NUNV Project Associate- GCF Coastal projects

Contract

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

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) funded project on “Enhancing Climate Resilience of India’s Coastal Communities” supports the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change to enhance the resilience of the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations, particularly women, in the coastal areas of India to climate change and extreme events, using an ecosystem-centered and community-based approach. In addition, this project contributes towards the achievement of climate priorities outlined in India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (2008), the State Action Plans, as well as commitments outlined in India’s Nationally Determined Contribution (2015).

This project will enhance the resilience of coastal communities throughout India, through the implementation of interventions under the following inter-linked outputs:

• Output 1: Enhanced resilience of coastal and marine ecosystems and their services; • Output 2: Climate adaptive livelihoods for enhanced resilience of vulnerable coastal communities; • Output 3: Strengthened coastal and marine governance and institutional frameworks for climate resilient management of coastal areas

The above will be achieved through interventions in target landscapes in the three states- Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha to i) protect and restore ecosystems such as mangroves and seagrass, and the services they provide, especially buffering storm surges, and ii) help communities adopt climate-adaptive livelihoods and value chains iii) mainstream EbA principles into coastal planning and governance, enabling intersectoral coordination for addressing climate risk across all of India’s coastal states.

To see further details - https://www.greenclimate.fund/projects/fp084

• Support states in preparation and consolidation of AWPs • Support in organising important project related meetings, such as NPSCs and other technical meeting • Work on collation and preparation of important documents for the above meetings and Preparing Talking points and researching background for senior management and project team for various meetings and workshops. • Assist in preparing ToRs for the engaging technical agencies in the implementation of the project activities • Support in preparation of necessary background materials for one to one /round table meetings/workshops with the technical/Financial Institutions. • Orienting the project team in identifying new concepts of conservation, such as OECMs • Support in identification and documentation of best practices and outcomes across thematic areas relevant to the project and prepare concept notes, proposals and research papers for the same. • To support in the developing a communication strategy in the project • Develop stories/blogs/ fact sheets/media outreach materials, tweets etc. for social media for reaching out to relevant stakeholders. • Resource mobilization and conceptualization of new projects. • Ensure regular communication and coordination with the national and State teams with respect to capacity building of communities with a focus on women and youth. • Maintain regular contact with related institutions and network of researchers/experts and coordinate field visits, and ability to travel to the research areas • Contribute towards furthering the priorities of UNDP and GoI with respect to international conventions such as UNFCCC, UNCCD and CBD within the purview of the projects • Provide support towards implementation of joint UN Events and campaigns and contribute to the tasks under the upcoming COPs. • Contribute towards mobilization of additional resources for EER unit by engaging with relevant stakeholders including state governments, corporates and donors. • Any other tasks and responsibilities related to the projects assigned by Programme Manager, Climate Change, Resilience, Biodiversity and, Chemicals Management, UNDP

• Integrity and professionalism • Accountability • Commitment to continuous learning • Planning and organizing • Teamwork and respect for diversity • Communication • Flexibility, adaptability, and ability and willingness to operate independently in austere, remote and potentially hazardous environments for protracted periods, involving physical hardship and little comfort, and including possible extensive travel within the area of operations; willingness to transfer to other duty stations within area of operations as may be necessary; • Genuine commitment towards the principles of voluntary engagement, which includes solidarity, compassion, reciprocity and self-reliance; and commitment towards the UN core values.

• In-depth knowledge of environment management concepts and biodiversity conservation • Good understanding of the fundamental concepts of climate change • Excellent analytic and writing skills • Ability to aggregate and synthesize research literature and extract key messages and arguments • Excellent research skills

New Delhi and the surrounding National Capital Region is a large and bustling metropolis of some 14 million people undergoing rapid changes. The capital city is an administrative, cultural and commercial center with modern amenities and well connected by air. It is a safe place with large expatriate community drawn from embassies, UN agencies, MNCs and foreign businesses. It has short moderate winter and long hot summer.