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Duties and Responsibilities:

• Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of UNEP Head, Climate Change Adaptation Unit or his/her designated mandated representative(s) as well as the NAP project Coordinator within the MEPA.

Specifically, the CTA will:

• Project Management: Provide overall technical backstopping, operational guidance and support to the National Project teams to ensure that project objectives are being met and that activities are carried out within agreed deadline and under high technical standards
• Assist the Project Coordinators in planning the implementation of project activities, and in any adjustment to the projects Results Framework, Work Plans and Budgets that might be required and in line with corporate requirement and GCF rules
• Provide quality assurance and technical review of projects outputs such as technical reports, studies, assessments, training materials, and knowledge products.
• Draft or review, as requested, ToRs for technical consultancies and sub-contracts, and assist in the selection and recruitment process
• Provide technical guidance and supervisory function to the work carried out by national and international consultants hired by the projects.
• Assist the Project Managers and coordinate the preparation of Annual GCF Interim Progress Reports (IPRs), addressing review sheets from GCF, request for changes of project, other M&E reports and reviews required by UNEP, the GCF and Government departments
• Conduct technical supervision missions Georgia to meet with project team, MEPA and key NAP stakeholders to review progress and plan for NAP project inputs and activities to achieve deliverables and outputs in support of the Georgia NAP process.
• Adaptation Planning: Provide lead technical support in guiding the Georgia National Adaptation Planning processes in accordance with the UNFCCC’s updated National Adaptation Plans technical guidelines (2025) , Green Climate Fund (GCF)’s guidance on adaptation planning approaches as well as existing supplementary guidelines including UNEP Ecosystem based Adaptation (EbA) NAP guidelines with particular focus on ensuring that:
• Climate science informs risk assessments and identification of adaptation options 

Qualifications/special skills

• An advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in climate change or a related discipline such as disaster risk reduction, environmental planning or management, natural resources management, adaptation planning, geography and urban and regional planning, public policy and management, international development is required.
• A first-level university degree, combined with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of relevant professional experience is required in a technical leadership or planning role within development, climate, or natural resources management programmes, preferably in a developing country context.
• Of this, at least five (5) years of international experience is required in one or more of the following areas: institutional strengthening, stakeholder engagement and capacity building, or development/ climate/ or natural resources management programmes. Sound Communication skills both written and spoken is desired.
• Experience in teamworking and collaborating with different stakeholders is desired
• Experience managing for results and supporting development of budgets, work plans, and procurement plans is desirable.

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Specific tasks and responsibilities

• Lead the preparation of the CEO Endorsement Document and its attachments.
• Be responsible for the design of all substantive elements of the CEO Endorsement Document and its annexes, including sections such as the log-frame, budget, indicators, baseline scenario, alternative scenario, stakeholders, risks, governance framework, gender action plan, knowledge management, theory of change (ToC), and monitoring and evaluation, among other, in consultation with UNEP and project co-executors (national and global partners). A complete CEO Endorsement package template and its annexes will be provided by UNEP.
• Prepare an outline of the strategy and methodology to develop such elements, including a provisional timetable.
• Organize an inception meeting, either virtually or in-person, with UNEP and project co-executors to discuss the project structure and proposed interventions, problem tree, theory of change and co-financing. Prepare a report summarizing the meeting.
• In consultation with UNEP and the project co-executors, establish project specific indicators in Annex A.
• Prepare a package of inputs of relevant information for the development of the gender analysis, stakeholder engagement plan and environmental and social safeguard screenings in coordination with UNEP.
• Inform UNEP on the status of work and highlight, in a timely manner, risks related to the quality of the information received and the fulfillment of the project's development schedule.
• Prepare a first draft of the CEO Endorsement Package, including relevant annexes (annexes to be included in the first draft will be discussed and agreed upon with the Food Waste global task manager and technical lead).
• Support and participate in the stakeholder validation workshop with project co-executors and partners to validate the developed CEO Endorsement Document (log frames, results framework, budget, workplan, gender action plan, stakeholder engagement plan, etc.).
• Support the discussion of co-finance contributions, validate the nature of contributions, identify to which project Component(s) the contribution is allocated, complete the co-finance budget template (Annex I-2 of the CEO Endorsement Document) and provide any inputs required to obtain signed co-finance commitment letters.
• Support preparation of the stakeholder consultation report. The GEF requires that a report is prepared and submitted on stakeholder holder consultations undertaken during the PPG. 

Qualifications/special skills

• Academic: Advanced university degree in development, environment, management, business administration, economics, or a related discipline is required;
• A first level degree with additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree;
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in developing, assessing, evaluating or managing projects in the field of climate change, renewable energy, environment or development is required.
• Experience in drafting project proposals and assessing project documents, including concepts, progress reports, work plans, and financial documents (budgets and expenditure reports) is required;
• Experience in working with developing countries is required;
• Experience in working on global projects is required;
• Experience in working for multilateral or bilateral funding entities in the field of climate change, renewable energy environment or development is desirable;
• Experience working with GEF or UNEP projects is desirable;