| Overview : Country: Uzbekistan Description of the assignment: The International Chief Technical Advisor (ICTA) will advise the project team directly in effective and timely project implementation. The ICTA will provide overall project advisory services and technical assistance to PM, Task leaders, Project Field Coordinators and other project consultants. The responsibility of the ICTA is to ensure that the overall thematic/technical direction of the project is maintained and flexibility adapted to meet the practical challenges faced during the implementation of the project. International Chief Technical Advisor will work under the overall guidance of the UNDP Head of Environment and Climate Action cluster (ECA), and direct supervision of the Project Manager. The assignment will be based on home-based work with at least one mission each year to Tashkent, Uzbekistan for a total of 10 working days each year and 5 working days during project mid-term evaluation with 22 working days in 2022 and an average of 32 working days per calendar year from January 2023 to December 2026 (total 150 w/d). The ITA will be fully and solely responsible for undertaking the below tasks and quality and timely producing the expected outputs and deliverables indicated below. Project name: “Conservation and sustainable management of lakes, wetlands, and riparian corridors as pillars of a resilient and land degradation neutral Aral basin landscape supporting sustainable livelihoods”. Period of assignment/services: August 2022 – December 2026 with 150 working days during 5 years. Application Process: Interested candidates need to apply online at www.jobs.undp.org and upload requested documents in Part 5 of Procurement Notice no later than July 18, 2022 (New York time). Please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows you to upload a maximum one document. Your on-line application submission will be acknowledged to your email address provided in application. If you do not receive an email acknowledgement within 24 hours of submission, your application may not have been received. In such cases, please resubmit the application, if necessary. Link to application at the UNDP Job Site - https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=107681 (cut and paste into browser address bar if the link does not work). You can review detailed Procurement Notice, Terms of Reference and download templates from the UNDP Procurement Notices Site following the link: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=93056 (cut and paste into browser address bar if the link does not work). Applications submitted via email, incomplete applications or received after the closing date (July 18, 2022 (New York time) may not be given consideration. For more detailed information about UNDP Uzbekistan please visit our website at www.uz.undp.org. UNDP is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified female candidates, people with disabilities, and minorities are highly encouraged to apply. UNDP Balance in Manage Policy promotes achievement of gender balance among its staff at all levels. Requests for clarification must be sent in writing to pu.uz@undp.org , ensuring that the reference number above is included in the subject line. UNDP shall endeavor to provide such responses to clarifications in an expeditious manner, but any delay in such response shall not cause an obligation on the part of UNDP to extend the submission date of the Proposals, unless UNDP deems that such an extension is justified and necessary. | 
