Background Information – Yemen
The ongoing conflict has caused significant disruptions to the supply chain and to the overall availability of services. In light of the reduced or even absent provision of public services, communities have been affected by disease and environmental degradation. There is a relevant physical damage to infrastructure including roads, municipal services, water and sanitation and energy. In addition, the lack of functionality in one sector often spills over into other sectors with significant consequences on both the access to, and quality of services, that are often interrelated.
UNOPS is undertaking a multi-sectorial engagement that aims at restoring urban services mainly in energy, urban roads, water and sanitation (WASH), municipality services in targeted cities in Yemen using an integrated approach.
Background Information – Job specific
UNOPS is undertaking a World Bank-funded project (Yemen Emergency Electricity Access Project), which focuses on improving access to electricity in rural and peri-urban areas within Yemen. The project responds to the immediate developmental crisis by restoring electricity supply to critical infrastructure (hospitals, schools, water corporations, and electricity corporations). It will also build a more inclusive and sustainable solar market in Yemen through targeted financing to the private sector, expanding its reach to the poor and vulnerable while improving the quality of off-grid energy access products and services based on international experience.
To achieve the project’s objectives, UNOPS will engage solar microfinance institutions (MFIs), solar installers and suppliers, technical service providers, and other stakeholders. Specifically, the project is structured around the following three components:
Component 1: Financing for Off-grid Solar:
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Under Subcomponent 1.1, UNOPS will partner with eligible microfinance institutions (MFIs), help them set up financing windows for high-quality, small-scale solar solutions for rural and peri-urban households, and provide partial grants to make the systems affordable.
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Under Subcomponent 1.2, UNOPS will contract solar suppliers and installers to provide grant-financed solar systems to critical service facilities in rural and peri-urban areas. The scope of the subcomponent includes health clinics, schools, rural water corporations, rural electricity service providers, and other providers of critical services. Implementation will start with health clinics and schools.
Component 2: Implementation Support and Market Development: UNOPS will contract service providers and NGOs to provide market-strengthening activities.
Component 3: Contingent Emergency Response Component: The emergency component that can be activated in the event of an eligible emergency situation.
The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.
UNOPS is committed to achieving a truly diverse workforce.