UNDP Jobs - 78424- Re-Advertisement of National Rural Renewable Energ

Re-Advertisement of National Rural Renewable Energy Expert (Myanmar National Only)

Location :

Home-based, with domestic travels to project areas as required, MYANMAR

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

03-May-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

55 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

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

Myanmar has embarked on a major transition towards democracy, market-style economy and peace. Myanmar has low middle-income status (LMIC) and is committed to lifting itself out of Least Developed Country (LDC) status within the next seven years. Following the implementation of the first-ever UNDP Country Programme during 2013-2017 and as a key development partner of the government of Myanmar, UNDP will implement a new UNDP Country Programme for the period 2018-2022, striving to deliver on a large and relevant programme portfolio that is responsive to the main development challenges facing the country.

The UNDP Myanmar Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Team anchors UNDP’s programme portfolio in these areas of sustainable and inclusive growth issues (including economic growth, environment, climate change and disaster risk reduction) and provides thought leadership on cross-cutting development issues in Myanmar, and globally, to ensure that UNDP’s mandate of convening development partners in support of the national development agenda, informed by a commitment to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, is amplified by internal knowledge, research, and stand-out policy advice.

Given the importance of energy sector for the poverty reduction and sustainable and inclusive growth in Myanmar, UNDP developed a project concept (PIF) “Myanmar Rural Renewable Energy Development Programme” in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation and in consultations with the relevant line ministries/departments. The PIF was submitted to Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and was approved by GEF Secretariat.

A Project Preparation Grant (PPG) has been obtained to carry out necessary analyses and prepare a full-fledged project proposal. In order to ensure the results of the project preparation work, UNDP is seeking a National Project Development Coordinator to work as the GEF PPG Team Member to produce a project document along with a set of relevant evidence-based analysis for submission to the GEF. The approved PIF is attached to build on and develop a fully formulated project proposal. The proposed project aims to contribute to the following outcome areas;

1. Effective implementation of supportive policies for enhanced renewable energy utilization in rural productive uses;

2. Strengthened market demand for affordable renewable energy technologies for rural livelihoods application;

3. Increased investments in rural renewable energy for productive uses and enterprise development.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Chief of Unit (Sustainable and Inclusive Growth) and GEF PPG Team Leader, the National Rural Renewable Energy Expert will be responsible for providing inputs in relation to Myanmar’s energy sector development, rural renewable energy issues and Myanmar energy financing context.

UNDP Myanmar will lead the project development process and manage the GEF PPG budget in full consultation with the UNDP-GEF Technical Adviser. The GEF project preparation team will be composed of the following:

International Specialist for Project Development (Team Leader)
International Specialist in Renewable Energy Financing (and using the DREI approach)
National Specialist in Rural Renewable Energy (Technology)
National Specialist in Rural Development
National Specialist in Gender Analysis and Social Safeguards
National Project Development Coordinator/Translator

In executing necessary preparation of the full-fledged project proposal, the National Rural Renewable Energy Expert will carry out the following tasks;

Preparatory Technical Studies and Reviews (Component A): Prepare inputs and support the required analyses/studies, as agreed with the PPG Team Leader, including:
- Prepare inputs for the baseline/situational analysis for the full-size project (FSP). This will include a precise definition of baseline projects, activities, budgets, goals related to Myanmar’s rural renewable energy context and co-financial links to GEF outcomes; definition of GEF incremental value per outcome and output; and presentation of results of the incremental cost-analysis in matrices;
- Support the stakeholder analysis and consultations from the perspective of Myanmar’s rural renewable energy context and ensure that they are complete and comprehensive;
- Support the preparation of the gender analysis from the perspective of Myanmar’s rural renewable energy context;
- Support the action points, including risk assessments, from the UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Procedure (SESP) from the perspective of Myanmar’s rural renewable energy context at the PIF stage (“pre-screening”) are fully implemented during the PPG, and support the iterations of that screening in an iterative fashion throughout the PPG, as appropriate;
- Support the identification of the project sites, with documentation of selection criteria;
- Support the completion of any additional studies that are determined to be needed for the preparation of the ProDoc and all other final outputs.
Formulation of the ProDoc, CEO Endorsement Request and Mandatory and Project Specific Annexes (Component B): Prepare inputs and support the development of final PPG deliverables, as agreed with the PPG Team Leader.
Validation Workshop (Component C):
- Contribute to the validation workshop; and
- Support all necessary revisions that arise during the workshop, as appropriate.
Final Deliverables:
- Consolidation of all technical and consultation inputs including from national stakeholders, UNDP, GEF Secretariat, STAP and GEF Council, into a well written and concise UNDP ProDoc with all required sections and Annexes, in line with the standard UNDP-GEF ProDoc template and annotated guidance;
- Completion of the GEF CEO Endorsement Request;
- All documentation from GEF PPG (including technical reports, etc.); and
- Validation Workshop Report.

Please see more detail as following the link: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=45703

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
Promotes the vision, mission and strategic goals of UNDP.

Technical competencies:

Ability to provide guidance on implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS), including design and implementation of ABS and traditional knowledge policy and bioprospecting projects;
Knowledge of environmental issues, NRM concepts, principles, and policies and ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations;
Ability to work with multiple stakeholders across a wide range of disciplines.

Functional competencies:

Development and Operational Effectiveness:
Ability to contribute to strategic planning, change processes, results-based management and reporting;
Ability to lead formulation, oversight of implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects;
Ability to apply development theory to the specific country context to identify creative, practical approaches to overcome challenging situations.

Knowledge Management and Learning:

Demonstrates practical knowledge of inter-disciplinary development issues;
Seeks and applies knowledge, information, and best practices from within and outside of UNDP.

Client Orientation:

Maintains relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Proven networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills.

Professionalism:

Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills;
Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure;
Excellent reporting skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications/Education:

Master’s degree or higher in a relevant field, such as engineering, natural resources management, environment, finance;

Experience:

Minimum 5 years of demonstrable experience in the technical area of renewable energy;
Knowledge of GEF, UNDP policies, procedures and practices and working experience with international organizations or GEF funded projects is an asset;

Demonstrable experience in preparing high-quality UNDP and GEF project documents is an asset;
Demonstrated strategic technical and intellectual skills in the substantive area;
Demonstrated entrepreneurial abilities and ability to work in an independent manner;
Proven ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams.
Strong interpersonal and written and oral communication skills
Computer proficiency, especially related to professional office software packages (Microsoft Office)

Language skills:

Fluency in written and spoken English and Myanmar language;