International Job Openings -- UNDP, Africa

(Awid.org)UNDP. Home- or Office-based, Africa region.

Closing date: July 26, 2010.


Description:


Location: Home- or Office- based (to be decided on each specific
assignment/deliverables), Africa Region
Duration of Initial Contract: 250 days between 1 September 2010 and 31
December 2011
Expected Duration of Assignment: 1 year 4 months

The Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) is a three year, $92.1 million project
funded by the Government of Japan and operating in 20 countries across
Africa. It has been designed to support targeted countries' long-term
efforts to further develop their capability to successfully identify, design
and implement holistic adaptation and disaster risk reduction programmes
that are aligned with national development priorities. In this regard AAP is
not a traditional adaptation programme per se - but a strategic initiative,
aimed at creating an environment for more informed and capable adaptation
decisions and practice in each country.

Institutionally, the AAP is a programme under the UNDP Environment and
Energy Group (EEG) in the Bureau for Development Policy (BDP), and is based
out of the Dakar Regional Centre. The EEG has an ongoing partnership
agreement with the UNDP Gender Team/BDP, which is providing technical
support to facilitate strengthening of national capacities for African
countries to integrate gender perspectives in the AAP's national climate
change adaptation programmes to ensure that they address the needs of poor
women and men equitably.

To meet this objective, UNDP is seeking a Technical Expert on Gender and
climate change to primarily provide support to the national governments and
to UNDP Country Offices to mainstream gender in the Africa Adaptation
Programme implementation and monitoring/evaluation. He/She will report to
the Project Manager of the Inter-Regional Technical Support Component, based
out of Dakar Regional Centre, and provide quarterly progress reports to the
Director of the Gender Team, and may count on support from the Team.


Duties and Responsibilities:


The general objective for the work of the gender expert is to mainstream and
coordinate gender related activities in the entire cycle of African
Adaptation Programme (AAP), regionally covering the Francophone countries in
Africa.

Specifically, the expert will carry out the following responsibilities

*        Provide technical support to mainstream gender in the AAP programme
and project implementation process.
*        Contribute to the development of a gender mainstreaming guidance
tool kit for national adaptation projects.
*        Facilitate the participation of women organizations as stakeholders,
to ensure their equal participation in all stages of project planning and
implementation.
*        Identify gaps and opportunities for gender mainstreaming and provide
technical guidance as needed.
*        Design and implement training sessions for UNDP country office staff
and relevant government and civil service officials to build capacities to
support and strengthen effective and efficient national gender and climate
change adaptation initiatives in the region.
*        Develop and facilitate the inclusion of gender indicators to monitor
and report progress made towards national capacity development objectives
and monitor the overall contribution of the AAP to gender equality and
women's empowerment.
*        Undertake research and documentation of gender specific data and
case studies on the role of women in adaptation and on gender specific
impacts of climate change at the local and national levels.
*        Disseminate findings for policy formulation on climate change and
programme scale up at national and global level.
*        Foster active linkages with the gender knowledge networks as part of
the contribution of the Country Office to knowledge sharing.


Deliverables:


*        Technical support to mainstream gender in the AAP programme and
projects implementation process, in at least 5 countries.
*        Tool kit for gender mainstreaming in national adaptation programmes,
issue briefs, concept notes, and other substantive technical material
required to equip development practitioners to mainstream gender in national
adaptation programmes and projects
*        Substantive inputs on AAP project proposals, progress reports, and
other related reports.
*        At least 3 training sessions for UNDP country Office staff in the
region, with the objective to build capacities to mainstream gender
considerations in climate change prograrammes and projects.
*        Gender indicators for monitoring and evaluation of the AAP
*        Documentation and dissemination of gender specific data
*        At least 3 case studies on gender specific impacts of climate change
and on the role of women in climate change adaptation.


Competencies:


*        Knowledge, technical expertise, and analytical skills on issues
related to gender, environment and climate change.
*        Demonstrated training, advocacy and strong verbal and written
communication skills
*        Ability to work in a complex environment requiring liaison and
collaboration with multiple actors
*        Ability to work with a multi-disciplinary team and in a
multi-cultural environment.
*        Proficiency in French; working knowledge of English an asset.


Required Skills and Experience:


The Expert should possess the following knowledge and skills:

*        PhD or Masters in Social Sciences, Environment, economics and or
Gender Studies, or a closely related field.
*        5-10 years of relevant professional experience including at least 3
years of experience in gender and climate change or environment issues in
Africa.
*        Experience in analysis of climate change adaptation strategies is
required
*        Excellent analytical, research, writing and communication skills;
*        Prior experience with United Nations agencies is an advantage, as is
knowledge of UNDP policies, programmes, and procedures.

Travel

*        Experts shall be required to travel for specific tasks and UNDP will
arrange the travel in accordance to UN rules and procedures. This may
include, but is not limited to missions to countries in the Africa region (5
travels are estimated).

Remuneration

*        Please indicate the daily rate for your services. Remuneration for
specific assignments will be established based on the competencies and
skills of the consultant and nature of the task to be assigned.


To Apply:


Please apply online at: Jobs.undp.org

Application Deadline: 26 July 2010