Energy and Environment Specialist - UNICEF - Dakar, Senegal

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 8 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 8 (NRC) contracts.

The objective of this assignment is to contribute to scaling up renewable energy usage and low-carbon resilience building and development for children and the communities they live in. The specific objectives of the assignment are to:

• Strengthen and provide technical support to sector programmes for the scaling up renewable energy usage and low carbon resilience building and adaptation for vulnerable communities within the region through supporting multi-sectoral programme development, tools and guidance

• Strengthen UNICEFs renewable energy and low carbon development programming across the sectors of WASH, Health and Education in the region and enhance collaboration with partners in order to leverage results for children.

Responsibilities and management arrangement

Under the direction of the Climate Change Specialist, and in close coordination with other members and technical specialists of the WASH Team and other sections as appropriate, responsible for / support the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of renewable energy usage and lowcarbon development programming.