Programme Specialist (Climate Change and Urban Resilience)-UNHABITAT-(Nationals Only)

This place is open to Ghana Nationals Only 

BACKGROUND

Addressing urbanisation and local weather change points is among the key world challenges and priorities for UN-Habitat. Working within the space of sustainable city improvement and human settlements, UN-Habitat is uniquely positioned to work with all sectors of society to assist mobilize the establishments and sources required to assist nations implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) within the context of the Paris Agreement. 

With a rising portfolio, Climate Change and Urban Resilience is a key element of UN-Habitat’s programme in Ghana.  UN-Habitat goals to strengthen public institutional capacities to cut back environmental degradation and implement local weather motion, in addition to facilitate entry to data, data and instruments that promote inexperienced jobs, citizen participation in environmental conservation, and group resilience. In this regard, UN-Habitat is collaborating with the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation and different establishments to show Ghana’s commitments below the Paris Agreement into concrete motion, making certain that local weather change and urbanisation points are addressed in a healthful and strategic method, that plans are gender responsive, and that totally different methods are employed to mobilize the monetary sources which can be wanted to implement Ghana’s local weather and urbanisation agenda. This space of labor consists of assist to have engaging and reasonable financing methods in place, entry vertical funds, reap the benefits of worldwide cooperation mechanisms outlined in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, in addition to construct native capacities (together with of the non-public sector) to mobilize local weather finance. At the native degree, UN-Habitat helps communities to adapt to local weather change and scale back their vulnerabilities to disasters. Key amongst them is them is the implementation of the Improved Resilience in Coastal Communities in Cote D’Ivoire and Ghana funded by the Adaptation Fund.

UN-Habitat Ghana Country Office seeks to have interaction the companies of a Climate Change and Urban Resilience Specialist to 1) strengthen UN-Habitat’s technical advisory assist within the space of sustainable improvement, local weather change and setting 2) contribute to the efficient and high-quality supply of the sustainable city improvement, setting and local weather change portfolio; 3) handle and increase the improved resilience within the coastal areas of Ghana undertaking, different local weather change and city resilience undertaking pipeline; and 4) strengthen key partnerships that advance UN-Habitat’s imaginative and prescient for supporting NDC enhancement and implementation.

Position Purpose: 

Under the steerage of the Country Manager and/or Project Manager, Improved Resilience for Coastal Areas in Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire the Programme Specialist, Climate Change and Urban Resilience performs a pivotal position in advancing UN-Habitat’s program in Ghana, particularly specializing in sustainable improvement, city resilience, environmental conservation, and local weather change mitigation and adaptation efforts, in alignment with the nation’s commitments below the Paris Agreement. The position encompasses technical advisory assist, portfolio supply, undertaking administration, and partnership constructing to realize these targets.

UN-Habitat adopts a portfolio method to accommodate altering enterprise wants and leverage linkages throughout interventions to realize its strategic targets. Therefore, UN-Habitat personnel are anticipated to work throughout items, features, groups, and initiatives in multidisciplinary groups so as to improve and allow horizontal collaboration.

Key Duties and Accountabilities

1.) Provide top-quality advisory and technical companies within the space of local weather change, city resilience and sustainable improvement: 

• Provide well timed and high quality data and technical recommendation to the Government of Ghana on NDC implementation, public and non-public local weather finance alternatives and strategic engagement of the non-public sector.
• Provide technical recommendation on city resilience and nationally led climate-related initiatives and processes, upon the request of the Government of Ghana to UN-Habitat.
• Coordinate and substantively contribute to UN-Habitat’s coverage recommendation to Government in different thematic areas below the Environment, Urban Resilience and Climate Cluster (e.g., inexperienced economic system, round economic system and many others.).
• Undertake related analytics and analysis, as required, and put together data supplies to assist UN-Habitat’s local weather associated initiatives and extra broadly these carried out by the Urban Resilience and Climate Portfolio.
• Contribute to the preparation of obligatory briefings and replace for UN-Habitat’s efficient participation in programme vital conferences, workshops and related occasions.
• Support UN-Habitat’s efforts on advocacy and coverage dialogue, together with participation and contribution to policy-driven researches and opinions.
• Advise UN-Habitat and UN Country Team on related nationwide and worldwide developments on local weather change (together with UNFCCC processes) and help in figuring out coordinated approaches.
• Support UN-Habitat’s engagement in UN interagency coordination and present substantive technical contribution and analysis insights on city resilience, setting and local weather points. This consists of supporting the event of the brand new UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF).
• Maintain shut collaboration inside UN-Habitat’s Global Policy Network to obtain technical assist as wanted.
• Contribute to world studying and data change by documenting and disseminating classes discovered from actions of local weather change portfolio and disseminate broadly by way of on-line platforms. 
• Enhance UN-Habitat’s visibility and profile on local weather change and different thematic areas below the Climate, Urban Resilience and Environment Portfolio.
• Coordinate and contribute to the institution of undertaking pipelines within the space of sustainable improvement. Follow up on present pipeline initiatives to fast-track their approval and begin of implementation.

