NDC Partnership In-Country Facilitator (Tanzania) - Partnership Specialist Retainer

Key responsibilities and expected deliverables are: 

National NDC implementation impact assessment report produced:

• Manage and coordinate with national stakeholders and ensure the experts conducting national impact assessment of the status of Tanzania NDC receive full participation and feedback required timely. The facilitator will lead the mobilization of the relevant government and non-governmental representatives from Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar throughout  the process;

Online NDC Implementation Plan is finalised and operationalised for both Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar:

• Coordinate and provide technical expertise to the consultants in the finalisation of the NDC Implementation Plan and development of the narrative summary of the NDC Implementation;

• Responsible for uploading the plan on the Online Plan Partnership Tool (OPPT) and conduct training sessions of sector representatives.;

A high level national launch of the NDC Implementation is conducted: 

• With guidance from the Vice President’s Office, organise and facilitate the high-level launch of the NDC Implementation Plan. Both the Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar Vice President offices and Ministry of finance will preside over the high level launch. 

• The facilitator will  be responsible to organise both the pre launch sessions and the launch event including producing high level presentations, and policy briefs );

Strengthened coordination mechanisms for NDC implementation and financing in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar:

• Support coordination convenings of the Climate Change Technical Group 

• Support coordination convenings with Development Partners Group for Environment (and climate change)

• Support VPO and Ministry of Finance to raise  awareness and present on NDCs update, NDC impact assessment, NDC Implementation Plan finalisation and tracking implementation progress

• Provide guidance to International and Development Partners to align climate projects and programmatic objectives with the NDC Implementation  Plan to mobilize climate finance

• Work closely with the climate finance advisor to ensure the national NDC priorities are informing national investment flagships and pipelines  within the Ministry of finance and other stakeholders 

• Support Focal Points to actively participate in NDC processes and reporting and other climate change processes such as UNFCCC.

• Support UNFCCC Process (Subsidiary Body and Conference of Parties (CoP) Meetings) government preparations including drafting of text on Tanzania position

Updated and aligned online NDC Implementation Plan with the National Monitoring and Evaluation  and MRV systems:

• Coordinate with key sectors and implementing and development partners to update the NDC Implementation Plan regularly

• Monitor, assess and report on the status of NDC implementation Plan,  extraction of data from OPPT to inform quarterly reporting and identification of funding gaps for resource mobilisation

• Contribute to the development of the NDC MRV registry with the relevant agency, ensure the KPIs of the NDC Implementation Plan are aligned with MRV system KPIs,  and work closely  with various ministries and development partners .

• Produce monthly and quarterly progress reports of the NDC Implementation Plan. Ensure the quarterly reports are approved by the government and shared with stakeholders.

Communication and knowledge products produced:

• In close collaboration with VPO, First Vice President’s Office (FVPO) and MoFP and the NDC Partnership Knowledge and Learning unit, develop Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) materials such as blogs, news articles, success stories, peer exchanges . 

• The communications and knowledge products will be on a quarterly and annual basis.