The NDC Partnership seeks highly knowledgeable and passionate climate and development leaders to join its Support Unit. Please explore available opportunities below.

Support Unit & Facilitator Job Openings

• Project Manager (NDC Partnership Thematic Call): The NDC Partnership is seeking a Project Manager to lead the implementation of the Thematic Call on NDCs and LT-LEDS alignment, update, and enhancement. In their role, they will work across teams within the Support Unit and with partners to ensure that the targets of the Thematic Call are met, and its results are effectively communicated internally and to external audiences. In their role, the Project Manager will supervise the overall implementation of the call, ensuring that planned activities stay on track, anticipating potential risks and delays and taking measures to address them. 

• Climate Database Management Associate: The NDC Partnership is seeking a Climate Database Management Associate to lead the knowledge management systems within the Support Unit and develop analytical products to inform the work of the Partnership. In this position, they will you serve as a key resource on knowledge management issues within the Support Unit. Working within the Knowledge and Learning team, they will manage the Support Unit’s Knowledge Management system, the Knowledge Nook (kNook)

• Grants and Finance Specialist: The NDC Partnership is seeking a Grants and Finance Specialist to be responsible for overseeing the development, management, and reporting a portfolio of grants within the NDC Partnership. This will include supporting the Grants & Finance Manager in developing budgets for new proposals, tracking and updating current project budgets, monitoring expenditures, preparing financial reports and invoices for funders, contracts, and other ad-hoc administrative and operational tasks as needed. 

• Gender Mainstreaming and Youth Engagement Intern: The NDC Partnership is seeking a Gender Mainstreaming and Youth Engagement Intern to play an integral role in the data and analyses components of two cross-cutting areas of the NDC Partnership - gender mainstreaming and youth engagement. 

Partner Job Openings 

• NDC, LT‐LEDS Expert and Coordinator: The UN Climate Change Regional Collaboration Centre (RCC) St. George is seeking a NDC and LT-LEDS expert to coordinate the regional activities of the “NLS Unit” to facilitate elaboration and implementation of NDCs and LT‐LEDs in countries in the region. A focus of the role will be placed on establishing and sustaining good working relationships between the national focal points, implementing partner's focal points and the RCC.

• NDC Partnership Training and Capacity Development Specialist for Mongolia: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is seeking a Specialist to implement all tasks under the overall leadership of the FAO Representative in Mongolia, the technical guidance of the Lead Technical Officer in FAO RAP as well as the National FAO Scala focal point. The Specialist will work closely with the FAO and UNDP SCALA project team, NDC Partnership Support Unit, the In-country Facilitator, and the officers of the Climate Change Department (CCD) of the MET.

Requests for Proposals & Terms of Reference

• Request for Proposals for an Independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Report on the United Kingdom's Technical Assistance Fund in Contribution to the NDC Partnership: This fixed-price request for proposals (RFP) outlines the terms of reference for an independent monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) assessment of the United Kingdom’s (UK) technical assistance (TA) funds provided in contribution to the NDC Partnership (hereby referred to as the UK TA funds). All proposals must be submitted by 16 December 2022

• Systems and learning support, Thematic Calls & other NDC Partnership Initiatives: The NDC Partnership is seeking a Systems and Learning Support consultant to develop the processes and implement and manage the tools to ensure clear and consistent data and information flow in the context of the Partnership’s Thematic Call on NDCs and LT-LEDS alignment, update, and enhancement and, on-demand, for other special initiatives such as the APA. All proposals must be submitted by 2 December 2022

• Nigeria: Aligning Energy Transition Plan, NDC and Long-Term Strategy Targets: The Government of Nigeria, through the Department of Climate Change (DCC) and the Energy Transition Office (ETO), have requested support for a comparative analysis of their Energy Transition Plan (ETP) and their NDC. This Terms of Reference outlines the work for the comparative analysis and alignment of the ETP and the NDC (and related emission related policies) to enable policy makers to make informed decisions on setting Nigeria’s medium- and long-term climate goals. The objective of this request component is to evaluate all intersections and alignment between the ETP, NDC, LT-LEDS and the IRP (and modelling tools such as the DDP and Nigeria Energy Calculator 2050) to ensure that they are fully consistent. All proposals must be submitted by 9 December 2022.