Responsibilities
- The consultant is required to provide technical
and strategic assistance to UNEP and government counterparts to strengthen
Somalia’s access to, coordination, and use of climate and nature finance.
- This includes conducting a comprehensive climate
finance landscape analysis, identifying gaps and opportunities,
facilitating stakeholder consultations and workshops, producing a
consolidated report with actionable recommendations, and delivering
capacity-building activities for government officials.
- The consultant will ensure that outputs are
delivered on time, meet UNEP quality standards, and reflect stakeholder
inputs and national priorities. The consultant will report to UNEP
Disasters and Conflicts Branch, Climate and Environmental Advisor to Somalia.
- Work Assignments and Outputs: The consultancy
will include a comprehensive Climate Finance and Nature Finance Landscape
Analysis in Somalia, mapping sources, flows, and allocations across
sectors and regions, and identifying gaps relative to national climate,
nature and development priorities.
- The Consultant will undertake a focused case
study on the Jowhar Off-Stream Storage Program (JOSP) and Jowhar area,
highlighting opportunities for investment in resilience, adaptation, water
management, and nature-based solutions.
- The Consultant will also facilitate stakeholder
consultations and workshops with ministries and partners to validate gaps,
identify priorities, and inform both the report and capacity-building
activities.
- From these consultations, they will develop a
consolidated Somalia Climate and Nature Finance Report integrating
landscape analysis, gap analysis, Jowhar/JOSP case study, and actionable
recommendations, including a forward-looking plan for strengthening access
to vertical funds. Further, the consultant will design and deliver
tailored capacity-building activities for government ministries, informed
by the stakeholder consultations and report findings, focusing on proposal
development, project prioritization, and scaling access to climate and
nature finance.
- As part of this capacity-building, the
consultant will prepare training and workshop materials (presentations,
handouts, reference guides) and event reports summarizing content,
participation, and outcomes.
- The consultant must maintain regular
communication with UNEP and government counterparts to coordinate
activities and provide updates.
Qualifications
- An advanced university degree (master’s or
equivalent) in environmental economics, climate finance, development
studies, environmental policy or a related field is required.
- A first-level university degree in combination
with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in
lieu of an advanced university degree.
- Operational competencies
- Openness to change and ability to
receive/integrate feedback;
- Ability to plan, organize,
implement, and report on work;
- Ability to work under pressure and
tight deadlines;
- Demonstrates integrity and ethical
standards;
- Positive, constructive attitude to
work
- Displays cultural, gender,
religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
- At least 10 years of professional experience in
climate finance, development finance, or related analytical and
capacity-building work, preferably in fragile or conflict affected
contexts is required.
- Proven experience in preparing and supporting
proposals for vertical funds (GCF, GEF, Adaptation Fund) is desired
- Strong analytical, report-writing, facilitation,
and stake-holder engagement skills is desired.
- Experience designing and delivering
capacity-building activities for government institutions is required.
- Knowledge of Somalia’s climate, development, and
environmental context is desirable.
How to Apply
