Climate Promise Project Specialist

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

As the United Nations lead agency on international development, UNDP works in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. UNDP help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities, and to build resilience to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Our work is concentrated in three focus areas: sustainable development, democratic governance and peace building, and climate and disaster resilience.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) established its presence in Georgia in 1993. For nearly 30 years on the ground, UNDP focuses on promoting national development jointly with the Georgian Government. With an annual programmatic budget of about USD 30 million, UNDP works closely with the Government of Georgia to boost reforms, develop new strategies, promote inclusive economic development, and assist in achieving national priorities. UNDP also works with civil society, including non-governmental organizations, academia and media, and with private sector to promote public-private partnerships.

UNDP assists Georgia in four major areas of development:  Democratic Governance  Economic Development  Environment and Energy  Crisis Prevention and Recovery

Project Background: UNDP’s Climate Promise has been supporting the development of LT-LEDS across the globe, including responding to the NDC Partnership’s latest thematic support offering. To date, Climate Promise has supported the updating of 111 more ambitious NDCs and 19 LTS worldwide. In line with the above mentioned, in 2024 UNDP Georgia will be supporting government of Georgia in updating NDC 3.0 to align with GST1.0 results, as well as develop communication and Stakeholder engagement strategy to apply whole-of-society approach for NDCs elaboration, which will contribute to the following outcome/output of Global UNDP'S CLIMATE PROMISE: FROM PLEDGE TO IMPACT (Award 00148067 under H70).

Under the direct supervision of EE Team Leader, the National UN Volunteer Specialist will:

 Assist EE portfolio with the implementation of the CP Work Plan 2024, including organizing hiring of team of experts, planning for the expected works, monitoring and reporting to the UNDP CP Global team;  Contribute to the process of NDC update through close cooperation with the partner organization and/or individual consultants, as well as key stakeholders (Parliament and Ministries of Environmental Protection and Agriculture (MEPA) and Economy and Sustainable Development (MoESD);  Contribute to the planning and assist with the implementation of awareness raising and media outreach campaigns and events related to NDC update process and CP Work Plan implementation;  Liaison with the UNDP’s communications team on media coverage and outreach events, including drafting of relevant briefing notes, summaries, or inputs for press releases;  Assist with the coordination and stakeholder engagement during the development of NDC 3.0;  Contribute to drafting the briefing notes / talking points based on the data collected from relevant partners and stakeholders;  Provide technical support to organize project-related events (such as 3 sectoral stakeholder meetings and 2 public consultation meetings);  Attend all events organized by partner organizations and/or individual consultants and local counterparts and prepare briefings / summaries, as required  Perform other duties as required based on the ongoing needs.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:

 Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);  Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;  Provide annual and end of assignment self- reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities;  Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;  Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;  Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

• Accountability • Adaptability and flexibility • Creativity • Judgement and decision-making • Planning and organising • Professionalism • Self-management

 Demonstrated interest in Environment Protection, Climate Change, Energy,  Demonstrated interest in development work, including project implementation,  Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e., studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded,  Previous experience of working on topics related to Climate Change,  Good knowledge of the UN Sustainable Development Goals,  Good understanding of the UNDP’s diversity and inclusion, women and youth empowerment priorities,  Strong writing, including creative writing, skills,  Strong personal communication skills to exchange information, and key ideas in a manner that engages the audience and helps others to understand and implement the Diversity and Inclusion approaches

The UN Volunteer will be based in Tbilisi with possible travel to regions. Tbilisi has a population of around 1.06 million (total population in Georgia being around 3.7 million). 60 percent of the population residing in urban settings, including Tbilisi. The official language is Georgian, although there are some other languages spoken by various ethnic groups. English is spoken by many in the Tbilisi-area, and most of relevant contacts in government positions and civil society. However, Russian is also useful, especially with the older generation, population outside the capital and in normal interaction with taxi drivers, shopkeepers, etc. Houses or apartments are available for rent. Living conditions are considered quite good and improving rapidly. There are good hotels and restaurants which offer various types of food and large international supermarket chains which offer most things needed by internationals living in Tbilisi.

You can check full entitlements at the duty station at https://app.unv.org/calculator. The complete UN Volunteer Conditions of Service is available at https://explore.unv.org/cos.

The UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. Summary of Entitlements and Allowances for National UN Volunteer Specialist

• Currently, Monthly Living Allowance (MLA) is USD 975 (paid in local currency) • Private insurance: Health, dental, life and dismemberment (100%) coverage by CIGNA • Entry allowance: 400 USD • Exit allowance: Approximately 500 USD upon the satisfactory completion of assignment • Annual leave: 2.5 days accrued per calendar month • Free access to different learning platforms and UN & UNV network