies that promote the use of tools and mechanisms;
- Develops and/or participates in the development of tools and mechanisms, including identifying new approaches to promote individual and organizational learning and knowledge sharing using formal and informal methodologies.
- Understands more advanced aspects of primary area of specialization as well as the fundamental concepts of related disciplines;
- Serves as internal consultant in the area of expertise and shares knowledge with staff;
- Continues to seeks new and improved methods and systems for accomplishing the work of the unit;
- Keeps abreast of new developments in area of professional discipline and job knowledge and seeks to develop him/herself professionally;
- Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments.
Habilidades y experiencia requeridas
- Master’s in Economics, Public Finance or other closely related fields with strong quantitative content.
- At least 2 years of progressive experience in support country process of governance reform including public financial management and institutional reform;
- Proven experience in providing advice on public finance / institutional reform to senior policy makers and practitioners in governments of developing countries a must, and experience in Asia and Pacific
- Knowledge of climate change economics and climate change finance is an advantage;
- Work experience with civil society, media and parliament in promoting transparency and accountability for government policy and programming is an advantage;
- Experience working in the international organization or UN family is an advantage;
- Full computer literacy in internet searching and Microsoft Office programmes i.e. MS-Word, MS-Excel and MS-Power Point. Website management experience is an asset.
- Proficiency in English with advanced command of speaking and writing;
- Fluency in other languages spoken in the region is an asset.
Remark:
Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.