Green Climate Fund Programme Advisory Consultant at United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

 Technical and Institutional Support

• Provide technical support to the Project Management Unit, Gender Expert, Executing Entity and Technical Partners, as necessary, for project implementation.
• Work with UNEP colleagues, consultants and technical partners, as relevant, to develop new GCF CIEWS project/programme proposals; coordinate inputs from all contributors to prepare the full set of Annexes as part of the funding proposal package for submission to the GCF or other potential funding sources.
• Participate in meetings with stakeholders and technical partners to obtain their inputs to inform GCF project/programme design and implementation.
• Refine GCF project/programme documentation and draft responses to address feedback from internal and external partners.

Implementation and Outreach

• Participate in GCF project/programme workshops.
• Document good practices and lessons learned in the implementation of the UNEP-GCF Timor-Leste project; apply experiences from Timor-Leste to climate information and early warning systems (CIEWS) projects/programmes in other countries.
• Contribute to and support the preparation of communications products and materials (e.g., briefing notes, presentations, brochures) to inform on project results and achievements; facilitate knowledge sharing on CIEWS.
• Participate in field missions as needed to support stakeholder engagement, data collection, monitoring and oversight.

Monitoring and reporting

• Provide monitoring and oversight support to the UNEP-GCF Timor-Leste project.
• Document good practices and lessons learned in the implementation of the UNEP-GCF Timor-Leste project; apply experiences from Timor-Leste to climate information and early warning systems (CIEWS) projects/programmes in other countries.
• Assist in developing the workplan to respond to country requests for GCF project/programme development.

Monitoring and reporting

• Research and analyze relevant documents/communications/reports to determine country baselines on climate-related hazards, trends, vulnerabilities, impacts and capacities.
• Ensure that all project/programme interventions are robustly designed to meet GCF investment criteria.

Education

• A Master’s Degree in natural science, environmental science, climate change, or a related field.
• A Bachelor’s university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Experience

• A minimum of least two (2) years of relevant experience, related to environment, climate change and/or sustainable development is required;
• At least one (1) year of professional experience related to climate services and early warning systems;
• Experience in the design of projects to be financed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is highly desirable;
• Experience in the in working with Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Asia and the Pacific is desirable;
• Experience in technical research in support of the formulation of projects/programmes/proposals for climate services and early warning systems is an asset;
• Experience in engaging with a range of stakeholders and/or officials such as government agencies, funding agencies, technical partners scientists, and the ability to communicate findings to high-level and mid-senior level management.