Overview : Individual Procurement Notice Title: Programme Support Consultant Country: Jamaica Post Level: National/Local Type of Consultancy: Individual Consultancy Duration: Four (4) months Background:- The UNDP Jamaica Country Office (CO) is currently supporting a diverse portfolio of projects in the areas of: • Sustainable energy, • Environment/natural resources management • Climate change mitigation and adaptation • Localizing the SDGs • Migration and Development • Traffficking in Persons • Justice Reform • Human rights and gender equality These projects are aligned to Jamaica’s development priorities. In addition, UNDP supports a number of requests from the Government of Jamaica to improve overall capacity. In line with its Country Programme Document (CPD) 2017-2021, UNDP will give greater focus to the following areas: 1. Access to equitable social protection systems and basic services 2. Democratic Governance, Citizen’s Security and Safety 3. Resilience to climate change and natural disasters and universal access to clean energy 4. Natural resource management The programme unit of the UNDP Jamaica Office leads the formulation of programmes, projects and policy strategies aligned to its Country Programme Document and the Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework. To this end, the Programme Support Consultant will undertake specific tasks aligned to UNDP’s workplan with specific focus on project development and results reporting. Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to procurement.jamaica@undp.org UNDP will provide responses by uploading them in the system. |