UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived kids. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each little one, all over the place, day by day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means surrender. 

For each little one, make a distinction.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) UNICEF

How are you going to make a distinction? 

Background and Justification

East and Southern Africa Area (ESAR) is likely one of the most weak areas on this planet to the impacts of local weather change. It has suffered a 7-fold enhance in extreme environmental issues exacerbated by local weather change since 1980. Within the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Kenya), over 20 million individuals and a minimum of 10 million kids face extreme drought situations^[1]. The drought has led to the failure of 5 consecutive dry seasons, killing livestock and crops, displacing populations, growing the chance of illness and malnutrition, and pushing kids and households to the brink of demise/destitution.

Contemplating the urgency of this agenda, ESARO established a regional flagship programme Collaboration for Youngsters (2022-2025) on local weather resilience, adaptation and youngsters to be pushed throughout nations of Jap and Southern Africa utilizing revolutionary approaches. The 2 regional flagships are the training disaster and local weather resilience. A Local weather Resilience Hub – “Local weather Collaboration for Youngsters” – has been established at ESARO as a platform for motion.

Moreover, UNICEF’s technique is aiming to mainstream Local weather and atmosphere, Sustainable Vitality, and Catastrophe Danger Discount throughout the group’s Headquarters, in addition to Regional and Nation Workplaces. The event and implementation of local weather resilience tasks in ESAR are important to addressing the impacts of local weather change and constructing resilience in weak communities. These tasks can have co-benefits past decreasing greenhouse gasoline emissions, reminiscent of bettering the well being and well-being of native communities, enhancing ecosystem providers, and offering financial alternatives. Nonetheless, funding for these tasks is usually a problem for a lot of communities and organizations.

Carbon credit can present a market-based answer to assist the implementation of local weather resilience tasks in ESAR. By investing in tasks that scale back greenhouse gasoline emissions, organizations can offset their carbon footprint whereas additionally supporting local weather resilience efforts within the area. These investments will help to construct resilience in weak communities, present financial alternatives, and enhance the well being and well-being of native populations. General, the usage of carbon credit will be an vital instrument for supporting local weather resilience efforts in ESAR and different weak areas world wide.

UNICEF, as a number one worldwide group, has the potential to make a big contribution in direction of selling sustainable growth and decreasing greenhouse gasoline (GHG) emissions within the Jap and Southern Africa Area (ESAR). UNICEF can play an important position in carbon emission discount in every of the factors under:

• Local weather Change Impression on Weak Youngsters and Communities
• Sustainability Objectives
• Market Alternatives
• Partnerships and Collaboration 

Scope of Work 

1. Undertaking Initiation Section (Sep 1 – Sep 30) 2023

• Outline the scope of the challenge in session with UNICEF.
• Develop a challenge constitution together with challenge objectives, aims, and timelines
• Develop an in depth challenge plan, together with a schedule, methodology, and finances

2. Carbon Credit Investigation Section (Information assortment and desk overview: Oct 1, 2023- Jan 30, 2024)

• Conduct a complete desk overview of carbon credit score tasks applied by different organizations reminiscent of UN businesses, INGOs, and governments globally with a concentrate on ESAR. This overview goals to determine potential areas of collaboration and decide the extra worth that UNICEF might convey to its carbon credit score initiatives.
• Conduct a radical overview of UNICEF’s packages and operations to determine potential sources of carbon credit.
• Conduct a radical overview to determine the relevant carbon credit score requirements and rules that apply to humanitarian tasks within the area
• Accumulate information on the potential carbon emissions reductions from tasks within the area
• Decide different forms of credit score techniques obtainable out there
• Establish potential funding sources for the event of carbon credit score tasks within the area
• Accumulate information on UNICEF’s carbon emissions and power utilization
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3. Evaluation Section (Feb 1 – Might 30) – 2024

• Decide the feasibility of pursuing carbon credit as a income stream.
• Calculate the potential income that might be generated from carbon credit
• Establish potential strategies to make the most of carbon credit aside from the monetary elements.
• Consider the prices and dangers related for UNICEF with pursuing carbon credit
• Establish any boundaries or challenges for UNICEF to implementing a carbon credit score program
• Present technical and analytical assist on carbon credit score transactions
• Develop suggestions for UNICEF concerning the feasibility of pursuing carbon credit

4. Reporting Section (Jun 1 – Aug 15 ) -2024

• Put together an in depth report outlining the findings and suggestions of the pre-feasibility evaluation
• Information the following steps for the group to pursue in the event that they determine to proceed with a carbon credit score program
• Present a Preferability evaluation report with a abstract by way of a PowerPoint presentation to UNICEF.

