UNDP National Climate Change Technical Specialist Jobs in Uganda

UNDP National Climate Change Technical Specialist Jobs in Uganda

The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 46 least developed countries. With its capital mandate and instruments, UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and support local economic development.

By strengthening how finance works for poor people at the household, small enterprise, and local infrastructure levels, UNCDF contributes to Sustainable Development Goal-SDG 1 on eradicating poverty and SDG 17 on the means of implementation.

By identifying those market segments where innovative financing models can have transformational impact in helping to reach the last mile and address exclusion and inequalities of access, UNCDF contributes to a broad diversity of SDGs.

LoCAL combines performance-based climate resilience grants (PBCRGs), which ensure programming and verification of change expenditures at the local level, with technical and capacity-building support.

It uses the grants and demonstration effect to trigger further flows for local climate action including global climate finance and national fiscal transfers. LoCAL is currently active in 17 countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, with another 13 countries preparing to join it.

Local-Uganda

To this end, LoCAL-Uganda will raise awareness and strengthen capacities for subnational climate change adaptation at both District and central levels (output1); support the integration of climate change into local planning and budgeting processes and finance local adaptation interventions and investments (output 2) and establish and deploy across the whole country an effective performance-based climate resilience grant system (financing mechanism) that can attract various sources of climate finance (output 3).

The National Climate Change Technical Specialist is also expected to contribute to the management of day-to-day implementation of selected activities related to climate change and environmental sustainability; and report preparation in the section related to Climate.

Duties and Responsibilities

Programme Management

Execute, oversee and monitor the day-to-day implementation of selected activities related to climate change and environmental sustainability;

Contribute to the management of the risk log of the project;

Contribute to the preparation and timely submission of comprehensive technical and financial reports in line with contractual agreements including semi-annual reporting;

Organize consultative meetings, seminars and workshops to drive analytical and policy work of the Programme.

Policy, regulatory and technical advice to government counterparts and key stakeholders

Provide policy, regulatory and technical advice on climate change issues and environmental sustainability to government counterparts at national and sub-national levels;

Lead the technical dialogue and provision of policy and technical specialist services to national and local government counterparts in relation to climate change information and assessments, climate mainstreaming, and contribute to the technical dialogue on climate finance and (direct) access to international climate finance;

Ensuring the adequate integration of environment and climate considerations (e.g. specifications) in the investments delivered in the context of the programme, in line with the programme design document;

Support “Learning by doing” for the piloting and establishment of a national local information system for adaptation (LISA), addressing hazards, vulnerabilities and exposure of target districts and their communities in relation to climate change; and for the integration of environment and climate change issues in the local government development and investment plans and budgets that foster gender equality and climate resilient local economies, aligned with the LoCAL’s investment menu.

Knowledge management and communication

Contribute to the implementation of the Communication and Visibility Plan of the Programme, in collaboration with Project team, partners and technical consultants;

Identify key knowledge constraints and organize learning, knowledge exchange, training, workshops, etc. to build the awareness and capacities on relevant themes (i.e. climate change, local climate risk assessments, environmental

sustainability, mainstreaming, etc.);

Identify, collect and disseminate best practices and lesson learned from the Programme in areas of specialty

Networking and Partnership building

Maintain close working relationships with the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Water and Environment, NDA, UNFCCC focal points and other key stakeholders at various levels in order to support the quality of the execution of the PBCRGS and its key results areas, to expand the mechanism in Uganda, in close coordination with senior management and other team members;

Support the participation of UNCDF in working groups and steering committees on the issue of environment and climate change and related sectors and provide inputs for conducive policy and regulatory environment.

Core Competencies

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Communication: Ability to create and implement advocacy strategies which lead to impactful change

Partnership management: Knowledge and ability to forge multi-stakeholder partnerships, and remove any obstacles to resource mobilization and multi-stakeholder funding platforms

Partnership management: Ability to capture and sustain attention, interest and agreement of high-level, influential policy and decision makers and secure their buy-in of high-level vision and objective

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

A minimum of Master’s degree in environmental science and management, climate science, geographic studies, international development or a related field;

A first-level university degree in the above areas with 7 years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree

Experience:

A minimum of five (5) years’ experience in the field of climate change (preferably on adaptation), environmental management and/or Earth Science discipline, climate science applied to development;

A minimum of three (3) years’ experience related to environmental assessments, climate risk and vulnerability assessments, climate modelling, geographical information system (GIS) and/or risk mapping, in particular at the local level is required;

Essential knowledge and skills required for entry into position. (Please do not duplicate what has been covered in the responsibilities & competency section)

Knowledge of climate change issues and its potential impacts on local economic development particularly for the most vulnerable is required

Knowledge or experience in context developing solution on climate action on how to tackle climate change adaptation and resilience in Uganda is highly desirable

Experience of designing, developing, and using knowledge products, mentoring, training, or outreach, in the context of climate change is highly desirable

Work experience with central government and Ministry of Water and Environment and knowledge of government systems is highly desirable

Knowledge of the UNFCCC process and the role of climate finance is an advantage

Strong networking capabilities and ability to associate him/herself with a range of actors (inter alia central and local governments; policy makers; national statistics office and donors, local communities, women and youth) with a view to building relations and facilitating links;

A minimum of three (3) years’ experience working on policy, regulatory and technical specialist services with national and local counterparts will be considered as an asset;

Experience with a UN organization/agency is desirable;

Language requirements

Fluency in written and spoken English and in other major languages spoken in Uganda.

Knowledge of another UN language is an asset

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; UNDP National Climate Change Technical Specialist Jobs in Uganda

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