Office/Unit/Project | Türkiye/ Climate Change and Environment Portfolio / EU Partnership for Local Climate Action in Türkiye Project |
Functional Title | Project Analyst- Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert |
Classified Level | NPSA 8 |
Duty station (City and Country) | Ankara – Türkiye |
Type (Regular or Short term) | Short-Term retainer |
Office- or Home-based | Home-based |
Expected starting date | 01/12/2024 |
Expected Duration | Up to 130 days in 12 months |
2. Office/Unit/Project Description
The Climate Change and Environment Portfolio’s strategy is focusing on promoting change at scale through investing in national capacity to respond in addition to piloting and prototyping development solutions that have the potential to lead to transformational change. Also, a key element of the strategy is to apply the integrated ecosystem approach, to help establish mechanisms to value ecosystem services with a view to address the market failures to fully reflect the true value of ecosystem services.
The portfolio strategy requires the establishment of programmatic partnerships, as a cross-cutting area, ‘with different ministries, international organizations (inter alia UNEP, EU, UNIDO, WB, EBRD and FAO), universities and CSOs, collaboratively adding value to the ongoing work of these stakeholders. The Climate Change and Environment (CCE) Portfolio focuses on three programmatic areas that complement each other: 1-Natural Resource Management contributing to sustainable environment management and conservation of natural resources in production landscapes, within the general framework of the ecosystems approach; 2- Climate Change and Disaster Resilience (including chemicals and waste) strengthening institutional capacities for analysis and risk management for resilience with a specific emphasis on climate change, and 3- Cooperation with relevant stakeholders to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy.
The overall objective of the EU Partnership for Local Climate Change Action in Türkiye Project is to support Türkiye in its efforts to combat climate change through increased implementation capacity at the local level, which will ultimately contribute to sustainable, low-carbon, and climate-resilient development. The Project has one major outcome that will result from the five outputs as shown below:
Outcome: Türkiye’s local climate change mitigation and adaptation capacity is improved.
In light of the above, a Junior Short-term Expert will provide support services for urban climate change assessments and assist the project team with data analysis, the development of Local Climate Change Action Plans (LCCAPs), the preparation of vulnerability and risk assessment guidelines for cities, and the development of interactive decision-making tools. The expert will also assist in organizing workshops, conducting stakeholder engagement activities, and contributing to capacity-building initiatives for local authorities and stakeholders within the project scope. For further details, please see below. The Junior Short-term Expert will provide expertise on a daily basis based on the needs and necessities of the projects within the scope of work in item 4.
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3. Scope of Work
UNDP will mobilize a Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert to provide professional support on the fields mentioned below. His/her functions will not include managerial, supervisory and/or representative functions.
The objective of the assignment is to provide specialized consultancy on urban climate change, technical advisories, methodology development, implementation strategies, and stakeholder mapping. The focus will be on areas including but not limited to local climate change action planning, urban vulnerability and risk assessments, and public awareness in the context of urban settings. The organizational structure of experts involved in the Project is demonstrated below.
The overall outcome of the Project is the improvement of Türkiye’s local climate change mitigation and adaptation capacity, achieved through activities spanning five components (Components A to E).
Within the scope of the assignment, Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert shall perform the following generic functions (but not limited to):
The above-mentioned duties and responsibilities are indicative and subject to further detailing throughout the contract duration. The services required will be developed by the Project Manager and the time schedule for each assignment will be determined by UNDP in consultation with the Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert.
If required by UNDP, the Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert may be requested to provide additional consultancy services on topics related to her/his consultancies area.
4. Institutional Arrangement
UNDP will provide the Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert with all relevant background documents. UNDP is not required to provide any physical facility for the work of the Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert. However, depending to the availability of physical facilities (e.g. working space, computer, printer, telephone lines, internet connection etc.) and at the discretion of the UNDP in cooperation with MoEU such facilities may be provided at the disposal of the Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert. UNDP, in cooperation with MoEU will facilitate meetings between the project consultants and other stakeholders, when needed.
All document and data provided to the Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert are confidential and cannot be used for any other purposes or shared with a third party without any written approval from UNDP.
Reports shall be submitted in Turkish with an executive summary in English. The Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert shall be solely liable for the accuracy and reliability of the data provided, links to sources of information used.
The Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert shall report to the Project Manager of EU Partnership for Local Climate Action in Türkiye Project under the overall supervision of the CCE Portfolio Manager and work in close collaboration with the Project staff. After submission of the deliverables outlined by the Project Manager, UNDP may have some comments and revision requests on the deliverables. The reports shall be submitted to the Project Manager for final approval. The Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert shall address the comments of UNDP and shall revise the deliverables as per the comments within at most 10 calendar days following notification of comments by UNDP to the Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert. All the reports are subject to approval from the Project Manager for the continuation of monthly remuneration to the Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert.
5.Competencies
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Achieve Results: | LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline | |||||
Think Innovatively: | LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements | |||||
Learn Continuously: | LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback | |||||
Adapt with Agility: | LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible | |||||
Act with Determination: | LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident | |||||
Engage and Partner: | LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships | |||||
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: | LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination | |||||
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Partnership management | Relationship management | Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding | ||||
Business Management & Project Management: | Relationship management | Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals | ||||
Business Management | Communicationon | Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience | ||||
Digital & Innovation | Data analysis | Ability to extract, analyse and visualize data (including Real-Time Data) to form meaningful insights and aid effective decision making | ||||
2030 Agenda: Peace | Nature, Climate and Energy |
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2030 Agenda: Prosperity | Inclusive Growth |
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2030 Agenda: Prosperity | Recovery Solutions and Human Mobility |
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6. Minimum Qualifications of the Successful NPSA
The following table demonstrates the required qualifications of the candidate to be recruited for this assignment. The required qualifications of this expert are as follows:
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7. Travel:
Place of work for the assignment is home-based and Ankara. All travel, accommodation and living costs in duty station (home based and Ankara) will be covered by the Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert. In case travels to other cities specified in the Projects DoA and/or other unforeseen travel out of the duty station is needed, the travel and accommodation costs of these missions will be borne by UNDP. The cost and terms of reimbursement of any travel authorized by UNDP for Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert must be negotiated prior to travel. The respective travels of the Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert may either be;
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As per UNDSS rules, the Junior Urban Climate Change Support Expert is responsible for completing necessary online security trainings and submitting certificates and travel clearance prior to assignment-related travels.
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: No requirements