Overview
Provide technical expertise, facilitate consultations, and draft gender-responsive policy inputs to integrate human mobility considerations into North Macedonia's National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes.
Tasks Summary
- Share and contextualize the UNFCCC Technical Guide on Integrating Human Mobility and Climate Change Linkages.
- Communicate the Technical Guide and related knowledge products in an accessible, practical, and gender-sensitive manner.
- Participate in technical meetings with government representatives and key stakeholders.
- Prepare background notes and reports for meetings with recommendations on mobility integration.
- Provide policy advice to national institutions on human mobility developments in the UNFCCC process.
- Draft gender-sensitive written inputs and technical comments to draft NAP-related documents.
- Coordinate closely with IOM Office in Skopje and IOM’s Regional Office in Vienna.
- Prepare short progress updates and a final consultancy report.
Experience Requirements
- Minimum five years of experience in climate change adaptation, migration, or related policy fields.
- Proven experience in technical advisory roles, policy drafting, and multi-stakeholder consultations.
- Familiarity with UNFCCC processes, particularly relating to adaptation and human mobility.
- Previous experience working in North Macedonia or the Western Balkans is an asset.
- Demonstrated ability to integrate gender-sensitive approaches into climate or migration programming.
- Experience in liaising with governmental and international organizations.
Qualification Requirements
- Advanced university degree in environmental policy, climate change, migration studies, international development, or a related field.
- Bachelors or Equivalent
