Background
The Climate Change and Environment (CCE) 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 Portfolio focuses on three programmatic areas that complement each other: (i) Natural Resource Management contributing to sustainable environment management and conservation of natural resources in production landscapes, within the general framework of the ecosystems approach; (ii) 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 (iii) Cooperation with relevant stakeholders to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy.
The Enhancing Adaptation Action in Turkey Project under CCE Portfolio is aiming to build societal resilience by strengthening climate change adaptation, particularly at sector and urban level.
The specific purpose of this Project is to establish an enabling environment for climate change adaption in Turkey by developing the policy, technical and operational baselines, including (i) better decision making tools for national climate change adaptation policies, (ii) urban adaptation planning solutions (urban adaptation strategies and action plans), (iii) capacity building and networking activities for climate change adaptation with the EU and the international community, and (iv) a climate change adaptation grant programme to implement climate change adaptation action.
Estimated results:
- Result 1. Develop better decision-making tools for climate resilient sustainable development.
- Result 2. Develop adaptation and resilience planning in urban areas
- Result 3. Develop capacity for climate change adaptation action
- Result 4. Improve operational capacity for climate change adaptation action through a climate change adaptation grant programme.
In the view of the above, a senior short-term expert on climate change adaptation grant programme will be mobilized to provide consultancy services for the grant component of the project.
Accronyms and Abbreviations
Unless otherwise noted;
- UNDP refers to United Nations Development Programme Country Office in Turkey,
- The Assignment refers to the present Assignment,
- CCE refers to Climate Change & Environment
- MoEU refers to Ministry of Environment and Urbanization
- TAT refers to Technical Assistant Team
- The Project Manager refers to Project Manager of Enhancing Adaptation Action in Turkey Project
- The Grant Programme Expert refers to Grant Manager of Enhancing Adaptation Action in Turkey Project
Duties and Responsibilities
UNDP will mobilize a Grant Programme Expert to provide professional support on the fields mentioned below. His/her functions will not include managerial, supervisory and/or representative functions.
The overall objective of Enhancing Adaptation Action in Turkey Project is to build societal resilience by strengthening climate change adaptation, particularly at sector and urban level. The objective of the assignment is the provision of technical expertise on the implementation of the Climate Change Adaptation Grant Programme during the project lifetime. As senior short-term expert on Climate Change Adaptation Grant Programme, The Grant Programme Expert will provide technical and administrative assistance during implementation, monitoring and review process for grant projects, develop training modules-training sessions, prepare project related documents. The Grant Programme Expert will report to the Grant Manager.
The specific objective of the assignment is providing consultancy services to Enhancing Adaptation Action in Turkey Project on the fields mentioned below.
Within the scope of the assignment, Grant Programme Expert shall perform the following generic functions (but not limited to):
- Preparation of training module on managing grants for the MOEU/DGEUFR staff and execution of 6 half-day training session covering the life cycle of grant projects such as tendering, implementation, supervision and monitoring, and financing;
- Preparation of training module on the full applications submission for applicants who are eligible to submit a full application and execution of 2 one-day training sessions;
- Support organization of opening and closure events of the Grant Programme;
- Support establishment of Management Information System (MIS) and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System;
- Support preparation of a risk assessment and monitoring programme for the grant programme inalignment with the MoEU after the award of the grant contracts;
- Technical and administrative assistance during implementation and monitoring of grant projects;
- Follow up grantees notification/amendment requests via MIS and conduct interim and final evaluations for grant projects;
- Quality check and editing the reports and other related documents/materials prepared;
- Support organization of 4 one-day consultative meetings throughout the course of the Grant Program to exchange information, assess progress and encourage collaboration among grant nominees.
- Preparation of lessons learned report and a dissemination strategy of grant activities.
- Support preparation of a compendium and a short documentary video for the Grant Programme.
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 the Grant Manager and the time schedule for each assignment will be determined by UNDP in consultation with the Grant Programme Expert.
If required by UNDP, the Grant Programme Expert may be requested to provide additional consultancy services on topics related to her/his consultancies area.
Institutional Arrangement
UNDP will provide the Grant Programme Expert with all relevant background documents. UNDP is not required to provide any physical facility for the work of the Grant Programme 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 Grant Programme 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 Grant Programme Expert are confidential and cannot be used for any other purposes or shared with a third party without any written approval from UNDP.
All reports shall be submitted in English. The Grant Programme Expert shall be solely liable for the accuracy and reliability of the data provided, links to sources of information used.
The Grant Programme Expert shall report to the Grant Manager of Enhancing Adaptation Action in Turkey Project and work in close collaboration with the project staff. After submission of the deliverables outlined by the Grant Manager, UNDP may have some comments and revision requests on the deliverables. The reports shall be submitted to the Grant Manager for final approval. The Grant Programme 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 Grant Programme Expert. All the reports are subject to approval from the Grant Manager for the continuation of monthly remuneration to the Grant Programme Expert.
Competencies
Core Competencies:
- Demonstrates commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
- Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity
- Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment
- Self-development, initiative-taking
- Acting as a team player and facilitating teamwork
- Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively
- Creating synergies through self-control
- Managing conflict
- Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others.
- Informed and transparent decision making.
Required Skills and Experience
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:
Minimum Requirements
Assets
General Qualifications
- Masters degree in the field of Economics, Business Administration / Management, Social Sciences, or related fields
- Good command of English
Professional Experience
- Minimum 7 (seven) years of relevant experience , in the absence of Masters Degree additional 2 years of relevant experience is required
Specific Experience
- Minimum 5 years of specific working experience in grant management
- Working experience in at least 3 projects as a grant expert
- Grant programme / project experience in the field of climate change
- Experience in preparation of training documents and execution of training covering the life cycle of grant projects such as tendering, implementation, monitoring, and financing
- Experience in grant monitoring and evaluation at least 20 grant projects
Notes:
- Internships (paid/unpaid) are not considered professional experience.
- Obligatory military service is not considered professional experience.
- Professional experience gained in an international setting is considered international experience.
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, indigenous identity, disability and culture. Individuals from all genders, minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with utmost confidentiality.
Place of Work & 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 Grant Programme Expert. In case travels to other cities specified in the Project’s 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 Grant Programme Expert must be negotiated prior to travel. The respective travels of the Grant Programme Expert may either be;
- Arranged and covered by UNDP CO from the respective project budget without making any reimbursements to the Grant Programme Expert.
- Reimbursed to the Grant Programme Expert upon the submission of the receipts/invoices of the expenses by the Grant Programme Expert and approval of the UNDP. The reimbursement of each cost item subject to following constraints/conditions provided in below table.
- Covered by the combination of the above options.
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