Background
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Climate change-induced soil and water salinity are projected to adversely impact freshwater dependent agricultural livelihoods (leading to loss of productivity or livelihoods) as well as the availability and quality of drinking water in vulnerable coastal communities. Furthermore, given women’s crucial role that play in water security and household level resilience, and their socio economic marginalization, the climate change-induced threat to agricultural livelihoods and drinking water security of the affected coastal communities disproportionately affects women and girls.
Therefore, the key objective of the project has been to support the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) in strengthening the adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with the impacts of climate change-induced salinity on their livelihoods and water security. An estimated 719,229 people will be benefitted from the project interventions.
The project has beenl empowering target communities, especially women, as ‘change agents’ to plan, implement, and manage resilient livelihoods and drinking water solutions. The project is expected to enable those communities to address climate change risks on livelihood and drinking water security to promote synergistic co-benefits. GCF resources are invested in promoting a diversification from currently non-adaptive, freshwater-reliant livelihoods of small-scale farmers, fishers, and agro-labourers towards climate-resilient agricultural livelihoods. GoB co-financing is leveraged to support the adoption and scale of these alternative, climate-resilient agricultural livelihoods through strengthened value chains and market linkages for their long-term viability in the face of increasing salinity and extreme weather. Finally, through investments in institutional capacities, knowledge dissemination, and evidence-based learning, the project is enabling pathways for replication and scale of project impact to secure livelihoods and drinking water across the vulnerable districts of the southwest coast of Bangladesh.
Under direct supervision and overall guidance of the National Project Manager, the Water & Sanitation Specialist will be working to support the water interventions and issues for the projects.
2. Internal and external liaison and coordination with different Stakeholders.
Identify operations & maintenance opportunities through the water solutions analysis report, networks and relationships with other institutions and organizations, and NGOs working in the areas of round year water solutions Work through GCA project & partner staff members to facilitate the community-led program Coordinate a peer action learning group of the water management committee and relevant departments of government to facilitate the system. Participate and actively contribute to the community organizations to water management and O&M programming3. Documentation & Reporting
Project performance and relevant data documented properly and required reports delivered on time Program document developed, and reviews case studies conducted Performance reports submitted on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis Technical/special reports prepared and submitted to meet donor requirements Take part in process documentation, collection and compilation of required information from the entrepreneurs and stakeholders preparing regular reports (interim, final, donor report and others)4. Quality Assurance
High-quality monitoring, supervision and evaluation of operations & maintenance programs to ensure quality implementation. Includes technical backstopping, reflection, lessons learned events, and other activities to ensure programming is on track and learnings are integrated into the project Participate with M&E team in designing, redesigning and elaborating logframes for water solutions programming. Ensure standardization of Gender-sensitive indicators and project models across projects Conduct regular intensive field visits to troubleshoot field problems, monitor project activity progress, and collect data to measure the changes in the different levels of the project5. Professional Development
Demonstrate work and life balance. Personal and professional development goals consistent with UNDP Mission’s strategic goal. Any other specific area of responsibilities assigned by the project management.4. Institutional Arrangement
This position will be supervised by the National Project Manager, “Enhancing adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with climate change induced salinity” Project
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
Business Direction & Strategy - System Thinking Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system
Business Development - Human-centered Design Ability to develop solutions to problems by involving the human perspective in all steps of the problem-solving process
Business Management - Communication Ability to communicate in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience;
Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media, and other appropriate channels
Partnership management - Relationship management Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding
General (across the functions) Event planning and execution Ability to plan, manage and execute of public and private events to ensure that they support and amplify individual communications and advocacy initiatives, as well as UNDP's overall brand and mandate.
Digital & Innovation Co-creation Ability to design and facilitate a process that enables a diverse group of stakeholders to solve a common problem, develop a practice, or create knowledge together.
Ability to embrace diversity, work with a diverse group of stakeholders understand their interests,
perspectives and views and tap into to them as a source for creativity.
Ability to facilitate processes and create conditions that are open for diverse inputs, stimulate collaboration and sharing.
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Required Skills and Experience