Deliverables

• A challenge constitution that outlines the objectives, aims, and timelines for the challenge. This doc serves as a roadmap for the whole challenge.
• Detailed challenge plan which outlines the precise duties and actions that have to be accomplished, together with the sources required to finish them. It additionally features a timeline for every job and an estimated finances for the whole challenge.
• The information assortment report which particulars how information was gathered and analyzed. It offers perception into the knowledge used to tell choices all through the challenge and helps to make sure that the challenge is predicated on correct and dependable information.
• The feasibility evaluation that assesses the viability of the challenge, making an allowance for numerous elements reminiscent of technical feasibility, monetary feasibility, and operational feasibility. It offers suggestions on whether or not or not the challenge ought to proceed and descriptions any potential dangers or challenges that have to be addressed.
• Presentation to UNICEF is required to speak the challenge’s progress and outcomes. This presentation ought to summarize the challenge’s findings and conclusions and supply a possibility for stakeholders to offer suggestions and enter on the challenge’s future course.

The guide must collaborate and coordinate intently with the 21 nation places of work to acquire the mandatory data for the feasibility evaluation.

Please be aware that the timetable and scope of labor offered are tentative and will be adjusted based on the precise wants and necessities of UNICEF ESAR. The guide will work and collaborate intently with the UNICEF ESARO Vitality Specialist earlier than the examine.

 Deliverables and Proposed Schedule of Fee 

Deliverables	Timeline/Deadline	Schedule of fee
1- Undertaking Constitution	thirtieth of Sep 2023	10%
2- Detailed Undertaking Plan	thirtieth of Oct 2023	10%
3- The information assortment report	twenty ninth of Feb 2024	25%
4- Last Pre-Feasibility Evaluation Report	fifth of Aug 2024	45%
5- Presentation of findings	fifteenth of Aug 2024	10%

  All paperwork and experiences are to be in English and be submitted in digital copy.

 Costing  

 The guide is predicted to make a monetary proposal based mostly on the speed for skilled charges. 

 To qualify as an advocate for each little one you should have… 

• Schooling: A sophisticated diploma in environmental sciences, sustainability, local weather financing, carbon accounting, or a associated subject. 
  *A primary College Diploma in a related subject mixed with 2 further years {of professional} expertise could also be accepted in lieu of an Superior College Diploma. 
• Expertise: A minimal of ten years {of professional} expertise in above talked about areas is required. Expertise in conducting comparable assignments, notably with UN businesses is extremely fascinating.
• Expertise: Demonstrated abilities in challenge administration, carbon, and renewable power markets, information evaluation, monetary modeling, and carbon emission/discount estimations, and have ample information of related rules and insurance policies associated to carbon credit. Potential to research and develop carbon administration methods, consider UNICEF emissions and discount information and actions, and information the way to scale back carbon emissions. Robust communication abilities to successfully talk with UNICEF crew members within the regional and nation places of work. 
• Prior expertise working with UNICEF or every other worldwide growth businesses with comparable work is fascinating. Familiarity with UNICEF’s insurance policies, procedures, and finest practices is extremely fascinating.
• Expertise in efficiently implementing tasks or initiatives much like these undertaken by our group is fascinating
• Growing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency is taken into account an asset. 
• Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian, or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset. 

For each Youngster, you display… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

Required competencies that the guide ought to have for the task as per the UNICEF competency framework

1. Self-awareness and moral consciousness
2. Drive to attain outcomes
3. Work collaboratively with others
4. Innovating and embracing change

 To view our competency framework, please go to  here. 

Learn how to Apply

Certified candidates are requested to submit a canopy letter, CV, P11 kind, and their technical proposals to the web recruitment portal (Expertise Administration System) or e-mail offered.

candidates to point means, availability, and every day fee expressed in USD for internationally recruited candidates 

Purposes submitted and not using a price/ fee is not going to be thought of.

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UNICEF affords reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This will embody, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for missions, or private attendants. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity throughout your software in case you want affordable lodging through the choice course of and afterward in your task. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict little one safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can due to this fact endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further data to conduct a background examine. 

Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. 

The guide will likely be required to offer all materials sources together with however not restricted to laptop computer and workplace gear he/she might have to efficiently undertake the task. 

The guide will likely be required to work from his/her location. UNICEF is not going to present workplace area for the guide.

People engaged underneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “employees members” underneath the Employees Rules and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (reminiscent of go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service will likely be ruled by their contract and the Common Circumstances of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are chargeable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely chargeable for guaranteeing that the visa (relevant) and medical insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the whole interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of totally vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met earlier than taking over the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and aren’t anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply places or instantly work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF throughout their consultancy contracts. 

 

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