Local Coordinator & NDC Advisor

Consultant Environment

Overview

Support local stakeholders and UNEP project team in Zambia.

You have:

• A Master's Degree with seven years of related work experience or a Bachelor's degree with nine years of relevant work experience in environmental engineering, finance, economics, development studies, business, management, administration or another relevant field is required.
• Have practical experience of more than 10 years on climate change issues, including on NDC implementation.
• Experience with the formulation and/or monitoring of Nationally Determined Contributions.
• Demonstrated experience in supporting the building of capacity for climate action in private sector businesses or with governments on climate action in Zambia.
• Relevant experience in consulting work, particularly in Zambia on climate change topics with public institutions.
• Good communication skills both oral and writing; analytical capacity and power of synthesis; report writing and attention to detail.
• Experience in organizing workshops and/or similar events is an asset.
• Experience in either developing project proposal for sustainable tourism or in sustainable tourism policy would be desirable.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

Contract

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Result of Service

The incumbent will undertake a part time assignment to perform the following tasks and functional responsibilities: The Loal Coordinator & NDC Advisor will benefit from her/his extensive local network in functioning as a liaison between the public and private sectors in Zambia and the UNEP project team. Moreover, she/he will reach out the public and private stakeholders to engage them productively on this project. The local data gathering process will rely largely on the network of the local consultant and their efforts to undertake interview, gather documents and databases, and the like. She/he will support the data gathering and advise on the mapping of local stakeholders. Finally, she/he will provide technical inputs to the various deliverables.

Work Location

Lusaka, Zambia

Expected duration

Part-time / 7 months

Duties and Responsibilities

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. The Climate Change Division is the lead Division charged with carrying out the functions of UNEP in the field of environmental Climate Change. To fulfill its mandate, the work of the Climate Change Division focuses on: working with Members States and Partners to accelerate and support a just transition by addressing mitigation and adaptation gaps through enhancing implementation capacity, access to finance and technology, and building resilience. The Climate Change Division promotes sustainable development and effective policies for climate stability; support action so that countries progress on decarbonization, dematerialization, and resilience pathways in line with their climate commitments, aspirations, and needs; and foster transparency in reporting. In 2025, Zambia submitted its NDC 3.0 reflecting the country’s ambition on climate change mitigation and adaptation. UNEP team will support the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment in Zambia to (i) update its NDC Implementation Framework, produce an NDC Investment Framework, and build capacity for the implementation of the country’s NDC. Under the direct supervision of the UNEP Project Manager, the Local Coordinator & NDC Advisor will support the UNEP team as a liaison with the government, local stakeholders, and the private sector. She/ he will ensure the implementation of project activities on the ground in line with the project workplan and guidance from UNEP-CCC. programme led by a UNEP team: Output 1. NDC Implementation Framework revision: She/ he will help the UNEP team with the evaluation summary of current plan's progress, achievements and challenges. The aim is to update the NDC Implementation Framework goals and targets reflecting new circumstances, global developments and increased ambition, and to refine mitigation and adaptation strategies incorporating new technologies, practices and findings. The Local Coordinator & NDC Advisor will produce a stakeholder mapping report reflecting multi-stakeholder representation of CSOs, Private Sector and other stakeholders. She/ he will then lead locally the stakeholder engagement with governments, civil society, private sector and other stakeholders under guidance of the UNEP team. Through this work, enhanced targets, indicators and costings, including costing assumptions, should be reflected in the final report/narrative of the revised NDC Implementation Framework. Output 2. NDC Investment Plan development The Local Coordinator & NDC Advisor will help the UNEP team paper an investment plan detailing the respective shares of public and private investment as well as domestic and foreign finance. This will require costing NDC measures, map financing sources and instruments, and identify investment requirements. Here, the Local Coordinator & NDC Advisor will be supported by other consultants with a focus on climate finance and the UNEP team. The investment plan will also include the review of the country's debt situation as well as its fiscal and monetary policy framework and the Local Coordinator & NDC Advisor may be asked to support consultations and research on this topic. Finally, she/ he will be asked to support the development and dissemination/delivery of capacity building materials for at least 3 stakeholder consultations workshops. Output 3. Capacity Building UNEP, through this project, will support the building of local capacity to implement and deliver on the enhanced NDC 3.0, guided by the updated NDC Implementation Framework and NDCs Investment Plan in a synchronized or synergistic approach. This will require the involvement of the Local coordinator and NDC Advisor, working with UNEP early on in the project to produce a capacity needs assessment to identify training needs gaps for key stakeholders in Zambia. Specifically, the consultant will support the gathering of data, as well as dissemination and validation meetings for the capacity needs assessment report. The Local Coordinator & NDC Advisor will be asked to lead the provincial level NDC-Strategy alignment workshops to synergize Zambia’s NDC with all related national development strategy documents (vision 2030, 8th National Development plan and opportunities for integration NDC 3.0 key outcome areas into the 9th NDP) Output 4. Better stakeholder awareness on the NDC 3.0 implementation framework & NDC Investment Plan The Local Coordinator & NDC Advisor will organize and host the NDC stakeholder dissemination and awareness workshops for national, provincial and district stakeholders with UNEP support. Output 5. Enhanced innovative domestic and international resource mobilization She/he will help UNEP organize a donor conference to mobilize resources for NDC investment projects. This will also require working with other local consultants who will work on formulating these investment projects. The Local Coordinator & NDC Advisor will be asked to help prepare the invitations and organize the NDC resource mobilization workshops under UNEP procurement. Output 6. Policy and strategy revision and integration She/ he will help hold review meetings on existing policies and regulations to align them with national NDC goals. She/he will provide technical inputs – where feasible – to the UNEP team’s work on reviewing the policies that incentivize and support climate-friendly practices in the sectors for replication.

Qualifications/special skills

• A Master’s Degree (with seven years of related work experience) or Bachelors degree (with 9 years of relevant work experience), in environmental engineering, finance, economics, development studies, business, management, administration or another relevant field is required. * Have practical experience of more than 10 years on climate change issues, including on NDC implementation * Experience with the formulation and/or monitoring of Nationally Determined Contributions. * Demonstrated experience in supporting the building of capacity for climate action in private sector businesses or with governments on climate action in Zambia. * Relevant experience in consulting work. Concrete experience in Zambia on climate change topics with public institutions – either as an employee or as a consultant or partner - is required * Good communication skills both oral and writing; analytical capacity and power of synthesis; report writing and attention to detail; ability to provide services effectively in complex areas, respecting political, social and environmental sensitivities; management of MS Office, internet and electronic communication. * Experience in organizing workshops and/or similar events is an asset. * Experience in either developing project proposal for sustainable tourism or in sustainable tourism policy would be desirable

Languages

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

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