GEF-8 Consultation Process Expert at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Specific tasks and responsibilities

For the Chile NZNPA GEF-8 project, and in consultation with UNEP, the lead GEF consultant, the lead national ministry and key stakeholders should undertake the following tasks:

• Design the stakeholder engagement plan for the PPG phase of the project.

This includes:

Stage A

• Participate in virtual meetings with the counterpart to share and discuss the scope, expectations and government, and GEF guidelines.
• Deliver at least 1 draft of the stakeholder engagement plan to be review by the counterpart and improve the design if necessary.

Stage B

• Once reached a consensus with the counterpart, generate the final version of the stakeholder engagement plan to be implemented.
• Implement and lead the stakeholder engagement process according with the approved plan.

This includes:

Stage A

• Coordinate and lead virtual (or in-person if possible) meetings with the 10 key stakeholders identified with strong importance and influence for the project

Stage B

• Coordinate and lead virtual focus groups with key sectors, such as academia, finance, government, among others planned.

Stage C

• Coordinate and lead in-person meetings during the UNEP mission to the country to gather feedback on the project’s design and secure institutional support for the project.

Stage D

• Lead and implement a massive in-person workshop with the most impotant stakeholders identified to inform and validate the project's design prior to submission.
• Lead and implement a massive in-person workshop with the whole stakeholders identified to inform and validate the project.
• Prepare a report of the stakeholder engagement process, including the findings, proposal of strategies to commit the key actors and recommendation for the implementation phase of the project.
• Prepare drafts for the sections of the CEO document: baseline, barriers, institutional arrangements and coordination, risks to project implementation, gender plan, stakeholder engagement, private sector, environmental and social safeguard.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: environmental studies, environment, energy, economics, development, architecture, engineering, international cooperation or a related discipline is required; A first level degree with additional five (5) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree;
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in developing projects or policies related to climate change mitigation or adaptation is required;
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in designing and implementing stakeholder consultation processes for projects and/or public policies is required;
• Knowledge of Chile’s institutional setting and framework, Chile’s public policies, and experience working with Chile’s institutional actors is required.
• Experience in working with national governments of Latin America and the Caribbean is required;
• Experience in working with or for multilateral or bilateral funding entities in the field of climate change, environment or development is required.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consultancy, fluency in oral and written English is required.

Deadline : Feb 20, 2024