Education
- Master’s degree or higher in environmental policy, economics, international development, or a closely related field; PhD in one of these disciplines is an asset.
Experience
- At least 10 years’ of experience on climate change issues, included demonstrated experience in supporting and advising developing countries on climate change issues;
- Broad understanding of all thematic areas of climate change, especially low-emission development and private sector incentives;
- Excellent understanding of UNFCCC international climate negotiations, particularly the building blocks of mitigation and climate finance;
- Demonstrated experience in working with policy makers and the private sector in the context of low-carbon development;
- Strong network of contacts in the private sector and policy making community that can be tapped for insights/contribution;
- Demonstrated experience to preparing, facilitating and contributing to inter-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder policy dialogues on low-carbon development;
- Demonstrated experience in preparing guidebooks and training materials on low-carbon development for policy makers.
Language
- Working proficiency in English and Spanish required;
- Knowledge of other French is an asset.
Institutional Arrangements
The consultant will report to the LECB Programme Manager
The consultant will be expected to take into consideration the feedback and inputs from the UNDP LECB programme team and other select experts.
Duration of Work and Duty Station
The contract duration will be from 3 March to 31 December 2014, with anticipated level of effort equivalent to 60 days maximum total.
Duty Station – home based consultancy.
Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments
The consultant will receive payments of: 35% upon completion of objective 1; 45% upon completion objective 2, and 20% upon completion of objective 3, to standards of quality acceptable to UNDP.
Applicants are requested to provide an all-inclusive[1] price proposal for each of the outputs listed above in the ToR
Criteria for selection of Best Offer
The selection of the best offer will be based on a Combined Scoring method – where the qualifications and methodology will be weighted a maximum of 70%, and combined with the price offer which will be weighted a maximum of 30%. The 70% rating shall be based on how well the Offeror meets the minimum qualifications/competencies described above.
The technical evaluation will be based on the following criteria with the corresponding points (out of a total 100 points):
- Demonstrated experience in working with policy makers and the private sector in the context of low-carbon development (20 points);
- Relevant publications on participation of private sector on mitigation actions or related publication (20 points);
- Demonstrated experience in preparing guidance on low-carbon development and carrying out related training activities (20 points);
- Year of relevant experiences in field of climate change mitigation and supporting the private and public sector in the design and implementation of mitigation projects and programmes (20 points).
Application Instructions
Visit: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=14410 for information and required documents.
Submit all applications with the required documents to eeg.jobvacancies@undp.org.
[1]The term ‘all inclusive” implies that all costs (professional fees, communications, utilities, consumables, insurance, etc. that could possibly be incurred by the Contractor are already factored into the final amounts submitted in the proposal.
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