E T Consultant

Job title:

E T Consultant

Company

World Bank

Job description

E T Consultant Job #: req30506
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Climate Change
Grade: EC1
Term Duration: 1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s): English
Preferred Language(s): French
Closing Date: 12/10/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTCDescriptionDo you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. Please visitClimate change will greatly affect the poorest people in the world, who are often hardest hit by weather catastrophes, desertification, and rising sea levels and least able to respond. In some parts of the world, climate change has already contributed to worsening food security, reduced the predictable availability of fresh water, and exacerbated the spread of disease and other threats to human health.Helping the most vulnerable countries and communities adapt to increasing challenges of climate change is an imperative for the international community, requiring significant resources to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.The Adaptation Fund is an innovative financing mechanism set up by the Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), with the purpose of financing concrete climate change adaptation projects and programs in developing country Parties. At the request of the COP, the GEF is providing secretariat services to the Adaptation Fund Board (the Board) on an interim basis, through a dedicated team. Since becoming fully operational in 2010, the Board has approved 160 projects and programs worth more than USD 1 billion in over 100 countries.Launched under the Kyoto Protocol of the UNFCCC, the Adaptation Fund has been formally serving Paris Agreement since 2019.The Adaptation Fund is implementing its second medium term strategy (2023-2027) that rests on the three pillars of adaptation action, innovation and learning/knowledge management.The Adaptation Fund supports country-driven projects and programs, innovation, and global learning for effective adaptation. All of the Adaptation Fund’s activities are designed to build national and local adaptive capacities while reaching and engaging the most vulnerable groups, and to integrate gender consideration to provide equal opportunity to access and benefit from the Fund’s resources. They are also aimed at enhancing synergies with other sources of climate finance, while creating models that can be replicated or scaled up.The Adaptation Fund is currently recruiting an extended-term consultant (ETC) climate analyst to take on the responsibility of providing support to the Programming and Innovation Team and to assist the team with the relevant key activities including operational support to project and program review process; preparation of Board documentation and PPRC meeting arrangements; support to the Innovation Advisory Body (establishment and coordination activities), support on the development of new funding modalities as per the Implementation Plan of the MTS II, and support on outreach, communications and website development, in collaboration with the dedicated teams.The incumbent will be supervised by the Programming and Innovation Team Lead.Duties and Accountabilities

• Support the project and program review cycle process, including technical review of proposals, ensuring compliance with Adaption Fund policies, the preparation of Project and Program Review Committee meetings and materials, Board documents (including operational guidelines, tools, reports, and other), other technical outputs, knowledge products, talking points, presentations and other materials to support the effective delivery of the Fund, jointly with the Results Based Management team and other teams of the secretariat.

• Support a productive dialogue and positive relationships with key stakeholders, including developing country governments, climate change negotiators, national, regional and multilateral agencies involved in climate finance, think tanks and civil society.

• Support the organization of events and meetings of the Programming and Innovation team, including but not limited to Project and Program Review Committee meeting preparation support to partnerships under programming and innovation.

• Coordinate and contribute to the preparation of Board documents, including program and policy documents, talking points, and other materials.

• Support information flow and preparation of documents, tools and events that support effective information provision.

• Help keep the Fund’s website updated with information about the work of the Adaptation Fund’s programs and innovative work.

• Provide support to programming on administrative and financial due diligence, including data management and use of World Bank project databases and platforms as needed.

• Furthermore, the incumbent will support the team with communications and outreach, and raise awareness and share information on the Adaptation Fund and its programming process including:

a) Taking responsible roles in representing the Adaption Fund and enhancing public awareness in various fora.b) Preparing talking points, presentations, and other material.c) Prepare reports, analyses and briefs.d) Develop pages or microsites for programming/innovation streams, with a view to accuracy, clarity and visual appeal.e) Support the preparation of information material including web material.f) Support website information management, maintenance of “projects under review”, “active pipeline”, and monitoring and checking pages for accuracy and ensuring they are up-to-date, as needed.g) Carry out other tasks as required.Selection Criteria

• Master’s degree in international development or relations, environmental science or another relevant field with at least two years of experience.
• Outstanding interpersonal, diplomatic and communication skills required to interact with diverse stakeholders while working in a global collaborative team environment.
• Demonstrated experience working in or with multilateral development institutions such as UN entities, development banking or experience working within national organizations on development projects.
• Experience with working with UNFCCC stakeholder constituencies, for example youth, indigenous people, gender, LDCs, and/or SIDS.
• Experience in organizing events and overseeing all aspects of project preparation and coordination.
• Experience with preparing documents, brochures, event descriptions, news stories, web content, and social media would be a plus.
• Ability to collaborate with staff at different levels of hierarchy as well as consultants.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team.
• High professional and personal integrity.
• Sound knowledge of the UNFCCC and international climate finance architecture would be desirable.
• Experience with or familiarity with innovation and/or locally-led adaptation would be an advantage.
• Specific experience with development processes such as those related to adaptation, climate change or environmental projects/programs is a plus.
• A strong understanding of development practices in developing countries.
• Strong interpersonal skills, positive attitude and ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to handle concurrent activities efficiently under pressure, with minimum supervision and to meet tight deadlines, with flexibility and adaptability.
• Willingness to travel.
• Excellent command of English, written as well as spoken.
• Knowledge of French, and/or other languages would be an advantage.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.Learn more about working at the and , including our values and inspiring stories.Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

Expected salary

Location

Washington DC

Job date

Sat, 23 Nov 2024 03:23:43 GMT

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