UNESCO
1001 - 5000 employees
Founded 1945
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UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting international collaboration in the fields of education, culture, natural sciences, and social sciences. It works to foster peace, development, and sustainable practices through educational programs and cultural initiatives. UNESCO advocates for equal access to education and cultural preservation around the world, leveraging its partnerships with various entities, including governments and institutions, to achieve its goals.
Senior Consultant – Integration and Development of Water Sector Concept Notes
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UNESCO
1001 - 5000 employees
Founded 1945
📚 Education
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
Education • Non-profit • Social Impact
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting international collaboration in the fields of education, culture, natural sciences, and social sciences. It works to foster peace, development, and sustainable practices through educational programs and cultural initiatives. UNESCO advocates for equal access to education and cultural preservation around the world, leveraging its partnerships with various entities, including governments and institutions, to achieve its goals.
📋 Description
• Integrate the concept notes developed by the three clusters into a coherent, coordinated, and financeable portfolio, aligned with national frameworks and with the requirements of identified downstream financiers, over the twelve-month grant period. • Provide the coordinating and integrating function across the clusters. • Develop domain-specific technical content with cluster leads; responsible for synthesis, coherence, framing, and quality. • Serve as an interface with Government stakeholders, conducting key informant interviews and consultations. • Work alongside the UN Water Task Force in both an internal coordinating and an external-facing role.
🎯 Requirements
• Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in hydrology, hydrogeology, water resources management, environmental science or management, natural resource management or a related field. • A first-level university degree combined with additional qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree. • A minimum of 8-10 years of progressively responsible experience in the water, environment, climate, and/or sustainable development sectors, including senior-level assignments. • Demonstrated experience synthesizing multidisciplinary technical inputs into coherent strategic or programmatic documents — essential; candidates must provide evidence of this experience (e.g., writing samples or references to documents authored or led). • Proven experience developing project or programme concept notes or funding proposals, ideally for international climate or development finance (e.g., GCF, adaptation funds, international financial institutions) — a strong asset. • Sound knowledge of Iraq's water sector and its institutional and policy landscape. • Familiarity with UN programming approaches, results-based management, and theory-of-change methodologies — desirable. • Fluency in Arabic and English (spoken and written) is required, including the ability to draft and edit professional documents in both languages.
🏖️ Benefits
• UNESCO covers Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) and travel expenses in line with the relevant UNESCO rules and regulations.
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