Consultancy – Climate Change Policy Consultant Req.#570691

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Emptiness Announcement: Guide

 Consultancy Title: UNFCCC coverage Guide

Station: CEED Local weather, Power, Surroundings and DRR Part – Programme Group – NYHQ

Length: 1 April 2024 – 31 December 2024

House/ workplace Based mostly: REMOTE

About UNICEF  If you’re a dedicated, artistic skilled and are keen about making a long-lasting distinction for youngsters, the world’s main kids’s rights group want to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been engaged on the bottom in 190 nations and territories to advertise kids’s survival, safety and growth. UNICEF is funded totally by the voluntary contributions of people, companies, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 workers in additional than 145 nations.

BACKGROUND

Function of Exercise/Task: Local weather change, disasters and environmental degradation current important and escalating threats to the rights and well-being of youngsters globally, jeopardizing the progress achieved in little one survival and growth. Over a billion kids are uncovered to extreme dangers from local weather and environmental hazards similar to heatwaves, floods, and cyclones.  UNICEF’s 2023–2030 Sustainability and Local weather Motion Plan (SCAP) requires pressing local weather motion via systematic change to guard the lives, well being and wellbeing of youngsters and their communities, to empower kids via schooling and abilities; and to scale back emissions and UNICEF’s environmental footprint.  

 Scope of Work: The advisor might be anticipated to undertake the next actions:

1. Background analysis and growth of CEED coverage advocacy technique and briefing in the direction of SB60 and COP29
2. Exterior briefings for Events forward of SB60 and COP29 and inside workshops/webinars.
3. Assist supply of UNICEF coverage priorities and related actions at SB60, COP29 and different related fora e.g. regional local weather weeks, DRR platforms, UNGA and many others.
4. Strengthen UNICEF engagement with strategic companions
5. Develop a abstract of COP29 outcomes, classes discovered and a ahead look to COP30 and COP31

Phrases of Reference / Key Deliverables:    

Deliverable 1:                                     

• Full a desktop mapping/assessment of UNFCCC/COP selections/processes
• A set of suggestions for knowledgeable dialogue outcomes and pathway to COP29 and COP30 recognized in collaboration with related stakeholders By 30 April 2024

Deliverable 2:

• Establish entry factors and proposals with respect to different precedence negotiations workstreams such because the New Collective Quantified Purpose (NCQG), Loss & Harm, Motion for Local weather Empowerment and many others., looking for inputs and suggestions from colleagues as essential,                                                                                                                 
• analyse related submissions to establish alignment with Events’ and non-Events’ positions. By 30 April 2024

Deliverable 3:

• Combine findings and inputs to the CEED UNFCCC coverage technique,
• replace the interior knowledgeable dialogue idea observe
• develop the exterior coverage briefing on the knowledgeable dialogue, together with key suggestions, as the premise for consultations with governments and different stakeholders.

By 30 April 2024

Deliverable 4:

• Develop the CEED coverage advocacy technique together with identification of alternatives and timeline for partaking ‘champion’ governments, negotiation teams and broader set of Events on the coverage briefing
• put together 6 webinars/briefings for Get together delegations from at the least 6 negotiation teams, summarising discussions in a observe and incorporating suggestions within the coverage briefing and coverage advocacy technique. By 15 Could 2024

Deliverable 5:

• Put together and conduct 5 inside webinars/conferences (for various areas and strategic ‘champion nations’) to current the coverage briefing on the knowledgeable dialogue and SB60 and COP29 coverage technique/asks, summarise discussions in a observe and incorporate suggestions within the coverage briefing and coverage advocacy technique
• Consolidate data/inputs obtained from ROs/COs by way of a world coverage survey
• to pick out 8-10 sturdy ‘related coverage options’ to tell the knowledgeable dialogue
• conduct at the least 10 calls with COs and little one rights companions to advise on their engagement with Governments on the coverage briefing and proposals prematurely of SB60. By 30 Could 2024

Deliverable 6: Assist the SB60 knowledgeable dialogue (June) via drafting key content material, inputs to speaking factors, Q&A, identification of members, inputs to the agenda and logistics. By 3 June 2024

