Overview
The consultant will establish and operationalize a monitoring framework for long-term adaptation outcomes and the NAP process, support knowledge management activities, and provide technical advice for a climate change adaptation project in Rwanda.
Key Responsibilities
- Liaise with research partners to review and identify gaps in existing monitoring and evaluation systems and identify additional relevant indicators for adaptation outcomes.
- Develop a framework on adaptation indicators, targets, and means of verification aligned to the GGA framework.
- Develop guidelines and training material for the application of the national adaptation monitoring and reporting framework.
- Align adaptation indicators in the updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for Rwanda with existing systems and the adaptation monitoring framework.
- Define responsibilities and roles for the monitoring of adaptation indicators.
- Work with relevant sectors towards the mainstreaming of climate adaptation metrics, agreed indicators, and targets performance frameworks.
- Facilitate the mainstreaming of outcome-level performance indicators into sectoral monitoring frameworks and the performance framework used by MINECOFIN.
- Undertake technical review and provide quality assurance of project outputs.
- Support the preparation of annual Project Implementation Reports (PIRs) and Half-Yearly Progress Reports (HYPRs).
- Undertake regular visits to the field to support implementation of M&E and identify where adaptations might be needed.
- Provide overall technical backstopping support for the project.
- Provide advice on best suitable approaches and methodologies for the timely achievement of project targets and objectives.
- Support knowledge management, communications and awareness raising activities, and documentation of lessons from project implementation.
- Assist the PM in planning the implementation of project activities, and in adjusting the project Results Framework, Work Plan and Budget as required.
- Assist in strengthening the technical quality of project M&E systems.
- Advise the PM in liaison work with project partners, donor organizations, NGOs and other groups.
- Support the generation of reports to the Project Steering Committee (PSC) and provide professional inputs to management reports.
- Provide advice to the Project Steering Committee and the UNEP Task Manager, as needed.
Required Experience
- A minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a senior technical position for planning and management of climate change; environmental; and/or natural resources management programs in developing countries is required.
- Solid technical knowledge of climate change adaptation planning; monitoring and evaluation; knowledge management; ecosystem-based adaptation approaches; and climate risk management is required.
- Previous similar experience in provision of technical support to complex internationally funded multilateral projects is required.
- Experience of GEF and/or GCF projects is desirable.
- Previous work experience in providing technical support to governments in Rwanda or East Africa is desirable.
Qualifications
- At least a Master's degree in climate change; environmental science, planning or management; disaster risk management; natural resources management; knowledge management; or project management is required.
- A first level university degree (bachelor or equivalent) with two (2) additional years of professional experience will be accepted in lieu of a Master's degree.
