Background

The Governance for Resilient Development in the Pacific (Governance for Resilience) project works with Pacific governments to ensure that countries adapt their decision making and governance systems towards more resilient development. The projects theory of change rests on a core assumption that Pacific Island people will be more resilient to the impacts of climate change and disasters if countries manage all development through a risk informed approach. This is consistent with the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific which calls for the ‘mainstreaming’ of climate and disaster risk treating risk management as fundamental to all development decisions.

The Risk Informed Development (RID) Specialist will directly contribute to the achievement of overall outcomes and outputs of the project through mainstreaming CCDRM as an integral part of all project activities. The Specialist will be responsible for assisting stakeholders from national and sub-national levels, working in government, the private sector and with CSOs to integrate climate change and disaster risk into strategic planning, budgeting and decision-making processes. This will include providing technical assistance and guidance to delivery, assessments, planning and monitoring and evaluation of activities, and upskilling of both internal and external stakeholders.

A detailed Terms of Reference can be obtained from UNDP Pacific Website

https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=70439

Duties and Responsibilities

The overall responsibilities of the assignment are to: 

 

Design country implementation strategy for pilot countries and commence implementation

  • Identify project entry points for risk informing planning and budgeting, particularly partnering with Ministries of Finance and Ministries of National Planning in pilot countries

  • Provide high-level technical assistance and advice to national counterparts and their institutions on risk informing development in relation to strategic planning, legal and regulatory frameworks, planning and budgeting, sub-national planning, public financial management and sectoral activities to support realisation of risk informed development

  • Identify opportunities and provide support to subnational planning ministries and associated local government financing opportunities

  • Analyse and conduct research on Solomon Islands climate and development financing and provide strategic guidance on the preparation of project annual work plan, annual report and other documents of the project

Support mainstreaming of CCDRM into project demonstration projects

  • Support and coordinate with national counterparts to integrate risk (including CCDRM and gender and social inclusion) into infrastructure projects

  • Support CCDRM experts to monitor and analyse demonstration projects to ensure they are achieving outputs from a GESI perspective

  • Identify any capacity development needs with regard to GESI staff and design and facilitate capacity development initiatives to mainstream GESI in conjunction with CCDRM activities.

Undertake regional research and analysis on risk informed development and climate finance effectiveness

Competencies

  • At least 7 years’ experience in the management and implementation of climate change disaster risk management; adaptation to climate change; and national and community development

  • Familiarity with development planning particularly National Sustainable Development planning processes and linkages with sectoral and sub-national planning;

  • Experience in integrating cross-cutting issues into development planning and budgetary processes;

  • Technical expertise, knowledge and programming skills relating to climate change and disaster risk management, including vulnerability analysis and assessment tools, and mainstreaming climate change and disaster risk management into national development plans, policies and budgetary processes;

  • Excellent writing and drafting skills and experience of providing policy advice at the international, regional or national level;

  • Knowledge of the Pacific region; and

  • Fluency in English (written and oral) is essential.

Functional Competencies

  • Excellent communication and advocacy skills

  • Proven ability to conceptualise, develop, plan and manage human rights interventions as well as transfer knowledge and skills

  • Experienced in delivering training and other needed capacity/ institutional building support to a wide range of stakeholders

  • Ability to coach, mentor, motivate and develop staff and encourage good performance

  • Promotes sharing of knowledge and experience, and actively works towards continued learning and development

  • Good interpersonal skills with experience of networking with partners at all levels

  • Good understanding of national and international human rights mechanisms, and excellent inter-personal skills

  • Ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor work of others, ability to make timely decisions

Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, and age sensitivity and adaptability and capacity to work effectively in a multicultural environment.

Required Skills and Experience

Minimum Mastersdegree in social sciences, community development or discipline relevant to environmental management and/or climate change

Offerors must send the following documents:
 

  • CV including names/contacts of at least 3 referees;

  • A cover letter indicating why the candidate considers himself/herself suitable for the required consultancy;

  • Completed template for confirmation of Interest and Submission of Financial Proposal.

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