Deliverable 7:

• Draft a abstract observe of the knowledgeable dialogue, together with key suggestions and observe up actions
• refine the coverage advocacy technique and coverage briefing accordingly. By 30 June 2024

Deliverable 8: 

• Present a abstract doc containing evaluation of related SB60 developments and outcomes (together with SB conclusions and draft selections) throughout precedence negotiations workstreams;
• establish related submission deadlines and different entry factors (e.g. occasions);
• refine coverage advocacy technique and coverage briefing accordingly, in collaboration with PG and CERI coalition companions as acceptable. By 30 June 2024

Deliverable 9: Draft two UNICEF submissions on local weather finance and loss and harm, coordinating and integrating suggestions from colleagues to finalise these. By 30 September 2024

Deliverable 10:

• Assist UNICEF engagement at UNGA (or one other key fora) via growth of an idea observe, engagement technique, agenda and speaking factors for a high-level assembly with Events and the COP29 Presidency on knowledgeable dialogue together with follow-up and coverage suggestions to COP29. By 30 September 2024

Deliverable 11: Assist COP29 negotiations assembly via drafting key content material and language, inputs to speaking factors, assembly notes and logistical preparations together with coordination of bilaterals with every negotiation group in the course of the convention. By 30 November 2024

Deliverable 12: Prepare a toddler rights briefing for related non-Get together stakeholders together with the human rights and local weather change working group; Local weather Motion Community Worldwide; the gender and YOUNGO constituencies. By 15 October 2024

Deliverable 13:

• joint CERI COP29 coverage temporary is reviewed to align with UNICEF suggestions
• joint CERI mapping of negotiators and contacts is up to date with UNICEF inputs; By 15 October 2024

Deliverable 14:

• abstract of COP29 negotiations outcomes and negotiations staff reflections/classes discovered drafted
• evaluation of COP29 determination texts/related mandates for COP30 and COP31 supplied. By 15 December 2024

{Qualifications}

Training:

• Masters in Worldwide relations, worldwide growth, human rights, environmental science, environmental coverage, social sciences, sustainability or equal areas

Work expertise:

• A minimal of 5 years of related expertise with a specialised deal with related fields (setting and local weather change, public advocacy, human rights/little one rights, worldwide growth and many others.

Competencies/Information:

• Proof of coverage advocacy technique design and supply is required.
• Information and expertise of partaking with UNFCCC negotiations workstreams, governments and non-state actors is required.
• Expertise of conducting policy-relevant analysis, evaluation and evaluation is required.
• Information of kid or human rights in relation to the setting and local weather change is required.
• Good understanding of UNICEF and/or UN system, the Sustainable Improvement Objectives and developments within the worldwide coverage panorama and approaches throughout the UN is fascinating.
• Sturdy organizational, planning, and analytical abilities
• Wonderful written and verbal communication in English.
• Logic, initiative, excessive sense of accountability, tact and discretion.
• Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and skill to determine harmonious working relations in a multicultural setting.

Necessities: 

Accomplished profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system and

• Add copy of educational credentials
• Monetary proposal that may embrace/ mirror:
  • the prices per every deliverable and the whole lump-sum for the entire task (in US$) to undertake the phrases of reference.
  • journey prices and every day subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or journey is required as per TOR
  • Some other estimated prices: visa, medical health insurance, and residing prices as relevant.
  • Point out your availability
• Any emergent / unexpected obligation journey and associated bills might be lined by UNICEF
• On the time the contract is awarded, the chosen candidate should have in place present medical health insurance protection
• Cost {of professional} charges might be primarily based on submission of agreed passable deliverables. UNICEF reserves the correct to withhold cost in case the deliverables submitted are lower than the required customary or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the a part of the advisor.

U.S. Visa data:

Aside from the US Residents, G4 Visa and Inexperienced Card holders, ought to the chosen candidate and his/her family members reside in the US below a special visa, the advisor and his/her family members are required to alter their visa standing to G4, and the advisor’s family members (partner) would require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to have the ability to work, even when he/she was licensed to work below the visa held previous to switching to G4

Solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of

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