Climate finance Consultant â Project development specialist
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
30 July 2025-23:59-GMT01:00 Central European Time (Rome)WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race colour national origin ethnic or social background genetic information gender gender identity and/or expression sexual orientation religion or belief HIV status or disability.
ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the worlds largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict disasters and the impact of climate change.
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WHY JOIN WFP
WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive diverse and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training accreditation coaching mentorship and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country regional and global offices around the world and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
JOB TITLE: Climate finance Consultant Project development specialist
TYPE OF CONTRACT: When Actually Employed (WAE) Consultancy
UNIT/DIVISION: Climate and Resilience Service/ PPG
DUTY STATION (City Country): Home-based
DURATION: 4 months for 40 working days in total (extendable)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
Assisting 86.7 million people in around 83 countries each year the World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.
WFP is fully aware of the impact that the climate emergency is currently having on achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 (SDG 2). Findings from the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate that climate change could increase the risk of hunger and malnutrition by up to 20 percent by 2050 and its impacts will be felt disproportionately on the most food insecure and vulnerable.
WFP is committed to step up the number and scale of its climate-related interventions to support adaptation efforts of vulnerable people and governments globally focusing on food and nutrition security.
WFP is supporting governments to access climate finance from various bilateral and multilateral sources such as the Adaptation Fund (AF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The processes to design climate adaptation projects draft the proposals and related documentation review the proposals with the
respective funds secretariats and submit them to the funds Boards need extra efforts time and specific capacities.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the supervision of relevant WFP COs with the support of WFP Regional Bureaux (RBx) and the oversight of the WFP Climate Finance Team in HQ the consultant will be responsible to conduct assessments design projects and draft related concept notes (CN) funding proposals (FP) and relevant annexes to be submitted either to the AF or to the GCF. These projects will focus on improving food security while at the same time enhancing adaptive capacities of communities systems and governments.
The specific tasks of each assignment will differ for each proposal depending on local context background documentation and assessments available WFP CO and government existing capacities availability of local consultants to support with specific in-country tasks and requirements of the fund to which the proposal will be submitted. A list of the key tasks leading to proposal submission is provided below. A separate project-specific TOR and detailed workplan will be prepared in coordination with the relevant Country Office each time a proposal is assigned to the consultant. .
Pre-feasibility/feasibility assessments: perform a pre-feasibility and/or a feasibility assessment in a format and template previously agreed with WFP and acceptable to the fund which includes: i. context analysis including climate analysis climate change related problem and impacts key factors of vulnerability and barriers to adaptation national policies and priorities existing initiatives; ii. design the project theory of change and structure defining project components outcomes and outputs in coordination with the Country Office and relevant stakeholders; iii. justification for the proposed project including an analysis of factors such as sustainability alignment with national priorities cost-effectiveness coordination with other relevant initiativesadditionality as required. A summary of the content will then be included in the proposal. estimated days needed: AF 15 days; GCF 20 days for each (pre-feasibility and feasibility)
Coordination with in-house and external specialists including drafting or fine-tuning TORs for external specialists. estimated days needed: 3 days
Participate in stakeholder consultations at national/sub-national/local level to gather the information needed to the design of the project and the drafting of the proposal. estimated days needed: 10 days in-country at each stage (CN and FP)
Participate in community consultations at concept note stage to assess communities vulnerabilities capacities and needs in terms of climate change adaptation discuss activities ideas collect information on gender roles and specific vulnerabilities/needs collect information on environmental and social risks in collaboration with gender and Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) experts. estimated days needed: 5 days in-country (field)
Participate in community consultations at funding proposal stage to confirm/finalize project activities receive feedback/concerns/approval from communities on the proposed activities collect more information (if needed) on gender and ESS in collaboration with the relevant experts. estimated days needed: 10 days in-country (field)
Lead the design of the project and subsequent drafting of the concept note and funding proposal drafting all of the sections using the results from the pre-feasibility assessment the consultations and coordinating inputs from technical experts gender and ESS experts and CO. estimated days needed: AF-CN 15 days; AF-FP 25 days; GCF-CN 15 days; GCF-FP 40 days
Together with main stakeholders and with support from CO/RB/HQ staff clarify project implementation and management structure and mechanisms; estimated days needed: 2 days in- country
Lead the drafting of the proposal annexes including the feasibility study and technical annexes as needed with inputs from CO/RB/HQ staff. estimated days needed depend on the involvement of CO/RB/HQ staff and support provided. AF 5-10 days; GCF 15-20 days
Ensure the concept note/funding proposal and its annexes are of high quality and comply with the AF/GCF policies and guidelines;
Provide responses to AF/GCF Secretariats comments and amend the proposal and annexes accordingly in coordination with CO/RB/HQ staff. estimated days needed: AF-CN 5 days; AF- FP 5 days; GCF-CN (when necessary) 5 days; GCF-FP 10-20 days
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
Specific deliverables will be defined for each proposal the consultant will work on. However this is the comprehensive list of possible deliverables:
Pre-Feasibility Assessment.
Project concept note.
Full funding proposal based on AF/GCF templates.
Annexes to the AF/GCF proposal which include:
- Feasibility study
- Project Theory of Change and logical framework
- Economic and/or financial analyses
- Detailed project budget
- Implementation timetable
- Environmental and social risk assessment and management plan
- Summary of stakeholder consultations at national and local level
- Gender assessment and action plan
- Operations and maintenance plan
- Procurement plan
- Monitoring and evaluation plan
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education: Advanced University degree or University degree with experience and training/courses in one or more of the following disciplines: climate change adaptation environmental studies agriculture and food security development studies economics engineering or related area.
Experience: 12 years post graduate progressively responsible job related experience in food security climate change adaptation disaster risk reduction or related area.
Experience in humanitarian aid and/or development project design.
Proven experience and ability to draft project proposals for the Green Climate Fund Adaptation Fund and/or the Global Environment Facility.
Knowledge & Skills: Familiarity with AF and/or GCF rules and regulations. Proven ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders.
Extensive proven experience with community and stakeholders consultations. Excellent communication skills.
Familiarity with WFP and the UN system will be regarded as an asset.
Proficiency in Windows MS Office (Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook
Languages:
Excellent written and spoken English
Knowledge of other UN languages is highly desirable
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs job requirements merit and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse all forms of discrimination any kind of harassment sexual harassment and abuse of authority. Therefore all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) FAO Finance Committee WFP External Auditor WFP Audit Committee Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
Required Experience:
Contract
Employment Type
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