NDC Partnership - National NDC Coordinator – Nauru (Partnerships Senior Officer) - Retainer Homebased

Job categories Partnerships, Climate, Environment
Vacancy code VA/2024/B5002/29366
Department/office GPO, GVA, Water, Environment & Climate (WEC)
Duty station Yaren, Nauru
Contract type Local ICA Specialist
Contract level LICA Specialist-9
Duration 12 months, max 220 days, with possibility of extension depending on performance and on availability of funds.
Application period 10-Dec-2024 to 08-Jan-2025


Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

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WEC Background: 

The Water, Environment and Climate (WEC) portfolio, based in Vienna, and with offices based globally is part of the UNOPS Global Portfolio Office. The Portfolio has built strong partnerships and is effectively managing a portfolio of over 500 million USD over the last 15 years to support key initiatives with fund management, project implementation and administrative support. 

WEC effectively operationalizes partners' agendas with global approaches, as well as regional and country specific activities focused on climate action, protection and conservation of the environment. Partners profit from WEC’s ability to operationalize and/or scale up their important substantive agendas, including in support of key multilateral environmental and climate agreements, such as the Paris Agreement, the Cartagena Convention as well as the Sustainable Development Goals. 


The NDC Partnership: 

The NDC Partnership is a global coalition of countries and institutions collaborating to drive transformational climate action through sustainable development. In 2015, the world endorsed the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Nations signal their commitments to the Paris Agreement through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) - each country’s strategy to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience against the negative effects of a changing climate. The Partnership advances the goals of the Paris Agreement by bringing together nearly 200 countries and institutions in new ways to accelerate NDC implementation and enhance ambition over time. The Partnership’s work through 120 partners supporting almost 80 countries produces many examples of impact, lessons learned and ideas for the future. The Partnership is governed by a Steering Committee, co-chaired by two country representatives. The Partnership’s work is facilitated by a Support Unit based at World Resources Institute in Washington DC and the UNFCCC Secretariat in Bonn, Germany. UNOPS supports the NDC Partnership and its Support Unit through the Water, Environment and Climate (WEC).  In the Pacific, the NDC Partnership works in close coordination and collaboration with the Regional Pacific NDC Hub. 


Country Context

The Republic of Nauru is a member of the NDC Partnership from 2019. Nauru submitted its updated NDC in October 2021. This updated NDC is intended to cover the time period of 1 January 2021 through 31 December 2030, and replaces the initial NDC submitted by Nauru to the UNFCCC in November 2015. In November 2023, Nauru requested support for embedded coordination/facilitation support – through the recruitment of an In Country Facilitator/National NDC Coordinator.



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