International Consultant, Climate Information Services at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Specific Tasks and Responsibilities

The consultant is expected to work closely with UNEP, the PMU Chief Technical Advisor and national project teams and focal points to develop the following ultimate outputs:

• Develop work plan.
• National meteorological strategy in Timor-Leste
• National meteorological act in Timor-Leste
• Development of Climate Sector Action and Communication Plan (CSACP).
• Development of Sector Specific Climate Training Program (SSCTP)
• Lessons learned report.

These tasks have been described in further detail below:

• Develop Work Plan and Timeline for the whole assignment in three phases.
• Prepare a workplan for the expected outputs including a detailed timeline for a maximum period of 24 months.
• National Meteorological Strategy in Timor-Leste
• Develop a National Meteorological Strategy for Timor-Leste DNMG. The objective is to document the process by which the DNMG will put the Timor-Leste Meteorological Strategy and the Roadmap for Strengthened Climate Services into operation. Timor-Leste will document the process by which the DNMG will put its proposed Meteorology Act into operation.
• Conduct in-country stakeholder consultation workshops/meetings to inform the development of the National Meteorological Strategies for Timor-Leste.
• Conduct in-country stakeholder consultation workshops/meetings to review the National Meteorological Strategy for Timor-Leste
• Ensure Gender Responsive actions are included in the National Meteorological Strategy for Timor-Leste
• National Meteorological Act in Timor-Leste
• Develop a national Meteorology Act for presentation to Timor-Leste Parliament with the help of DNMG, to support its NFCS.
• Conduct in-country stakeholder consultation workshops/meetings to inform the development of the Timor-Leste National Meteorological Strategy
• Climate Sector Action and Communication Plan (CSACP), Planning for the Sector Specific Training and Organization of Training (SSCTP): The Project will support a systematic five-year process of integrating climate considerations into the decision making and planning of government, private and community sectors by supporting them to understand and appropriately utilize climate information services supplied by DNMG. Hence, the Consultant need to develop A National Climate Sector Action and Communication Plan (CSACP) which should be co-developed with key stakeholders in each of the five Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) priority sectors – health, agriculture and food security, disaster risk reduction, water, and energy. The recommendations from the CSACP and sector-specific data and information products will be used to conduct sector specific training by DNMG for the five GFCS priority.
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• sector agencies on climate basics and the logistics of integrating climate information and climate change knowledge into the functions of their agencies.
• Lessons learned report.
• Compile lessons learnt.
• Prepare a comprehensive final report with lessons learnt.

Qualifications/special skills

• An advanced university degree (master’s or Higher) in environmental science, climate change, meteorology or a similar related field is required.
• minimum of 10 years progressively responsible experience in climate information services, demonstrated experience in developing climate information frameworks, policies, sector action plans, communication plans and demonstrated successful experience in formulation and delivery of climate information training programme materials is required.
• Experience in the policy development process associated with climate information and early warning is an asset.
• Experience in working and collaborating with governments and Hydromet Services in the Pacific region is desirable.
• Previous work experience undertaking similar activities in the Pacific region is highly desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the consultancy, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another UN Language is desirable. Knowledge on Local Language “Tetun” or other Language like “Bahasa” (Indonesian)or Portuguese would be an added advantage.

Deadline: 5th Dec, 2023