The incumbent will work under the overall guidance of National Project Director (NPD) and National Project Coordinator (NPC) and under the direct supervision of National Project Manager (NPM) from UNEP. The Expert will team together with other national thematic experts at Project Management Unit (PMU) to develop project deliverables as per the specific terms of reference.
The Technical Advisor will provide
technical guidance and support to the implementation of the project, working in
close collaboration with the National Project Director/Climate Change
Management Division/MoFE, Project Coordinator, Project Manager and the UNEP
Task Manager. S/he will be responsible for ensuring the availability of
information on progress and performance to provide quality assurance of the
project outputs and deliverables.
Key functions:
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Lead and provide technical
supervision and advice and quality assurance
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Strategic policy advise and
knowledge management
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Programme planning,
implementation, M&E and reporting
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Technical capacity building
and knowledge management
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Monitoring and promoting
adaptation learning
Responsibilities
– Technical backstopping
Provide
overall technical backstopping for the project to ensure the project outputs
and deliverables are of good quality and in line with the project
objectives.
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Provide advice on best
suitable approaches and methodologies for the timely achievement of project
targets and deliverables
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Assist the PC / PM in planning
the implementation of project activities and adjusting the project results
framework, work plan and budget as required and in line with the corporate
requirement
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Draft or review as requested,
ToRs, for technical consultancies and subcontracts and assist in the selection
and recruitment process
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Undertake technical review and
provide quality assurance of the project outputs (training manual, technical
reports, studies, assessments, protocols, tools etc) and field level
interventions.
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Oversee and provide technical
guidance of the work of National Consultants, District Project Coordinators in
their respective domains in ensuring the quality and delivery of the tasks
undertaken.
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Provide strategic guidance in
the establishment of a technical working group on EbA including selection of
research grants and topics for long term monitoring on EbA
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Assist in monitoring the
technical quality of project M&E systems (including Multiyear plans, AWPs
and targets)
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Assist staff and national
consultants in the conduct of project reviews and evaluations and in revisions
of the implementation strategy and work plan, based on review and evaluation
results
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Make recommendations to PSC
for more effective implementation and coordination of project activities
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Perform other tasks as may be
requested by the Project Steering Committee (PSC), NPD, NPC, NPM and UNE
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Monitoring
& Learning support:
Provide support to the PMU:
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Help develop monitoring
framework to measure progress against
each of the targets and indicators in the RRF including change and adjustment
in the baseline assessment study being undertaken
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Develop learning strategy for
the project based on the current levels of awareness and understanding of EbA
measures and approaches among stakeholder groups , interest areas and
adaptation learning that the project
could generate
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Team up with the PM in
preparing the APR and PIR for submission
to UNE/GEF
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Provide inputs in knowledge
management, training, communication and awareness raising of EbA issues at
national and sub national level. Enable and support the appropriate
dissemination of results and findings to policy makers at various levels.
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Support and facilitate for the
development of strategic regional and international partnerships for the
exchange of knowledge, skills and information related to climate change
adaptation.
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Provide technical support in
reviewing the existing policies and strategies to embrace EbA measures through
the development of policy brief
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Develop an EbA up scaling
strategy and financing plan based on the lessons learnt from this project.
Conduct
of work:
Although, this is a home-based position,
the Technical Advisor will allocate certain amount of time within PMU including
undertaking certain number of field visits during the early stages of project
implementation and monitoring. A total of 160 working days has been allocated for the entire
project duration; the indicative allocated days will be split into yearly and
quarterly plans.
The following outputs are anticipated
during the tenure:
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Three annual programme review
and work planning (preparation of MYP, AWPs and budgets)
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Refined project monitoring
framework including changes and adjustments in the RRF targets and indicators
based on the baseline assessment study.
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A policy brief on EbA
including a project learning and knowledge management strategy
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An EbA up scaling strategy and
financing plan based on the lessons learnt from the project
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Contributions for the write-up
of the three Project Implementation Report (PIR-2020,2021,2022)
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Selection of research topics
and grants for long term monitoring
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Contributions to mid-term
review, final evaluation missions including drafting of PCR
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Written reviews of the
technical reports, tools and knowledge products developed by the project
culminating to at least ten products
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Guidance, technical oversight
towards the production of knowledge products such as policy briefs, training
manuals, tools and protocols on EbA
Reporting
The Technical Advisor will report to the
National Project Director and work closely with the Project Coordinator,
Project Manager and in close collaboration with Task Manager, UNE, in realizing
the project objectives.