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Project Formulation Expert
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationMBA/MSc/MA
- Experience7 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldProject Management 
Duties and Responsibilities:
- The proposal should be prepared based on the endorsed concept note and with the involvement and validation of national and local stakeholders.
- Field-level consultations should take place among the communities to be supported, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock who is the focal point of the AF. The information gathered should be location-specific and quantitative as far as possible. Data and information should be recent and referenced. The proposal should incorporate the following key aspects:
- Refinement of project design
- Refine the climate change adaptation problem statement through consultations with communities and national stakeholders, validating and strengthening the climate rationale in the Concept Note.
- Develop the solution tree and clearly define the proposal’s focus based on consultations.
- Refine the Theory of Change, incorporating drivers, risks, and assumptions.
- Identify and prioritize project implementation sites through objective criteria and government consultations. Document the rationale for site selection and consultation outcomes. • Prepare project maps, including GIS-based maps for intervention locations where necessary.
- Technical details of interventions
- Provide technical specifications for key activities, including dimensions, capacity, and expected lifespan (e.g., irrigation systems, solar-powered cold storage, flood barriers).
- Link interventions to climate change risks, quantifying benefits such as reductions in crop losses or increases in water availability.
- Quantify direct and indirect beneficiaries for each activity, including gender-disaggregated data and vulnerable group analysis.
- Environmental, social, and gender safeguards
- Work closely with the contractor responsible for developing the Gender Assessment and the Gender Action Plan, ensuring gender-responsive outputs and outcomes.
- Work closely with the contractor responsible for developing the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP), addressing identified risks (e.g., SS4 deemed moderate in SRIF) and complying with UNEP and Adaptation Fund requirements.
- Integrate the findings from the GAP and the ESMP into the activity plan and budget of the project and into all relevant narrative sections of the report.
- Stakeholder engagement and knowledge sharing
- Develop a Stakeholder Engagement Plan that includes mechanisms for feedback, grievance redress, and conflict management.
- Ensure meaningful consultation with vulnerable and marginalized groups, specifying whether separate consultations were conducted
Qualifications/special skills
- A master's degree in environmental studies, climate finance, climate science, agriculture and water resources management, international development or related field is required.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in climate change adaptation, proposal development, and stakeholder engagement is required.
- Proven track record of successful Adaptation Fund proposals or similar funding mechanisms is required.
Method of Application Interested and qualified? Go to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on careers.un.org to apply
