Organisation: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.
Job Summary: The consultant will provide technical assistance to MoWE and WASH stakeholders in the development of the NAP for WASH.
The NAP will serve as a strategic plan for adaptation for the country, in addition to several other uses. It will provide a summary of the assessment of impacts, vulnerability, and risk, in a structured way to facilitate regular update to the assessments as new and additional information is collected. It will also include a summary of costed adaptation priorities, results framework, Monitoring and Evaluation framework using multiple lenses (such as climate hazards, sectors, administrative levels, and scale), the criteria for ranking the priorities, and essential adaptation polices, projects and programmes for implementation.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Consultant will support the WASH sector in developing the NAP by performing the following tasks.
- Desk review, methodology, National Adaption Plan outline and detailed inception report with workplan.
- Prepare an inception report summarizing the objectives, scope, and outputs of the assignment, illustrate the relevant organization(s) and methodology for achievement of the outputs, including a workplan.
- Develop the outline of the table of contents of the National Adaptation Plan.
- Compile a stakeholder mapping and stakeholders’ engagement.
- Prepare a power point presentation in English language, which shall be presented to the Steering Committee and technical Review Committee for approval.
- Organize the launching of the NAP process.
- Formulation of National Adaption Plan Content.
- Prepare a summary of the assessment of impacts, vulnerability and risk at different levels and scale, and according to key climate hazards. (Current and projected)
- Organize engagement meetings with key stakeholders and finalize vulnerability, exposure and climate WASH capacity profile for the country.
- Organize engagement meetings with key stakeholders and finalize assessment of impacts of climate change, climate risk WASH profile for the country.
- Organize engagement meetings and finalize climate change adaptation priorities and WASH considering key climate hazards,
- Organize engagement meetings with key stakeholders and compile results framework for and costed climate change adaptation activities and M&E framework.
- Identify opportunities for integrating climate change adaptation into national and national and subnational development planning.
- Compilation of the National Adaptation Plan and Launch of NAP
- Prepare draft NAP report.
- Present draft NAP report to technical review committee
- Present of the inception report to steering committee
- Organize the launch of NAP including presentation of NAP.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold an advanced university degree (master’s degree) in natural resources/environmental sciences, economics, Climate science, development studies or a related discipline is required.
- Experience: At least 12 years of proven working experience in developing and supporting adaptation planning and technical aspects of vulnerability and climate risk assessment in developing countries.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, especially in communicating with technical experts.
- Experience working with government institutions, as well as, civil society/private organizations, indigenous peoples, ethnic minority groups and consultants.
- Experience with project development and results-based management methodologies is highly desired.
- Excellent analytical, writing, advocacy, presentation, and communications skills are required.
- Language: Fluency in English (both oral and written) is required.
The consultant must have proven expertise in executing similar assignments.
The consultant is advised to enhance his capacity by identify and during the execution of the tasks seek support in areas with minimal expertise.
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UNICEF competencies: (1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others (8) Nurtures, leads and manages people.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants who wish to join United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) should apply online at the link below
Deadline: 13th March 2024