| Overview : Country: Nepal Description of the assignment: Among all physiographic regions of Nepal, the mountain regions are the most vulnerable, because warming trends are growing and the impacts are magnified by the extreme changes due to variation in altitude.Reports from Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) show that over the course of the past 10 years, more than 4,000 people have died from climate-induced disasters and have resulted in accumulated economic losses of US$5.34 billion (MoHA, 2010). At the other extreme, water scarcity and droughts also pose a threat to livelihood systems. The temporal variability of rainfall and runoff is hence very high, and the problem of excess water during the monsoon and water scarcity during the dry season affects all aspects of life in the country. A long-term solution to this climate change problem is to rehabilitate and maintain functional integrity of watersheds that have critical functions of water storage and release, infiltration, drainage control, and soil moisture retention. Using watersheds as organizing units for planning and implementation of natural resources management and resilient livelihood development is an approach to effectively tackle an immediate and long-term climate risk reduction, in relation to floods and droughts. Taking watershed management concerns into serious consideration UNDP plans to support the Government of Nepal by channelizing global fund (Least Development Country Fund) from Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the project “Developing climate resilient livelihoods in the vulnerable watershed in Nepal”. The concept or Project Identification Form (PIF) to develop climate resilient livelihoods in vulnerable watershed in Nepal is approved by the GEF Secretariat - providing a green signal to proceed further with Project Formulation Phase. The Project Development Specialist will ensure that the technical tasks mentioned in the TOR has been undertaken by other consultants; and jointly undertake the activities where his/her inputs are required during the formulation process. Number of consultant required: 1 Project name: EECCDRM Unit - Developing climate resilient livelihoods in the vulnerable watershed in Nepal. Period of assignment/services (if applicable): 8 December, 2017 – 07 December 2018 (not to exceed 70 days) Duty Station: Homebased – 49 days, 3 Missions (each mission 5-7 days, max 21 days) to Nepal (Kathmandu and other districts) Proposal should be submitted at the following address: Procurement Unit, UNDP (Ref.: UNDP/PN/58/2017: Project Development Specialist by email to procurement.np@undp.org not later than 1730 hours (Nepal Standard Time) of 26 November 2017. | 
