NDC Partnership - National NDC Coordinator (Partnerships Senior Officer) Fiji - (Retainer, Homebased)

Job categories Partnerships, Climate, Environment
Vacancy code VA/2024/B5002/29209
Department/office GPO, GVA, Water, Environment & Climate (WEC)
Duty station Suva, Fiji
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 11-Nov-2024 to 02-Dec-2024


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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

Fiji is a member of the NDC Partnership and as part of Paris Agreement, Fiji has submitted its first Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2015 committing to reduce its Green House Gas emissions (GHG) by 30% by 2030 with major focus in energy sector. Building on to the target, Fiji’s NDC Implementation Roadmap in 2017 focuses on electricity and transportation sector. The goal of the NDC Implementation Roadmap is to chart a pathway for the implementation of mitigation actions needed to achieve the NDC for Fiji. Fiji's NDCs are based on the energy sector and the Roadmap focuses on three energy subsectors and highlights short (2018-2020), medium (2021-2025) and long (2026-2030) term actions required in these subsectors to achieve the 30 % emissions reduction target.

 Fiji developed its Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) in 2018. The LEDS is to enhance the Fijian Government’s ability to plan for decarbonisation of its economy in the long- term by providing a framework and a pathway for a progressive revision and enhancement of targets under its NDC to reduce emissions to 2030 and beyond and to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. 

Fiji submitted an updated NDC in 2020. The updated NDC confirmed Fiji’s commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by the year 2050 while reaffirming to achieve 30% Business as Usual (BAU) emissions reduction from a Business as Usual (BAU) scenario. Of the 30% reduction of BAU baseline carbon dioxide emissions, Fiji envisions to achieve 10% emission reductions which will be achieved “unconditionally” using available resources in the country and 20% achieved “conditionally “and further committed to reduce domestic maritime shipping emissions by 40% . It also aims to derive 100% of national electricity production from renewable energy sources by 2030.

Fiji has published its NDC Investment Plan in 2022 that entails program pipelines for the transport (land, maritime, and aviation) and energy efficiency sectors. The NDC investment plan identifies options for low carbon development and possible financing options. Based on these options, the most promising investment opportunities will be further developed into a project pipeline of concept notes. This plan is our bridge between climate policy-makers and investors, and we are confident that it will provide all multilateral and bilateral partners and private sector stakeholders the clear, confidence-boosting signal they need to invest in Fiji in support of our transition towards a low carbon economy consistent with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree guardrail.




The incumbent will closely support the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environ...

Treats all individuals with respect; responds sensitively to differences and enc...

Education A Master’s degree preferably in public policy, develop...

Contract type: Local ICA retainer Contract level: LICA 09 / ICS 09 Contract dura...

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