UNEP-GEF-8 BD-LD Expert at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Published date: August 17, 2023
- Category: Administrative & Office
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- Location: Nairobi, Nairobi
- Jop type:
- Salary: Ksh Not mentioned
- Company name: Jobs in Kenya
Job Description
Specific tasks and responsibilities
For Three GEF-8 Projects, And In Consultation With UNEP, The Lead GEF Consultant, The Lead National Ministry And Key Stakeholders Should Undertake The Following Tasks
- Design, together with the lead GEF consultant, the project pilots to ensure they are nature-positive and have concrete GEBs in accordance with GEF indicators and project concept hectare targets. This includes:
Stage A
- Identifying the pilot baseline, key stakeholders, location, etc;
- Preparing a maximum one-page summary on the pilot proposal;
- Revising the output text as required;
- Identifying deliverables;
- Estimating the GEBs in hectares and CO2e from land;
- Identifying the required execution arrangements for the pilot;
- Estimating the required budget;
- Identifying 1-3 risks to pilot execution;
Stage B
- Drafting 2-3 paragraphs for each relevant output narrative;
- Providing detailed deliverable descriptions (i.e. one paragraph per deliverable);
- Identifying the required budget and procurement of goods and services;
- Advising on the relevance of potential pilot co-financing;
- Writing short (half to one-page) terms of reference for the required procurement (a template will be provided);
- Ensuring that the outputs and deliverables are validated by UNEP, the GEF Consultant, the national ministry, and other key national stakeholders.
- Provide inputs to ensure all project outputs are nature-positive and, where relevant and possible, have BD/LD GEBs. This includes:
Stage A
- Identifying relevant elements of the project baseline (including national and international requirements and efforts on nature-positivity)
- Providing input to the problem tree;
- Providing, for the project’s upstream component(s)
- Input to outputs to ensure they are nature-positive
- Suggestions for deliverables to ensure they are nature-positive
- Input to the development of component core and outcome indicators, including identification, where possible, of GEBs in hectares and CO2e from land.
- Input on key stakeholders, including for participation in project execution and its steering committee
- Input on risks to execution
Stage B
- Providing, for the project’s downstream component(s), excluding the project pilots (which are covered in a) above):
- A review of outputs, deliverables and indicators with suggestions on how to ensure their nature-positivity and ensure they are not nature-negative.
- Participate virtually in relevant stakeholder consultations, include one virtual validation workshop per project.
- Provide responses and revisions to the design as required to respond to UNEP, GEF Consultant, Government and GEF reviews.
Qualifications/special Skills
- Advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: environmental studies, environment, economics, development, engineering or a related discipline is required;
- A first level degree with additional two (2) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree;
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in developing projects related to biodiversity or land degradation is required;
- Experience in working with national governments of Latin America and the Caribbean is required
- Experience working with GEF, GCF, or UNEP projects is desirable;
- Experience in working with or for multilateral or bilateral funding entities in the field of climate change, environment or development is desirable.
Languages
- English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consultancy, fluency in oral and written English is required.
Method of Application
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