African Development Bank Group Climate Change & Green Growth Consultant - RDGS (EOI) Jobs in Nigeria

African Development Bank Group Climate Change & Green Growth Consultant - RDGS (EOI) Jobs in Nigeria

Context

The Climate Change and Growth Department at the African Development Bank is responsible for implementing the recently approved Climate Change Strategy (2021 - 2030) across all the operational sectors.

The vision of the Strategy is to be instrumental in the realization of a climate-resilient, low-carbon, green, inclusive, integrated, and prosperous Africa, strongly positioned to meet the challenges posed and harness the opportunities offered by climate change and green growth, and justly transformed for the benefit of all Africans.

The Objectives are:

To give effect to the Bank’s Climate Change and Green Growth Policy through the Bank’s operations and in everyday practice.

To mainstream and operationalize climate change and green growth in all the Bank’s complexes, departments, programs, projects, and activities.

To guide the Bank to achieve strong and visible progress towards aligning new operations with the first three building blocks of the MDB Paris Alignment Framework by the end of 2023, with 100% alignment with the remaining three building blocks by December 2025.

To facilitate the achievement and reporting of clear and measurable results from the implementation of the Bank’s Climate Change and Green Growth Policy

Assignments

The Climate Change and Green Growth Department seeks the services of an individual consultant (preferably local) to support the mainstreaming of climate change and green growth considerations in the strategies, plans, programmes and projects developed and implemented by the Southern African Regional Directorate.

The assignment will also encompass providing support to key initiatives managed by the Department such as the Africa NDC Hub.

Responsibilities and Reporting

The Consultant Will Perform The Following Duties:

Provide technical input to the preparation of internal climate change/green growth strategies, action plans, reports, operational guidelines and tools.

Assist and advise Regional Member Countries in the preparation and implementation of climate change and green growth strategies, policies and measures taking into account commitments articulated in Nationally Determined Contributions.

Provide technical support to Bank sector and regional operations teams on climate change and green growth mainstreaming throughout the project cycle stages.

Provide technical support, to project teams, in mobilizing climate finance from both internal and external trust funds, in collaboration with Climate Finance Officers.

Support

the implementation of the climate risk screening and the Adaptation Review and Evaluation Procedures functions of the Banks Climate Safeguards System, as well as the Green House Gas Accounting tool.

Support the preparation and implementation of the internal Climate Change and Green Growth Training Programmes.

Qualifications and Experience

Qualifications, Competences and Experience required:

Minimum of a Master's Degree in Climate, Environment and Natural Resource Management, Energy Policy, International Development, Environmental Economics, or a related field.

Minimum of ten (10) years demonstrated experience in a combination of areas including: national and international climate policies and measures i; mainstreaming of environment and climate change; green growth; project design and implementation; ’ climate, environment or green finance; proposal writing; and, operational experience - water, energy, agriculture, transport, infrastructure development sectors.

Experience working with multilateral development banks, public or private financial institutions, and/or development organizations.

Experience mainstreaming climate change adaptation and mitigation measures into development interventions in Southern Africa, or with field operations encompassing environment, climate change and green growth relevant activities in the region.

Experience drafting the technical content of proposals targeting climate funds or similar multi-lateral funds.


How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should submit their Expressions of Interest comprising Letter of Motivation and detailed CV (PDF) to: m.musumali@afdb.org and Copy: b.osman-elasha@Afdb.org using "RDGS - Consultancy Climate Change and Green Growth" as the subject of the mail.

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