Project Manager

Result of Service

The Project Manager will be responsible for conducting technical activities to support the elaboration and delivering of the sectorial mitigation plans for the Brazil Plano Clima. This will include direct assistance to the National Technical Coordinator with the research of relevant national climate change data and information in Brazil, assisting the engagement of stakeholders, drafting concept notes for technical activities and trainings, as well as supporting the organization of meetings and events, including final minutes of meetings, among others.

Work Location

Brazil

Expected duration

5 months

Duties and Responsibilities

Convened by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) is a partnership of governments, intergovernmental organizations, and representatives of the private sector, the environmental community, and other members of civil society. The CCAC is the only international initiative working on integrated climate and clean air solutions to reduce the rate of near-term warming. It focuses on fast action to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) including methane, black carbon, HFCs and tropospheric ozone. More information on the CCAC is available at: www.ccacoalition.org Brazil is a CCAC state partner having joined CCAC in 2023 and signed the Global Methane Pledge in 2021. The country has taken significant steps to reduce climate change including through planning and mitigation of SLCP. In recognition of the seriousness of the climate emergency, the government of Brazil is now committed to structuring a renewed and ambitious Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). In comparison to the proposition presented at COP 21, Brazil aims to achieve a 48% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2025 and 53% GHG emissions reduction by 2030. In the context of its NDC revision, the country expects yet to undertake an integrated air pollution and climate change mitigation approach which provides a substantial opportunity to enhance its target's ambitions. This means the integration of SLCPs, such as methane, HFCs and black carbon, alongside CO2 and other GHG emission, while articulating the co-benefits of SLCP reductions throughout different sectors that directly or indirectly influence their emissions or can leverage CO2 reduction. In September 2023, the Brazilian government restructured the Interministerial Committee on Climate Change – CIM, which will be an important locus for management, coordination, and articulation regarding the national climate policy. In addition to determining the correction of the Brazilian NDC to the levels of ambition that Brazil had initially proposed in 2015, the Committee established interministerial working groups to regulate the Brazilian regulated carbon market (SBCE) and to update the law that established the National Policy on Climate Change – PNMC. The CIM also established a Resolution that mandates updating the National Plan on Climate Change – Plano Clima, establishing two interministerial working groups to coordinate the work, one on mitigation and the other on adaptation. Plano Clima will be the main instrument for implementing climate policy, thus consolidating the strategies and goals of the Federal Government to achieve the objectives of the PNMC and the goals of the Brazilian NDC, including those related to Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs). The new Climate Plan will cover the period between 2024 and 2035 and will have national and sectoral mitigation and adaptation targets for the years 2030 and 2035, simultaneously compatible and coherent with the objective of climate neutrality. The CCAC is therefore seeking a Project Manager to support the Ministry of Environment of Brazil in the overall coordination and elaboration of the Plano Clima, comprising the National Mitigation Strategy and eight Sectorial Mitigation Plans. He/she will work in close coordination with the Senior Technical Coordinator to be hired for the overall coordination of the work with the Ministry of Environment and UNEP. He/she will work in close coordination with the Senior Technical coordinator to be hired for the overall coordination of the work with the Ministry of Environment and UNEP. The consultant, under the coordination of the Ministry of Environment in Brazil and guidance of CCAC and UNEP will support the Senior Technical Coordinator (under recruitment) with technical and operational activities for: - the sectoral carbon budget elaboration and allocation to 2030 and its incorporation into the Brazilian National Climate Strategy, in strong coordination with the Senior Technical Coordinator; - the elaboration of sectorial plans, and allocation of the sectoral carbon budget to 2030, in the context of the Brazilian National Climate Strategy; - Mainstreaming SLCPs into Brazil’s National Mitigation Strategy, Plano Clima and recommendations to NDC update. - National awareness raising and organization of capacity-building activities on climate change mitigation measures, including SLCP. - Cross-sectorial and stakeholder engagement, coordination, consultation, and validation. - Day-to-day technical and administrative processes such as organization of meetings, elaboration of minutes, research, and drafting of document, among others.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree, master or equivalent, in Public Administration, International Relations, Environmental Sciences, Management, Political Sciences, Economical Sciences, Social Sciences, Development Studies or relevant fields of study. • A first-level university degree in combination with 4 additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. • A minimum of 4 years of practical experience on sustainable development, climate change policy development or environmental management in Brazil. • Proven experience in project management and stakeholder engagement. • Experience with Brazil’s public sector institutions is an asset. • Experience in climate finance is an asset. • Technical expertise working with multi-stakeholder processes in sustainable development and global commitments (e.g., Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs); Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), etc.) is required. • Knowledge of the national plans, strategies, policies related to climate change in Brazil is required. • In-depth knowledge of national development challenges in Brazil. • Proven ability to work under pressure, with tight deadlines is required. • Proven ability in articulation with different organizations and sectors (public and private) is required.

Languages

• Excellent verbal and written communication in English and Portuguese is required.

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.