| Overview : Closing date is now exteded to 5 June 2020 Project: 00119781 Climat Promise - Seychelles National Consultant as Coordinator for the project under the Climate Promise Initiative Background UNDP is launching its Climate Promise Initiative (CPI) to provide necessary financial and technical support to selected countries to enhance their NDCs making them more ambitious and realistic, at the same time. Small island development states are among the countries prioritized for getting support within the UNDP CPI.
The UNDP CPI is designed to provide support along five service lines:
- Build Political Will & Societal Ownership at National/Sub-National Levels,
- Review, Align & Update/Enhance Current NDC Targets, Policies & Measures,
- Incorporate Additional Sectors &/or GHGs,
- Assess Costs & Investment Opportunities, and
- Monitor Progress & Strengthen Transparency.
Seychelles has been selected to receive support within the UNDP CPI. To support the country in enhancing its NDC to make it more ambitious and facilitate implementation of the CPI in Seychelles, UNDP is hiring a National Coordinator of the Climate Promise Initiative for Seychelles. Objective of the Assignment The objective of this assignment is to ensure effective implementation of the UNDP Climate Promise Initiative in Seychelles (CPIS) with delivery of all the intended outcomes and outputs in accordance with the approve CPIS work plan and detailed annual work plan within the approved budget. The assignment involved provision of technical and expert support to the Seychelles Government in reviewing and updating the Seychelles Nationally Defined Contribution document (NDC) and adding new relevant sectors as agreed with the Government. The National Coordinator of the Climate Promise Initiative for Seychelles will be based on Mahe, Seychelles. He/she will work under direct supervision of the UNDP Seychelles Programme Manager based in Seychelles as well as the Office in Mauritius and in close cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (MEECC) as the lead government agency on Climate Change and also collaborate with other national and international partners involved in the development of the new Seychelles NDC. Close collaboration will also be maintained with the UNDP regional Service Centre that will provide technical backstopping. He/she will work closely with the Communication Specialist based in the office in Mauritius to develop necessary knowledge and communications products as per the CPIS work plan. Duties and Responsibilities 1. Overall project management Coordinate the CPIS activities to ensure their effective implementation and achievement of all the expected results in accordance with the approved CPIS work plan and detailed annual work plan in a cost-effective manner meeting the established internal and external deadlines. 2. Project administrative and financial management Manage the CPIS resources in accordance with the approved budget and annual detailed work plan and keep updated financial records. 3. Partnership building Maintain regular contacts with the UNDP RR's office, UNDP Seychelles Country Office, the UNDP Regional Centre for Africa (when relevant) on project implementation issues of their respective competence; with MEECC and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the review of the NDC to align with national and international policies of Seychelles and with other key stakeholders. Duration The duration of the contract will be for 80 days worked within a period of 19 months from June 2020 until February 2021. Duty Station Home based (Seychelles).
Some travel may be required subject to local and international guidelines. Submission of Application Applications should be sent through email : procurement.mu@undp.org on or before Friday 05 June 2020 - 16:00 hours Seychelles time (GMT+4) Annexes
Annex A - Letter of confirmation of interest and availability and Submission of financial proposal
Annex B - Model Contact IC
Annex C - UNDP GCC IC
Annex D - P11
Terms of Reference Closing date is now exteded to 5 June 2020 | 
