Regional Technical Advisor – Climate Change Adaptation – IPSA 11
Regional Technical Advisor – Climate Change Adaptation – IPSA 11
Regional Technical Advisor – Climate Change Adaptation – IPSA 11
Location :
Amman, JORDAN
Application Deadline :
02-Sep-22
(Midnight New York, USA)
Time left :
14d 0h 41m
Type of Contract :
IPSA (Regular)
Post Level :
IPSA-11
Languages Required :
English
Duration of Initial Contract :
12 months (renewable) **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.**
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Office/Unit/Project Description
UNDP’s 2018-2021 Strategic Plan emphasizes the critical links between environmental sustainability, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and broader efforts to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement. As part of the Global Policy Network in the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP’s Nature, Climate Change, and Energy (NCE) Team promotes and scales up integrated whole-of-governance approaches and nature-based solutions that reduce poverty and inequalities, strengthen livelihoods and inclusive growth, mitigate conflict, forced migration and displacement, and promote more resilient governance systems that advance linked peace and security agendas. The NCE Team works with governments, civil society, and private sector partners to integrate natural capital, environment and climate concerns into national and sector planning and inclusive growth policies; support country obligations under Multilateral Environmental Agreements; and implement the UN’s largest portfolio of in-country programming on environment, climate change, and energy. This multi-billion-dollar portfolio encompasses: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services including forests; Sustainable Land Management and Desertification including food and commodity systems; Water and Ocean Governance including SIDS; Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation; Renewable and Modern Energy; Extractive Industries; Chemicals and Waste Management; Environmental Governance and Green/Circular Economy and SCP approaches. This work advances crosscutting themes on innovative finance, digital transformation, capacity development, human rights, gender equality, health, technology, and South-South learning. UNDP's Nature, Climate and Energy practice spans 137 countries, with a portfolio directly benefiting 86 million people. Our support to Governments focusses on enabling an inclusive, resilient, green recovery by: building competency to accelerate access to sustainable energy and climate and nature-positive policies and finance; scaling capacity to ensure No One is Left Behind; catalyzing SDG and Paris-aligned investments (public and private); delivering client-focused solutions that respond to countries' immediate, mid- and long-term recovery and socio-economic development priorities; and leveraging our on-the-ground presence and networks to unlock bottom-up solutions that deliver lasting impacts at country level. In addition to UNDP’s bilateral partnerships on nature climate and energy, UNDP is an accredited multilateral implementing agency of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Multilateral Fund (MLF), and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) which includes the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund (GEF Trust Fund); the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund (NPIF); the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF); and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF). As part of UNDP’s partnership with these vertical funds, UNDP provides countries specialized integrated technical services for eligibility assessment, programme formulation, capacity development, policy advice, technical assistance, training and technology transfer, mobilization of co-financing, implementation oversight, results management and evaluation, performance-based payments and knowledge management services. Climate change could drive an additional 100 million people into poverty by 2030. Countries have increasingly included adaptation priorities in their NDCs pointing to issues of water and food security, safeguarding economic assets from extreme climate events and disasters, and protection and regeneration of natural capital. This is particularly important in the Arab region, the world’s most water scarce and food import dependent region and where temperatures are rising faster than the world average. The region is seeing more frequent and severe droughts and climate induced disasters, converging with situations of fragility, conflict and displacement. The Regional Technical Advisor (RTA) works under the overall supervision of the Principal Technical Advisor of Climate Change Adaptation as primary supervisor and the Regional Team Leader for Nature, Climate and Energy as secondary supervisor, and works in close collaboration with other regional technical advisors at both global and regional levels. The Regional Technical Advisor will be part of the NCETeam and the Regional Hub for Arab States supporting country offices in the region and is expected to travel frequently.
Institutional Arrangement
* The Regional Technical Advisor – Climate Change Adaptation will report to the CCA PTA under BPPS/ NCE, based in New York and the Regional Team Leader for Nature, Climate and Energy at UNDP’s Regional Hub for Arab States in Amman;
* The Regional Technical Advisor – Climate Change Adaptation will be given access to relevant information necessary for the execution of the tasks under this assignment;
* The Regional Technical Advisor – Climate Change Adaptation will be responsible for providing her/his own work equipment (i.e. laptop, internet, phone, scanner/printer, etc.);
Scope of Work
The Regional Technical Advisor will provide second level oversight, quality assurance and compliance with fund/donor requirements for NCE programming initiatives during the design phase and implementation phase and ensure portfolio wide risk-based oversight of the NCE portfolio, for the related technical area, within the Arab region. The Regional Technical Advisor is primarily responsible for providing technical, policy, and programming implementation support and oversight, and knowledge and capacity development services pertaining to the work of the NCE Team signature programmes to UNDP country offices, working with other UN agencies, governments and inter-governmental organizations, NGO’s, donors, the private sector and many others. Specific results are expected in the areas of:
Innovation, Strategic Leadership, Policy Dialogue and Advocacy
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