Consultancy: Design and development of WASH Climate Resilience Facility (WCRF) for Eastern and Southern Africa Region (105 days over 7 months)

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, WASH

How can you make a difference?

Please see attached TOR TOR Design and development of WASH Climate Resilience Facility (WCRF) for Eastern and Southern Africa Region.docx

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

1. Education: At least a master’s degree in the fields of engineering, water resource management, climate change, economics, finance, or any other related field.
2. Demonstrated technical capacity and expertise, supported by at least 5-8 years of relevant professional experience in an international environment, in at least one of the following technical specialties:
   • Risk analysis of projects/programmes, particularly for the management of financial and operational risks;
   • Experience with fiduciary and procurement processes, particularly as they apply to national and/or international finance institutions; and
3. Experience conducting similar assignments with multilateral supported climate change adaptation and/or mitigation bodies such as GEF/LDCF/other donors, especially with the GCF is an asset.
4. Familiarity with technical issues related to adaptation and mitigation, methods of cost-benefit analysis for adaptation and mitigation options, identification of multiple benefits of adaptation and mitigation, including, environmental, economic, social and gender-related.
5. Excellent written communication skills, with analytic capacity and ability to synthesize relevant collected data and findings for the preparation of high-quality reports.
6. Languages Needed: Full proficiency both oral and written English. Fluency in French and/or Portuguese will be an added advantage.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.