TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR PROJECT MANAGER - REDUCING
VULNERABILITY FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE FOOTHILLS, LOWLANDS AND THE LOWER SENQU RIVER BASIN PROJECT
UNDP LESOTHO
VULNERABILITY FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE FOOTHILLS, LOWLANDS AND THE LOWER SENQU RIVER BASIN PROJECT
UNDP LESOTHO
Type of Contract : Service Contract 1 year (with potential renewal)
Languages Required : English and Sesotho
Commencement Date : June 2015
Time commitment : Full time
Project duraton : June 2015 - December 2020
Location/duty station : Maseru, Lesotho with frequent visits to
project sites
Languages Required : English and Sesotho
Commencement Date : June 2015
Time commitment : Full time
Project duraton : June 2015 - December 2020
Location/duty station : Maseru, Lesotho with frequent visits to
project sites
BACKGROUND
UNDP is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. It works with individual countries on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. UNDP Lesotho supports Lesotho’s development priorities laid out in the National Strategic Development Plan and
through that, the achievement of the MDGs. The main focus areas of the UNDP Country Programme are Democratic Governance; Environment and Energy; Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth, with Gender Mainstreaming and HIV/ AIDS as crosscutting areas.
UNDP is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. It works with individual countries on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. UNDP Lesotho supports Lesotho’s development priorities laid out in the National Strategic Development Plan and
through that, the achievement of the MDGs. The main focus areas of the UNDP Country Programme are Democratic Governance; Environment and Energy; Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth, with Gender Mainstreaming and HIV/ AIDS as crosscutting areas.
The Government of Lesotho (GOL) in collaboration with UNDP developed a project titled “Reducing Vulnerability from Climate Change in the Foothills, Lowlands and the Lower Senqu River Basin”. This is a 5 year project funded under Global Environment Facility (GEF) and is aimed at increasing ecosystem resilience to
climate change in the southern parts of Lesotho. Therefore, UNDP invites interested national experts with expertise in Environmentrelated work and experience in managing projects within the GEF context to apply for a post of project manager for above mentioned project.
climate change in the southern parts of Lesotho. Therefore, UNDP invites interested national experts with expertise in Environmentrelated work and experience in managing projects within the GEF context to apply for a post of project manager for above mentioned project.
For full details and detailed Terms of Reference for this advertisement please go to local UNDP website:http://www.ls.undp.org/content/lesotho/en/home/
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