Climate Mitigation Specialist
Organizational Context
UNOPS operates in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on sustainable development through resilient infrastructure, public health support, and institutional capacity building. The Barbados Country Office serves as a hub for Caribbean nations, aligning with regional priorities like climate justice and sustainable development. The Caribbean Resilient Infrastructure Implementation and Skills Exchange (RIISE) Facility, a key initiative, aims to bolster climate-resilient infrastructure implementation and institutional capacity across Eastern Caribbean Small Island Developing States.
Job Purpose
This role provides specialized technical support for the conceptualization and implementation of climate-resilient infrastructure projects, primarily in the energy, transport, and buildings sectors, within beneficiary countries. The Specialist contributes technical knowledge to facilitate climate-resilient development, including data analysis, procurement, design, and construction. They offer guidance on climate mitigation aspects to inform effective project programming, management, and partnerships, ensuring climate mitigation actions are mainstreamed into projects. The position involves delivering demand-driven technical assistance through modalities like a Rapid Helpdesk for advisory support and Surge Deployments for medium-term project implementation needs, requiring both remote and on-site engagement across participating Caribbean countries.
Responsibilities
The Climate Mitigation Specialist provides technical support for climate-resilient infrastructure projects, focusing on energy, transport, and buildings. Key duties include contributing technical knowledge to project development processes, such as data collection, analysis, procurement, design, and construction, while ensuring climate mitigation is integrated. The role involves providing technical guidance on climate mitigation to inform project programming, management, and partnerships, and offering expertise for ongoing infrastructure projects. Deliverables include primary assignment reports (Helpdesk Reports or Final Technical Reports), knowledge transfer summaries, GBA+/GESI integration outcomes, safeguards and risk summaries, and actionable recommendations. Specialized outputs may include Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) checklists and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) assessment reviews. Administrative tasks include confirming Intellectual Property handover.
Work Experience
Required experience includes climate mitigation within infrastructure sectors, particularly energy, transport, or buildings. Experience with renewable energy projects and their integration into energy systems, along with energy efficiency optimization, is essential. Desirable experience includes resource-efficient green building design, mainstreaming climate mitigation in transport projects, working with Independent Power Producers (IPP), leading Public-Private Partnership (PPP) negotiations, and experience in the Caribbean region.
Skills
Capacity Building, Carbon Management, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Infrastructure, Project Management, Renewable Energy, Stakeholder Management