Programme Officer (LoCAL)

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This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

By strengthening how finance works for poor people at the household, small enterprise, and local infrastructure levels, UNCDF contributes to SDG 1 on eradicating poverty with a focus on reaching the last mile and addressing exclusion and inequalities of access. At the same time, UNCDF deploys its capital finance mandate in line with SDG 17 on the means of implementation, to unlock public and private finance for the poor at the local level. By identifying those market segments where innovative financing models can have transformational impact in helping to reach the last mile, UNCDF contributes to a number of different SDGs and currently to 28 of 169 targets. The Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL), designed by UNCDF, provides a country-based mechanism to increase awareness and response to climate change at the local level, integrate climate change adaptation into local governments’ planning and budgeting systems in a participatory and gender-sensitive manner, and increase the amount of finance available to local governments for climate change adaptation. LoCAL combines performance-based climate resilience grants (PBCRGs) with technical and capacity-building support. It uses a demonstration effect to trigger local adaptation flows, including national fiscal transfers and global climate finance for local authorities, through their central governments. As of today, 34 countries are represented at the LoCAL Board, 34 countries are engaged with LoCAL, of which 27 are LDCs, 8 are SIDS and 24 in Africa. Since its global scale up in 2014, LoCAL has engaged more than 300 local governments in 17 countries representing over 15 million people. Between 2014 and 2022, LoCAL mobilized USD 125 million through PBCRG, TA and operational support to member countries for subnational adaptation action. During the same period, 2,000+ climate change adaptation interventions were financed across 12 countries. In Pakistan, UNCDF has partnered with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to support the scoping of a LoCAL mechanism for the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A scoping note was prepared and identified significant challenges for the deployment of a performance-based climate resilience grant (PBCRG) system in the Province, considering the current situation in the local government sector, which is in a state of transition, which results, among other thing, in an absence of approved budgets or formal fiscal transfers to the Tehsil councils to date. Based on the scoping findings, it was agreed that, as a first step, UNCDF would move ahead with a detailed design of the PBRG for Pakistan (KP), while recognizing gaps that will need to be addressed before a LoCAL-compliant (ISO 14093) can be de facto deployed in the province. This process includes the following steps: • Identification of minimum access conditions and performance measures focussing on the roles that elected representatives can play in climate change adaptation at the local level • Create ownership amongst partners in provincial government • Selection of Tehsil councils for the pilot

Under the daily supervision of the Programme Specialist, with the general supervision of the Global Climate Facility Manager and in close collaboration with the national counterparts, including the government of the KP province and GIZ, the Programme Officer will contribute to the daily implementation of the activities, including overall gender-sensitive planning, oversight and monitoring of project implementation and substantive and financial reporting. The Programme Officer will provide technical, policy, and programming implementation support for the effective deployment of the target activities, and is also expected to contribute actively to partnership buildings efforts and outreach activities on an ongoing basis. Programme management (50%) • Provide effective project supervision, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, in close collaboration with in-country partners, in particular GIZ and the Government of the KP Province, as well as with UNCDF/LoCAL Facility staff; • Contribute to project management daily activities (e.g. writing terms of reference, memoranda of understanding, letter of agreement, recruitment and management of consultants), including organization of field missions; • Assist the strengthening of the quality of monitoring and evaluation systems of program developments and implementation (including preparation and monitoring of the annual work plan, participation in field missions, filing the logical framework, contribution to the preparation of annual reports), identify problems and issues to be addressed and propose corrective actions, and identify and track follow-up actions; • Contribute to the organization of events, meetings, conferences, etc., including proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations, etc.

Partnership/Network Building, Outreach and Resource Mobilization (20%) • Support the UNCD/ LoCAL Global management team on the development of resource mobilization strategies, in cooperation with United Nations agencies and implementing partners in Pakistan; • Support partnership building efforts for effective positioning UNCDF/LoCAL in the UN System and with development partners networks; • Liaise with relevant parties and maintain close working relationship with key stakeholders at various levels by building linkages and networks; • Support the identification of opportunities for collaboration with key actors and support the development of partnerships; • Support the process of preparation, design, submission and approval of programme/project concepts and full-fledged proposals for financing. Operational support (20%) • Contribute to operations activities, including finance, planning, human resources, procurement, transport, IT, security, administration and ensure they follow UNCDF’s rules, regulations, policies and procedures; • Support the strengthening of the quality of operational services and activities delivered by UNCDF/LoCAL and support implementation of budget, financial and procurement activities, in close collaboration with the Management Support Unit and regional colleagues. Knowledge management and communication (10%) • Support capacity building activities including identifying, analyzing, documenting, harmonizing and disseminating both national and local issues as well as conditions and best practices and lessons learned among partners. Capacity building activities will include coordinating meetings, workshops and seminars with project management teams, government, partners and other stakeholders; • Prepare various written outputs and knowledge products, e.g. draft background papers, analyses, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc.; • Contribute to the implementation of the Communication and Visibility Plan of the Programme, in collaboration with the Facility, partners and technical consultants

