National Consultant - Climate Change

Overview

Provide technical support for climate change projects and policies

You have:

• A university degree in environmental sciences or other relevant field.
• At least 5 years of experience in the areas related to climate change, climate change adaptation and mitigation, preferably in agriculture.
• Writing and communication skills in English and Russian are required.
• National of Ukraine or resident with a regular work permit.

Organizational Setting

FAO Ukraine is a project management Office headed by the Regional Programme Leader (RPL) under the operational responsibility of the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia. The Office provides support to Ukraine to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition, to help develop the agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors, and to use their environmental and natural resources in a sustainable manner.

Reporting Lines

The incumbent will carry out the tasks listed herein under the general supervision of the FAO Representative to Ukraine and the Head of the Office in Ukraine, and under direct supervision of the Natural Resources Officer in Ankara, the consultant will be embedded in the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center at State Emergency Service of Ministry of Interior of Ukraine to support in the revision of the first project proposal and its subsequent update.

Technical Focus

Under the Paris Agreement, countries are requested to revise their NDCs every five years to cut greenhouse gas emissions to limit Earth's temperature rise and implement solutions to adapt to the effects of climate change. The updating of NDCs and their implementation present countries with significant opportunities to align their climate and development agendas to promote sustainable growth, but also presents challenges in mainstreaming these goals into existing policies and operations and mobilizing scaled-up domestic and international resources.

For this reason, the Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) was created at the request of Parties to help strengthen the institutional and technical capacities of non-Annex I countries to meet the enhanced transparency requirements defined in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement.

The CBIT has three aims:

• Strengthen national institutions for transparency-related activities in line with national priorities;
• Provide relevant tools, training, and assistance for meeting the provisions stipulated in Article 13 of the Agreement;
• Assist in the improvement of transparency over time.

Within the preparation to the GEF-7 project identification form (PIF) a project proposal “Strengthening capacity in the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector for enhanced transparency in implementation and monitoring of Ukraine’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) under the Paris Agreement” was elaborated last year. The main objective of the project was to prepare reports on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in accordance with the Paris Agreement on improving the transparency structure, which will contain enhanced components of the agricultural and land use sectors, including lists of sources and sinks of emissions, and also the information needed to track progress towards the priority actions identified in the nationally determined contributions of these sectors by 2023. The revision of the PIF is required in order to expand the scope of the project for all relevant sectors (not only agriculture), as well as update the PIF according the latest reports under the provisions of Paris Agreement in Ukraine.

Tasks and responsibilities

In particular, the technical support to be provided will include:

• Identify the current needs related to facilitation of transparency enhancements;
• Support the revision and update of the first project proposal “Strengthening capacities in the agricultural and land use sectors in Ukraine to increase transparency in the implementation and monitoring of the national contribution of Ukraine in accordance with the Paris Agreement”;
• Provide methodological support for the stocktaking exercise on the progress achieved in the definition of an MRV system in Ukraine and development of a roadmap to finalize this system;
• Prepare a stakeholder map that are involved into NDC process and other requirements under Paris Agreement.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• A university degree in environmental sciences or other relevant field;
• At least 5 years of experience in the areas related to the climate change, climate change adaptation and mitigation, preferably in agriculture;
• Writing and communication skills in English and Russian are required;
• National of Ukraine or resident with a regular work permit.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus;
• Teamwork;
• Communication;
• Building Effective Relationships;
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement.

Technical/Functional Skills

• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Leads teams effectively and shows conflict resolution skills;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
• Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work tasks;
• Demonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments;
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills and applies them in the work;
• Builds strong relationships with clients and external actors;
• Strong knowledge of climate change related issues in Ukraine;
• Proven expertise working in a team environment and in the field;
• Computer skills, in particular applications of the MS Office package and internet search will be an asset;
• Work experience with international organizations/institutes, donors is considered an asset.

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