2.)         Lead implementation of Adaptation Fund undertaking in Ghana and Agency portfolio on sustainable improvement, setting and local weather change and contribute to implementation of the Country Programme:

• Provide strategic route and oversight to Improved resilience in coastal areas of Ghana and UN-Habitat’s programme on setting and local weather change, making certain sound undertaking administration in step with UN/UN-Habitat’s Programme and Operations Policies and Procedures.
• Lead the crew and supervise personnel within the Climate and Urban Resilience Portfolio, offering mentoring and steerage within the implementation of labor plans.
• Provide oversight of nationally carried out initiatives in shut collaboration with the related implementing accomplice/accountable occasion, making certain well timed high quality supply.
• Undertake monitoring and fee evaluations of initiatives, identification of operational and monetary challenges and improvement of options.
• Effectively apply Result Based Management (RBM) instruments, establishing administration targets and monitoring achievement of outcomes.
• Produce combination studies on actions, outputs and outcomes, together with studies for donors as wanted.
• Support procurement of products, companies and consultants. 
• Implement different duties obligatory for implementation of the Country Programme and Portfolio

3.)  Maintain and increase strategic partnerships and assist useful resource mobilization for the Country Programme with focus within the space of sustainable improvement, local weather change and city resilience: 

• Explore new areas of cooperation and determine alternatives for initiation of latest initiatives on local weather change in step with UN-Habitat Strategic Plan, United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, and UN-Habitat Country Programme Document in Ghana.
• Lead the formulation of undertaking proposals on Climate change, Environment and Urban Resilience.
• Coordinate total useful resource mobilization efforts of the Climate Change, Environment and Urban Resilience Portfolio.
• Support the event and coordination of strategic partnerships with UN entities, improvement businesses, non-public sector networks, group networks and different related our bodies to strengthen UN-Habitat coverage recommendation and programme supply on setting and local weather change.
• Participate and contribute to improvement companions’ engagements with authorities on local weather change and setting actions together with conferences and occasions.
• Support the event and coordination of strategic partnerships with UN entities, improvement businesses, Adaptation fund undertaking executing businesses (i.e Habitat for Humanity and ITC) non-public sector networks, group networks and different related our bodies to strengthen UN-Habitat coverage recommendation and programme supply on sustainable improvement.
• Partner with the UN-Habitat- world and regional programmes, places of work and networks on sustainable improvement areas to assist the Country Office’s coverage improvement and programming wants on this sector.
• As a part of the involvement within the UNSDCF Results Group 1 and 2 determine and pursue alternatives for joint programming with different UN Agencies within the space of sustainable improvement.

4.) Partnership and useful resource mobilization.

• Contribute to data networks and communities of follow within the space of Climate Change and Urban Resilience.
• Contribute to the event and evaluate of data merchandise in shut coordination with the Communications Unit.
• Support group of trainings for the operations/ initiatives employees on the sustainable improvement programme.
• Support programme networking, linkages and partnership improvement in sustainable improvement areas with different UN Agencies and improvement companions.
• In line with the UN-Habitat Strategic Plan, determine revolutionary methods to have interaction non-public sector and civil society to work with UN-Habitat to develop and/or implement sustainable improvement associated programmes

The incumbent performs different duties inside their practical profile as deemed obligatory for the environment friendly functioning of the Office and the Organization. 

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities:  Supervision and efficiency administration of the Country Office Programme Team

Core Competencies: 

• Achieve Results LEVEL 3: Set and align difficult, achievable targets for a number of initiatives, and have lasting affect.
• Think Innovatively LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential dangers, and develop new concepts to unravel complicated issues.
• Learn Continuously LEVEL 3: Create and act on alternatives to increase horizons, and diversify experiences.
• Adapt with Agility LEVEL 3: Proactively provoke and champion change, and handle a number of competing calls for.
• Act with Determination LEVEL 3: Think past quick duties/boundaries and take motion to realize larger outcomes.
• Engage and Partner LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate the complicated panorama, champion Inter-agency collaboration.
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion LEVEL 3: Appreciate the advantages of a various workforce and champion inclusivity.

UNDP People Management Competencies could be discovered within the devoted site. 

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Advanced college diploma (grasp’s diploma or equal) in sustainable improvement, setting sciences, social sciences, or associated discipline is required, 

OR

• A primary-level college diploma (bachelor’s diploma) together with an extra two years of qualifying expertise will likely be given due consideration in lieu of the superior college diploma. 

Experience, Knowledge, and Skills:

• Minimum of 5 years (with a grasp’s diploma) or  7 years (with a Bachelor’s diploma) of related years {of professional} expertise in main multidisciplinary groups within the formulation and implementation of sustainable improvement and local weather change initiatives/initiatives is required. 
• At least 5 (5) years of related progressively accountable expertise supporting nationwide processes on local weather change and sustainable improvement is desired.
• Solid expertise/understanding of local weather change associated points at each the worldwide (e.g. Paris Agreement processes, local weather finance alternatives) and native (challenges, coverage setting, key initiatives) ranges is desired.
• Experience making ready data merchandise and communications materials is required.
• Experience working with UN/DP and/or different multilateral, bilateral, nationwide or civil society actors on local weather change and NDC points is an asset.
• Experience in the usage of computer systems and workplace software program packages (MS Word, Excel, and many others), database packages, and web-based administration methods corresponding to ERP.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English language is required.
• Fluency in any of the native dialects in Ghana is required. 
• Knowledge of one other UN language (particularly French) is fascinating.

Applicant details about UNHABITAT rosters

UN-HABITAT reserves the precise to pick a number of candidates from this emptiness announcement.  We might also retain purposes and think about candidates making use of to this put up for different comparable positions with UN-HABITAT on the similar grade degree and with comparable job descriptions, expertise, and academic necessities.

Non-discrimination

• UN-HABITAT has a zero-tolerance coverage in direction of sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. 
• UN-HABITAT is an equal alternative and inclusive employer that doesn’t discriminate based mostly on race, intercourse, gender id, faith, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, incapacity, being pregnant, age, language, social origin, or different standing.

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