Urban Resilience and Climate Change Consultant (St. Lucia) at UN-Habitat

Result of Service

Duties and Responsibilities  

• The consultancy is located in the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) and reports to the Climate Change and Urban Environment ROLAC Technical Expert.  
• The overall guidance is provided by the Climate Change Focal Point within Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and the RISE UP Programme Coordinator.

The consultancy will involve the following typical main duties leading to the ultimate requested outputs:  

• Identifying project focal points in National Government of St. Lucia and preparation of key stakeholder list for climate change and urban resilience in St. Lucia and develop a stakeholder engagement plan
• Develop pro-poor urban climate change and pandemic recovery plans / climate resilience strategy for St. Lucia
• Develop one pro-poor urban climate resilience project proposal for St. Lucia  The ultimate service of the consultancy is to strengthen national and local capacities and provide technical and policy advise in support of the Strengthened Capacities of African, Caribbean and Pacific SIDS for Green, Resilient and Pro-poor Pandemic Recovery project.  
• The project Strengthened Capacities of African, Caribbean and Pacific SIDS for Green, Resilient and Pro-poor Pandemic Recovery has two main objectives:  
• Enhanced capacity of selected national and city governments in SIDS in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific to articulate and develop urban, fundable, green, resilient, and pro-poor climate change and pandemic recovery plans; and  
• Enhanced capacity for intraregional exchange between African, Caribbean and the Pacific SIDS on post-COVID-19 economic recovery towards climate change resilience.  

Project-related Outputs  The related DA14 project outputs are:  

• Multistakeholder capacity development workshops on articulating and developing urban, fundable green, resilient, and pro-poor climate change and pandemic recovery plans in the six identified countries using UN-Habitat tools.  
• Targeted technical experts’ capacity development through the provision of advisory services with emphasis on data collection and risk mapping. 
• Development of pro-poor urban climate change and pandemic recovery plans, climate resilient strategies / action frameworks, participatory transformative project proposals and fundable concept notes to access climate finance.

Qualifications/Special Skills

• Academic Qualifications A master's or advanced degree in urban planning, environmental science, environmental policies, climate change, or related field is required.
• A minimum of five years’ experience in urban planning, climate resilience, disaster risk reduction, urban recovery, policy development, and project coordination is required.  
• Strong communications and report writing skills are required.
• Urban / climate or resilience related project experience in Small Island Developing States is in the Caribbean region is required.  
• Experience in St. Lucia is highly desirable

Deadline : Jul 9, 2024