Climate Change Expert Advisor to the National Project to the National Project Coordinator of Federal Project Management Unit of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) at Federal Ministry of Environment

Job Type: Consultancy
Project: NEWMAP

Background/Project Objectives

• NEWMAP supports State-led interventions to prevent and reverse land degradation, focusing on major gully erosion sites that threaten infrastructure, livelihoods, and environmental assets. The Project has four components summarized below: (1) Erosion and Watershed Management Infrastructure Investments; (2) Erosion and Watershed Management Institutions and Information Services; (3) Climate Change Response; and (4) Project Management.
• The eight-year NEWMAP is financed by an International Development Association (IDA) credit of US$500 million, in addition to fully blended grants of US$3.96 million from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and US$4.63 million from the Special Climate Change (SCCF) Fund. The Project Development Objective (PDO) of NEWMAP is to reduce vulnerability to soil erosion in targeted sub-watersheds.
• The project is mainly State-led interventions to prevent and reverse land degradation, focusing on major gully erosion sites that threaten infrastructure, livelihoods, and environmental assets.
• The Federal Project Management Unit (FPMU) of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project intends to apply a portion of the credit for eligible payments for the Consulting Services.

Role of the Proposed Expert Advisor:

• Overall, the expert advisor will be a national technical expert, grounded on climate change processes and pre-qualified by the FPMU.
• He/she shall be hired on contract and paid on a fee-for service bases.
• His/her overall assignment will be to promote tasks delivery in component 3 and enhance quality technical implementation and supervision of restructured component 3.

Specific Assignments

• Works under contract and reports to the NPC through the Climate Change Specialist (CCS);
• In coordination with the CCS work with the PMUs PMUs as needed. He/she will also support other MDA stakeholders to build relationships with other corporate or regional teams, opinion informers and central government;
• Provides expert input to FPMU efforts and activities with respect to Component 3 - climate change response as may be needed or demanded by any specific PMU or partner MDA;
• Reviews proposed component 3 activities and designs as the case may be;
• Advises the Steering and Technical Committees on key issues;
• Performs any other relevant duties as reasonably required by the FPMU, and particularly the CCS:
  • Guide the development of Low carbon demonstration projects;
• Provide guidance on the GHG inventory and accounting and accounting
• Work on Climate Financing activities such as the Green Bond etc.

Qualifications and Experience

• He/she shall have up to 10 years' experience on climate change studies and processes;
• Must have led in the development and implementation of at least 3 climate change adaptation related activities;
• Must have partaken in the development or review of any environmental related policy document; and
• Must have a minimum academic qualification of a Ph.D.