Job Highlight

The MEL Officer will play an important role in leading stakeholder engagement and coordination within the National Climate Change Committee (NCCC), ensuring effective communication, collaboration, and information sharing. The MEL Officer will also be responsible for updating and maintaining the National Climate Change Database, contributing to knowledge management, and supporting the design of learning activities to enhance stakeholder capacity in utilizing climate change data for informed decision-making.

About The Project Office

WEC Background:

The Water, Environment and Climate (WEC) portfolio, based in Vienna, and with offices based globally is part of the UNOPS Global Portfolio Office. The Portfolio has built strong partnerships and is effectively managing a portfolio of over 500 million USD over the last 15 years to support key initiatives with fund management, project implementation and administrative support.

WEC effectively operationalizes partners' agendas with global approaches, as well as regional and country specific activities focused on climate action, protection and conservation of the environment. Partners profit from WEC’s ability to operationalize and/or scale up their important substantive agendas, including in support of key multilateral environmental and climate agreements, such as the Paris Agreement, the Cartagena Convention as well as the Sustainable Development Goals.

About The Group

The NDC Partnership:

The NDC Partnership is a global coalition, bringing together more than 250 members, including more than 130 countries, developed and developing, and more than 110 institutions to deliver on ambitious climate action that helps achieve the Paris Agreement and drive sustainable development. Governments identify their NDC implementation priorities and the type of support that is needed to translate them into actionable policies and programs. Based on these requests, the membership offers a tailored package of expertise, technical assistance and funding. This collaborative response provides developing countries with efficient access to a wide range of resources to adapt to and mitigate climate change and foster more equitable and sustainable development. The NDC Partnership Support Unit is jointly hosted by the World Resources Institute (WRI), the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the UN Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC). For this project, the Consultant will be contracted through UNOPS.

Role Purpose

The MEL Officer will serve as embedded technical support to the DSD in fulfilment of its role as chair of the NCCC and host of a National Climate Change Database. He/she will play a key role in supporting the implementation of the Climate Change Act of 2024, with a specific focus on the functions of the NCCC, including the review of the status of climate change programming and implementation and effectiveness of current national climate change policies.

Functions / Key Results Expected

Stakeholder Management and Coordination of Members of the NCCC
Support biannual (as needed) and yearly organization of NCCC in-person and virtual coordination meetings, in consultation with the climate change officers of DSD. This includes assisting with logistical details, including agenda development, securing venue and catering arrangements, presenters coordination and stakeholder confirmations.
Assist in the preparation and distribution of monthly, or as needed, communications to the NCCC, providing updates in climate finance, training or knowledge sharing opportunities.
Assist the DSD in organizing either virtual or in-person sector specific meetings, for agencies of the NCCC, for DSD led projects or programming activities. This support should include compiling key documents for review, confirming stakeholder participation and sharing updates post-meetings.
Support the distribution and coordination of inputs on key climate change policies and projects under development to agencies of the NCCC, for their review and editing. This task should include ensuring key technical documents are distributed, collating feedback (including among the climate change team), and compiling information into a single review report when complete.
Updating National Climate Change Database
Support the collection and compilation of data and other information necessary to update a National Climate Change Database, from agencies of the NCCC, the NDC In-Country Facilitator and other information and data collection officers. This includes data on greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation, mitigation and loss and damage actions, climate finance, awareness raising and capacity building.
Support the quarterly update of actions on a National Climate Change Database, by compiling data received during consultations and entering it into the database ensuring accuracy based on established guidelines.
Knowledge and Learning
Assist in the preparation of the annual Climate Change Progress Report by providing updates to stakeholders and summarize data collected throughout the year.
Support the design and execution of stakeholder learning activities for agencies of the NCCC and relevant members of the DSD, to effectively utilize and update the National Climate Change Database, as applicable.
Support the compilation of the quarterly DSD Key Performance Indicator and Work Programme reports.
Develop and maintain an internal calendar of key DSD-led and international meetings that require the participation/input of NCCC Members.
Assist DSD with the preparation and delivery of climate change presentations and other learning materials, including capacity-building sessions that support the mainstreaming of climate policies across sectors.
Support the completion of national climate change questionnaires, utilizing data from the National Climate Change Database, as needed.
Synthesize/support the synthesis of all climate change related updates from DSD to be shared with Information Assistant for public distribution.
Support the development of national reports and other communication materials reflecting information collected from NCCC members, including one-page non-technical summaries, blogs and newspaper articles. This should include working with the climate change team and the Information Assistant in preparing snippets for social media, post national, regional and international meetings, and other events.
Prepare a hand-over report to the DSD which documents the procedures undertaken by the MEL Officer, including stakeholder management and coordination processes, methods for updating and maintaining the national database and approaches to knowledge management and learning. This will include, but not limited to, tools used, data sources, stakeholder engagement protocols etc. Additionally, it should include key lessons learned during implementation of the role as well as recommendations to support continuity. A hand-over training session with the DSD should also be facilitated by the MEL Officer to capture the aforementioned elements.

Required

Education Requirements

A Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in public policy, development, climate change, natural resource management, environmental management, social sciences, and any other relevant field of study.

Required

Experience Requirements

A minimum of 2 years of relevant and progressive professional experience (or more, depending on the academic credentials) in data collection, analysis, and reporting, or similar fields, preferably with a non-profit, government, or multilateral institution.
Development of technical and non-technical environmental or climate change learning material e.g. statements, report summaries, presentations, etc.
Handling of collating data sets.
Competency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Desired

Knowledge of Saint Lucia’s climate change policy frameworks, national plans and strategies.
Experience in coordinating multi-sectoral committees/bodies at a national level
Ability to develop and maintain stakeholder relationships.
Knowledge and use of a national database, such as an MRV Portal or clearing houses.

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