• Professionalism: Deep knowledge and understanding of key concepts related to climate change and environment sustainability; Understanding of key concepts related to local government finance including decentralization and local economic development; Experience in policy, regulatory and technical advice and project management related to the fields of climate change and environment sustainability in relation to development; Relevant technical experience with policy and regulatory bodies and central and local governments; Work experience in developing countries; Experience with addressing gender equality as project objective and/or cross-cutting issue; Experience working with local communities, youth and women; • Innovation and commitment to continuous learning: Builds confidence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation; Takes on new approaches and fosters innovative thinking; Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities and resolve problems; Excellent analytical skills; • Client-orientation: Strong client orientation, recognizing the importance of providing appropriate, user-friendly and affordable services; Proactively identifies, develops and discusses solutions for internal and external clients, and communicates with management to develop new projects or services; Comfortable advocating and advancing an agenda, including with high level counterparts and other stakeholders; • Integrity: Conducts fair and transparent decision making; Demonstrate the values and ethical standards of the UN and UNCDF in daily activities and behaviours while acting without consideration of personal gains; resist undue political pressure in decision-making; stand by decisions that are in the organization’s interest even if they are unpopular; take prompt action in cases of unprofessional or unethical behaviour; does not abuse power or authority; • Teamwork and respect for diversity: Experience being part of teams, working with other stakeholders to achieve common goals; Experience managing consultants, including recruiting, hiring and managing and evaluating international and national expertise; Proven cross-cultural communication, able to function effectively in an international, multicultural environment; Builds and promotes teams and partnerships; Displays cultural and gender sensitivity and adaptability; Treats all persons fairly without favouritism; • Planning and organizing: Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure; Effective organizational and problem-solving skills and ability to manage a large volume of work in an efficient and timely manner; Ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor (own) work; ability to work under pressure, with conflicting deadlines, and to handle multiple concurrent projects/activities;

Required Degree Level: Bachelor's degree Required Experience: Three years

• A Bachelor’s degree in environmental science and management, climate science, geographic studies, politic science, international development, economics, statistics, or a related field. • A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in progressively responsible positions in implementing, managing and monitoring development projects, preferably in environmental and climate change areas applied to local economic development, in particular fiscal decentralization initiatives, is required. • Proven/demonstrable networking capabilities and ability to associate him/herself with a range of actors (inter alia central and local governments; policy makers; development partners and donors, local communities, women and youth groups) with a view to building relations and facilitating links is highly desirable • Work experience with local governments, local stakeholders, local communities, and with addressing gender equality as project objective and/or cross-cutting issue in developing countries is desired; • Knowledge of current developments in local economic development for the most vulnerable (women and youth) is desired; • Strong awareness of key and emerging issues related to climate change/adaptation is highly desirable; • Experience with a UN organization/agency is desirable; • Experience with ATLAS and UNDP Procurement Processes is desired, but not a requirement.

Initial contract is issued upon arrival for the period indicated above. The contract can be extended depending on continuation of mandate, availability of funding, operational necessity and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectancy of renewal of the assignment. A UN Volunteer receives a Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA), which is composed of a Monthly Living Allowance (MLA) and a Family Allowance (FA) for those with dependents (maximum three). The Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) is paid at the end of each month to cover housing, utilities, transportation, communications and other basic needs. The VLA can be calculated using by applying the Post-Adjustment Multiplier (PAM) to the VLA base rate of US$ 1,602. The VLA base rate is a global rate across the world, while the PAM is duty station/country-specific and fluctuates on a monthly basis according to cost of living. This method ensures that international UN Volunteers have comparable purchasing power at all duty stations irrespective of varying costs of living. The PAM is established by the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC and is published at the beginning of every month on the ICSC website - http://icsc.un.org. In non-family duty stations that belong to hardship categories D or E, as classified by the ICSC, international UN Volunteers receive a Well-Being Differential (WBD) on a monthly basis. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are provided a settling-in-grant (SIG) at the start of the assignment (if the volunteer did not reside in the duty station for at least 6 months prior to taking up the assignment) and in the event of a permanent reassignment to another duty station. UNV provides life, health, permanent disability insurances as well as assignment travel, annual leave, full integration in the UN security framework (including residential security reimbursements). UN Volunteers are paid Daily Subsistence Allowance at the UN rate for official travels, flight tickets for periodic home visit and for the final repatriation travel (if applicable). Resettlement allowance is paid for satisfactory service at the end of the assignment. UNV will provide, together with the offer of assignment, a copy of the Conditions of Service, including Code of conduct, to the successful candidate.

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