National Expert – Hydrogen Standards and Certifications, Morocco
Date: National knowledgeable – hydrogen requirements and certifications
Requisition ID: 5190
Grade: SB4 – Local Professional (Junior & Mid Level)
Country: Morocco
Duty Station: MOR – Other cities
Category: National Consultant Type of Job Posting: External Private Posting
Employment Type: NonStaff-WAE Contract Duration: 12 working days over the contract interval Application deadline: 03-Mar-2025
Vacancy Announcement TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT OF PROJECT PERSONNEL Only nationals or everlasting residents of the nation of the responsibility station are thought of eligible.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is the specialised company of the United Nations that promotes industrial improvement for poverty discount, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability. The mission of UNIDO, as described within the Lima Declaration adopted on the fifteenth session of the UNIDO General Conference in 2013 in addition to the Abu Dhabi Declaration adopted on the eighteenth session of UNIDO General Conference in 2019, is to advertise and speed up inclusive and sustainable industrial improvement (ISID) in Member States. The relevance of ISID as an built-in strategy to all three pillars of sustainable improvement is acknowledged by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the associated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is able to body United Nations and nation efforts in direction of sustainable improvement. UNIDO’s mandate is absolutely acknowledged in SDG-9, which calls to “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”. The relevance of ISID, nevertheless, applies in better or lesser extent to all SDGs. Accordingly, the Organization’s programmatic focus is structured in 4 strategic priorities: Creating shared prosperity; Advancing financial competitiveness; Safeguarding the setting; and Strengthening data and establishments. Each of those programmatic fields of exercise comprises quite a lot of particular person programmes, that are applied in a holistic method to attain efficient outcomes and impacts by way of UNIDO’s 4 enabling features: (i) technical cooperation; (ii) analytical and analysis features and coverage advisory providers; (iii) normative features and requirements and high quality-associated actions; and (iv) convening and partnerships for data switch, networking and industrial cooperation. Such core features are carried out in Divisions/Offices in its Headquarters, Regional Offices and Hubs and Country Offices.
Each of those programmatic fields of exercise comprises quite a lot of particular person programmes, that are applied in a holistic method to attain efficient outcomes and impacts by way of UNIDO’s 4 enabling features: (i) technical cooperation; (ii) analytical and analysis features and coverage advisory providers; (iii) normative features and requirements and high quality-associated actions; and (iv) convening and partnerships for data switch, networking and industrial cooperation. Such core features are carried out in Departments/Offices in its Headquarters, Regional Offices and Hubs and Country Offices.
This place is positioned within the Climate and Technology Partnerships Division (IET/CTP) within the Directorate on SDG.
Innovation and Economic Transformation (IET). IET is accountable for growing, primarily based on present and to-be-developed capacities and service modules, modern providers geared toward strengthening the present technical cooperation portfolio to satisfy the present world challenges and entice extra funding and new donors, in addition to partaking in additional and new partnerships with Member States, improvement companions and the non-public sector.
CTP promotes and paves the street for the engagement with Member States, the non-public and finance sector, analysis, consultants and innovation platforms, IGOs and different related entities and stakeholders, within the improvement of strategic partnerships on local weather and know-how. Through the collaboration with a variety of exterior companions and organizational entities inside UNIDO, the Division helps Member States of their pathway to internet zero and speed up financial transformation. The focus of the Division is to establish, design, negotiate and coordinate modern partnerships and assist the elaboration and initiation of joint technical cooperation programmes and actions. The Division coordinates UNIDO’s Global Partnership for Hydrogen in Industry and its associated inexperienced hydrogen programme, representing UNIDO in related excessive-stage coverage discussions and fora.
PROJECT CONTEXT
Project SAP ID 220104: Green Climate Fund Readiness Programme in Morocco.
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Programme for Morocco on “Enhancing enabling environment to support the decarbonisation of Moroccan steel production through the application of green hydrogen”, goals to boost the enabling setting of the deployment of inexperienced hydrogen within the Moroccan metal manufacturing to contribute to the decarbonisation of the sector.
The undertaking goals to handle the lack of understanding, engagement, and inadequate capability by way of completely different assessments, research, engagement actions and workshops. This will assist strengthening the capability of Moroccan stakeholders related for the application of inexperienced hydrogen in business and in metal manufacturing, together with policymakers by way of engagement actions, data dissemination and improvement of research and paperwork. The lack of bankable initiatives and the shortage of feasibility research will probably be tackled by supporting the event of pre-feasibility assessments for home hydrogen use in metal manufacturing in addition to additional analyses of environmental, social and water-associated implications. In addition, the undertaking goals to develop one top quality GCF Project Concept Note for a big-scale undertaking on the manufacturing of inexperienced hydrogen and its application in metal-primarily based industrial clusters.
