Project Concept Design Consultant-Tuvalu at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Task 

• Develop the project Problem statement, Theory of Change and intervention strategy
• Undertake one mission to Tuvalu, as required and organize consultations with key stakeholders in Tuvalu and collect all information needed for the development of the concept note;
• Undertake a problem and solution tree analysis, and develop the project problem statement that aligns with this (including baseline drivers of vulnerability, root causes and barriers to proposed solutions). Ensure that the climate and non-climate drivers and their interactions are fully integrated, and consider the multiple plausible systems futures;
• Develop the project Theory of Change and intervention strategy. Ensure that the project strategy responds directly to the adaptation challenges identified in the problem statement, accurately reflects the needs and capacities of targeted communities, and prioritizes interventions in target islands.
• Draft and prepare the concept note for submission to Adaptation Fund Board
• Develop the description of project adaptation alternative (components, outcomes and outputs). Develop outcome statements that capture the project’s specific focus on reducing vulnerability to climate change. Define project output statements as tangible and measurable deliverables;
• Coordinate and confirm the selection of the project sites, articulate the rationale for their selection and develop a detailed map of the sites;
• Undertake community-level consultations to explore and test the proposed project intervention strategy and to ensure the proposed adaptation options are appropriate and robust across different futures

Qualifications/special skills

• A Master’s degree or higher in an environmental science, climate change, economics, development studies, development policy or a closely related field.
• A minimum of 10 years’ relevant work experience at the international level in relation to climate change adaptation planning, policy and project development, and integration of climate change into national development processes and sector policies and strategies is required.
• At least two previous similar assignments related to preparing successful project proposal on climate change adaptation for multilateral funds (e.g. GCF, GEF, AF) that are successfully approved is required.
• Demonstrated previous experience in leading and facilitating high-level multi-stakeholder consultative processes to elaborate project proposals is desired.
• Demonstrated previous experience in leading programmes and projects related to ecosystem-based adaptation, climate change/natural resource management, and/or monitoring and reporting of environment, climate and/or development policies and plans is required.
• Skills and experience to facilitate internet-based virtual meetings and stakeholder consultation processes is required.