Overview

The Climate Change Specialist will support FAO, national counterparts, and partners in the climate change programme of work, focusing on the implementation of ongoing projects and programmes within OCB’s portfolio.

Tasks Summary

• Support countries on climate-related topics including Enhanced Transparency Framework, Mitigation, Adaptation, Loss and Damage, Finance, Policy, Access to Finance, Tools and datasets, and Technologies.
• Perform climate change adaptation/mitigation/transparency analyses of nationally determined contributions (NDCs), long term strategies (LTS), National Adaptation Plans (NAP) and projects such as GEF and GCF.
• Perform financial and market analysis and assessments focusing on public and private climate finance flows, instruments and investment gaps.
• Conduct value chain analysis of specific agricultural commodities.
• Write project concept notes, project proposals, investment pipelines and other relevant documents.
• Generate and disseminate knowledge materials related to climate change and agrifood systems, including training materials and organisation of workshops.
• Review relevant programme documents.
• Participate in country missions related to the programme of work.
• Provide technical support for the organization of meetings and workshops.
• Perform other duties related to the programme of work, as required.

Experience Requirements

• At least 1 year (category C), 5 years (category B) or 10 years (category A) of relevant work experience in implementation of projects in the nexus between climate change and food systems in one or more of the following areas: Climate policy and analysis, Climate Risk assessment, Private sector engagement, Project development, Climate finance, Economics of climate change, Carbon Market mechanisms, Gender and social inclusion.
• Extent and relevance of experience in one or more of the following technical areas: climate change and agriculture policy analysis, climate finance, project development (including GEF, GCF, etc.), climate investment plans.
• Extent and relevance of experience in identification of information and data for analysis of climate change and agrifood systems contexts, including country level information, agrifood system context, environmental context and policy documents.
• Extent of relevance of experience in managing partnerships with government, non-government organizations and/or private sector companies, funds, platforms and mechanisms is desirable.
• Extend of experience in international cooperation and relevance of field work experience.

Qualification Requirements

• Advanced university degree from an institution recognized by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/UNESCO in climate change, economics, environmental sciences, agrifood systems or a closely related field. Consultants with a bachelor's degree need two additional years of relevant professional experience.
• University degree from an institution recognized by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/UNESCO in climate change, economics, environmental sciences, agrifood systems or a closely related field.

Other Details

Languages Required: • Working knowledge of English.

Languages Preferred: • Working knowledge of other FAO official languages specifically Spanish, French, is considered as an asset depending on the technical requirements.

Contract Duration: Up to 11 months

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