Technical Advisor on Climate proofing Sandy Bay water service project, St Vincent

CDKN is looking for a technical advisor to strengthen the project outputs of Climate proofing the Sandy Bay water service, St Vincent through review and input. The technical advisor will represent CDKN on the Steering Committee and give technical support throughout the project lifecycle, including the revision of deliverables.

Duration of contract: 10 months (3 days per month)
Location: Caribbean Region
Salary: £ 300 per day

Project background: Climate proofing the Sandy Bay water service, St Vincent

Climate change and rising sea levels, together with the associated coastal erosion and salt water intrusion, an escalation in the frequency and intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes, resultant flash floods and disruptions in rainfall and the quality and quantity of fresh-water supply threaten the very existence of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries.
Currently infrastructure development in Saint Vincent – and the larger Caribbean region – is achieved by applying a business-as-usual approach without incorporating climate-resilient considerations in project assessments and feasibility studies. By developing a new approach for the incorporation of climate-resilience parameters in this project, the pilot can showcase the success of said parameters in new infrastructure development. These parameters can be replicated in other water-related infrastructure developments throughout the Caribbean region through the dissemination of lessons learned based on the Saint Vincent pilot.

In coordination with the project manager, the technical advisor will be responsible for the following duties:

• Represent CDKN on the project Steering Committee, which would meet at least once a month (virtually of it is possible face to face)
• Provide technical support and advice during the project inception phase
• Provide written and oral technical review of key deliverables (project timetable) and manage the quality assurance processes throughout the project lifecycle. This includes identifying high-risk deliverables to the PM, which need additional quality assurance processes and helping to procure these services using the CDKN´s guidelines.
• Provide advice on the technical direction of the project to the PM.
• Support the PM to work with the supplier team to provide feedback and improve deliverables.

It is expected that this role will require 3 days/month for the duration of the project.

Those who have the profile, motivation and commitment to take up this position, please send a letter of interest and resume to christian.lopez@cdkn.org, with copy to patricia.velasco@cdkn.org. The deadline for this is February 1st 2016. Please put in the subject Technical Advisor.

For more information on the role, download the application pack here.