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For every child, the right to a future.

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF Tajikistan seeks to engage a national consultant to provide temporary, specialized and deliverable-based technical, analytical and coordination support to advance its expanding climate portfolio. Tajikistan is highly exposed to extreme heat, drought, floods, mudflows, landslides and glacial risks, which affect the continuity, quality and affordability of child-critical services, including education, health, nutrition, water and sanitation, social protection and energy.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: TMC0006917 External ToR.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have...

Minimum requirements:

Education:

An advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in climate change, environmental science, economics, finance, public policy, international development, education or another relevant field.
A first university degree in the same field combined with two additional years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree.

Work Experience:

At least five years of progressively responsible professional experience in climate policy, climate finance, environmental programming, sustainable or innovative finance, climate education or related areas; preferably in an international development context.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in Tajik and Russian and excellent written and spoken English.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:

Demonstrated experience in developing or substantially contributing to climate-fund concepts or proposals, preferably involving the GCF, Adaptation Fund, GEF, FRLD or comparable vertical funds.
Demonstrated experience with national climate-policy processes, including NDCs, NAPs, UNFCCC processes, investment planning, implementation planning or climate-finance monitoring.
Strong analytical, project-development, costing, research, writing, presentation, negotiation, facilitation, knowledge-management and results-tracking skills.
Demonstrated ability to facilitate inter-ministerial and multi-partner processes and work effectively with government, climate funds, development banks, financial institutions, UN agencies, civil society and technical experts.
Proven ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams, meet deadlines and produce concise, decision-oriented deliverables.

Desirables:

Experience in climate finance, including funding proposals, financing strategies, investment plans, resource-mobilization pipelines or innovative financing opportunities. Familiarity with carbon markets, carbon finance, green or thematic bonds, results-based climate finance or blended finance is an asset.
Experience in climate change education, green schools, climate-resilient social infrastructure or education-sector planning.
Knowledge of Tajikistan’s climate-policy, education and public-finance institutional context; previous experience with UNICEF, another UN entity or an international development organization.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

[Remove the following paragraph if not a child safeguarding elevated risk role] This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is either a role with direct contact with children, a role that works directly with identifiable children’s data, a safeguarding response role, or an assessed risk role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) apply.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
Cover letter
A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template) TMC0006917 Financial proposal template.docx
A detailed technical proposal (maximum five pages) describing the understanding of the assignment, proposed methodology and sequencing, stakeholder-engagement approach, quality-assurance arrangements and indicative workplan, together with one relevant sample of previous climate-finance or climate-policy work.

Remarks: If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not downloadable on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

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