To obtain these aims, the readiness undertaking will concentrate on: 1) Strengthen the capability of Moroccan stakeholders related for the application of inexperienced hydrogen in business and in metal manufacturing, together with policymakers by way of engagement actions, capability constructing, data dissemination and improvement of research and paperwork.
2) Support within the improvement of pre-feasibility assessments for home hydrogen use in metal manufacturing in addition to additional analyses of environmental, social and water associated implications.
3) Develop one top quality GCF Project Concept Note for a big-scale undertaking on the manufacturing of inexperienced hydrogen and its application in metal-primarily based industrial clusters. As part of the proposed readiness actions, UNIDO will discover coordination mechanisms with the continued PCP to each facilitate data switch, and to make sure environment friendly use of present capability.
FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the supervision of the undertaking supervisor (PM) in UNIDO HQs, the National guide will work in shut cooperation with the nationwide coordinator and the International Experts. The nationwide guide is anticipated to undertake the assignments described within the desk under.
Main duties
Concrete/ measurable Outputs to be achieved
Expected period
Location
In shut coordination with nationwide coordinator, collect and evaluate present nationwide and worldwide certifications and requirements for inexperienced hydrogen application in metal manufacturing, in addition to for inexperienced or low-carbon metal.
A database of present certifications and requirements, together with a abstract of nationwide and worldwide frameworks related to inexperienced hydrogen and low-carbon metal.
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Home Based
Conduct a niche evaluation to establish lacking or insufficient certifications and requirements needed for inexperienced hydrogen application in metal manufacturing in Morocco’s context.
Gap evaluation report figuring out deficiencies in present certifications and requirements and proposing areas for improvement or adaptation.
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Home Based
Prepare suggestions for creating or adapting certifications and requirements for inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing, application, and integration into Morocco’s metal business.
Recommendations report outlining actionable proposals for certification and commonplace wants tailor-made to Morocco’s inexperienced hydrogen and metal sectors.
2
Home Based
Review the rules ready for requirements and certification schemes associated to low carbon metal and inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing, application, storage, and transport.
Comments and suggestions on the rules doc to make sure alignment with findings from the hole evaluation
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Home Based
MINIMUM ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Education: Advanced college diploma in engineering, sciences, or different related self-discipline with specialization in areas of related self-discipline, is required.
Technical and Functional Experience:
- A Minimum of three years sensible expertise in requirements improvement and certification is required. embXbV1 DMCEms
- Knowledgeable with standardization systeme is an asset.
- Demonstrable expertise engaged on commonplace improvement and/or implementation on hydrogen, power, or different associated discipline.
- Strong communication expertise, and potential to liaise with varied stakeholders, together with authorities officers is fascinating.
- Experience in evaluating the wants, situations and issues in growing nations, is fascinating.
Languages: Fluency in written and spoken English and French is required.
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
Core values: WE LIVE AND ACT WITH INTEGRITY: work truthfully, brazenly and impartially.
WE SHOW PROFESSIONALISM: work onerous and competently in a dedicated and accountable method.
WE RESPECT DIVERSITY: work collectively successfully, respectfully and inclusively, no matter our variations in tradition and perspective.
Key competencies: WE FOCUS ON PEOPLE: cooperate to totally attain our potential -and that is true for our colleagues in addition to our purchasers. Emotional intelligence and receptiveness are very important elements of our UNIDO id.
WE FOCUS ON RESULTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: concentrate on planning, organizing and managing our work successfully and effectively. We are accountable and accountable for reaching our outcomes and assembly our efficiency requirements. This accountability doesn’t finish with our colleagues and supervisors, however we additionally owe it to these we serve and who’ve trusted us to contribute to a greater, safer and more healthy world.
WE COMMUNICATE AND EARN TRUST: talk successfully with each other and construct an setting of belief the place we are able to all excel in our work.
WE THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND INNOVATE: To keep related, we constantly enhance, assist innovation, share our data and expertise, and study from each other.
This appointment is restricted to the desired undertaking(s) solely and doesn’t carry any expectation of renewal. Employees of UNIDO are anticipated always to uphold the best requirements of integrity, professionalism and respect for range, each at work and exterior. Only individuals who absolutely and unconditionally commit to those values ought to think about making use of for jobs at UNIDO. All functions have to be submitted on-line by way of the Online Recruitment System. Correspondence will probably be undertaken solely with candidates who’re being thought of at a sophisticated section of the choice course of. Selected candidate(s) could also be required to confide in the Director General the character and scope of monetary and different private pursuits and belongings in respect of themselves, their spouses and dependents, underneath the procedures established by the Director General.
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