Closing date: Monday, 21 September 2015
Zanzibar Climate Change Action Plan
Location :
Zanzibar, TANZANIA
Application Deadline :
21-Sep-15
Additional Category
Environment and Energy
Type of Contract :
Individual Contract
Post Level :
International Consultant
Languages Required :
English
Duration of Initial Contract :
45 man days distributed within 3 months
Expected Duration of Assignment :
45 man days distributed within 3 months
Background
Climate change has become a defining issue in this era due to its impacts on key economic sectors. It is a serious threat to both achieving the sustainable development and the attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Zanzibar's economy is very dependent on the climate and a large proportion of GDP/ Employment and livelihoods are associated with climate sensitive activities (coastal, agriculture and tourism). The climate of Zanzibar is changing, and recent decades have seen rising temperatures, increased rainfall variability, higher wind speeds and high-tide levels, and an increase in extreme events (climate variability). The latter have led to droughts and floods which have had major economic costs, in terms of GDP, and these events appear to be intensifying.
In order to address the problem of climate change, the Government of Zanzibar through the support from United Nations Development Program (UNDP) under the United Nations Development Assistance Program (UNDAP) is implementing a project entitled "Strengthening Environment and Climate Change Governance for Zanzibar." The aim of this project is to support the Zanzibar Government in strengthening climate change governance through capacity development and mainstreaming of adaptation actions in development plans. The project further aims to strengthen the foundation for Zanzibar Government in addressing climate change challenges. Among the milestone of the project is the Zanzibar Climate Change Strategy that has been recently launched. The Strategy aims at providing framework for addressing vulnerability, impacts and adaptation, for both current climate variability and future climate change impacts, and to consider the potential opportunities for low carbon development, aligned with current and future Government development policies.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepare an inception report during the first week after signing the contract outlining the proposed layout of the Zanzibar Climate Change Action Plan and pilot Local Adaptation Action Plan (LAPA), methodology and approach including the time frame and present it at an inception workshop to incorporate further stakeholders' comments in the proposed methodology/approach of the consultancy work;
- Conduct vulnerability assessment and review all prioritized sectors outlined in the Zanzibar Climate Change Strategy by considering ongoing and planned initiatives;
- Build capacity to relevant/selected staff of the Zanzibar Government on development of action plans;
- Consult public sectors, non-state actors, and a selected sample of the general public;
- Make a stakeholder analysis and consult the targeted stakeholders through field visits, structured meetings and workshops where necessary;
- Develop a costed climate change action plan;
- Develop monitoring plan for the prioritized actions.
Competencies
- Ability to work under minimum supervision to meet short deadlines;
- Commitment and drive to achieve challenging goals, and problem solving attitude;
- A team player with strong inter-personal skills and the ability to deal with multiple teams located in multiple institutions;
- Ability to identify client needs and deliver them promptly and accurately;
- Excellent research, communication and writing skills.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Experience:
- At least 10 years of experience in climate change ,environmental, natural resources economics, management and planning and other related activities;
- Demonstrable experience in public sectors;
- Demonstrable experience in participatory budgeting on environment, climate change, natural resources and social issues;
- Experience of working with government agencies, non-state actors, communities and other stakeholders;
- A sound understanding of national, regional and international climate change financing arrangements, modalities and challenges;
- A sound understanding and experience with small island country systems, including policy, budgeting, public financial; management, donor coordination and how these processes interact with climate change arrangements at the national level;
- A good understanding of the various climate change challenges facing Small Island Countries including their ability to prioritize, mainstream, and access resources to address these;
- Broader understanding and demonstrate ability in development of policy measures and implementation plans on climate change issues;
- Substantial knowledge of global and national climate change issues, including;
- Good organizational skills, with strong experience in organizing and facilitating meetings, workshops and writing reports;
- Ability to work in close coordination with government;
- Excellent analytical skills, including experience synthesizing clear, actionable insights from a large volume of documents
- Superior writing and communication skills;
- Knowledge of global developmental, socio-economic/political and environmental issues, as well as Tanzanian specific context, will be added advantage.
Language:
- Fluency in English;
- Understanding of Swahili will be an added value.
How to Submit Proposals:
- Proposals should be submitted to icprocurement.tz@undp.org e-mail address not later than Friday, 18 September 2015 at 13:00 Hours (Local Time);
- Applications with no financial offer or missing P11 form and CV or the required documents for the technical evaluation will not be considered for evaluation;
- All necessary information for this post (TOR, Deliverables, Target dates, etc. are presented in the ICPN) therefore applicant must download it from the website as mentioned above;
- Do not send CV only to the Email account mentioned above without Cover Letter and Methodology (if requested) as it will be considered as incomplete application;
- The documents are available in PDF and MS Word (the TOR, ICPN, IC Conditions and P11) download them from the following link: http://procurementnotices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=25290 this is the only format available and it will not be provided in other formats;
- Each email should be less than 8MB; emails over this size will not be received to the above mentioned account
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.
