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Water Management and Adaptation Specialist

Encompassing 10 weeks of work throughout the duration of the PPG the Water Managmeent and Adaptation Specialist (referred to as the ‘International Consultant’ or IC) will complete two missions to Comoros complemented by home-based work. The IC is expected to remain in Comoros for 6 weeks of the 10 week contract. The IC will prepare the project document for submission to the GEF, working closely with the National Consultant, under the guidance of the Steering Committee for the project development phase (Government Focal Point, UNDP-Country Office (CO), UNDP-Regional Coordination Unit-Pretoria, UNEP Regional Office) with day-to-day supervision by the Regional Technical Advisor (RTA) for Adaptation (Application Deadline: 23 June 2009).

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Contribution to the preparation of national stakeholder workshops, including the inception workshop, and other activities in the project preparatory phase, in line with the project document requirements.
  • Completion of an inception report and an implementation plan for the project development phase
  • Provision of advice and technical inputs to the project team on the preparation of the comprehensive project proposal, including preparation of ToRs for additional consultancies, as required.
  • Provision of quality control of the outputs of the project preparatory phase to the standard required by UNDP.
  • Preparation of a comprehensive project proposal. 

Qualifications

Education:
  • Masters degree in water management, water engineering, environment, economics, development, or a closely related field.
Experience:
  • A minimum of 5 years relevant work experience.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of climate change adaptation or development.
  • Demonstrated experience in project development, implementation and management.
  • Experience in the policy development process associated with environment and sustainable development an asset.
  • Experience in working and collaborating with governments an asset.
Language requirements:
  • Fluency in both written and spoken English and French.

Application Deadline

23 June 2009

For the complete details, visit http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?job_id=10613.