Consultant For Preparing Adaptation Concept Notes Global Green Growth Institute – GGGI Experience: 3 to 5 Years Suva, Fiji Apply By: 07-02-2025

Fiji became a member of GGGI in 2014, and the GGGI office in Fiji was established in 2015 in Suva and is based within the Ministry of Finance, Strategic Planning, National Development & Statistics (MoFSPNDS). GGGI is currently supporting the Ministry of Finance, the Climate Change Division (CCD) under the Ministry of Environment, among other key government stakeholders.

Fiji, as a Small Island Developing State, faces extreme climate vulnerability. The Fijian Government recognizes the importance of adapting to climate change and coordinating climate change related adaptation policies, strategies, plans and activities to reduce the vulnerability and enhance the resilience of Fiji’s communities to the impacts of climate change and disasters.

Fiji has put in place its National Climate Finance Strategy outlining its climate finance mobilization priorities across target sectors. Significant external financial and technical support is needed to achieve its adaptation and mitigation targets. Fiji has received support from NDC Partnership (NDCP) to develop an Adaptation Investment Pipeline through various supporting components including policy and planning and capacity building on adaptation finance, with GGGI as the delivery partner. It will enable the Fiji government to strengthen its adaptation pipeline of projects. It could also eventually feed into pipelines of national frameworks such as the upcoming National Adaptation Plan revision. The Climate Change Division (CCD) of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in Fiji is the focal point coordinating climate finance in the country and the government focal for this assignment.

One component of this programme is preparing 5 Concept Notes to be pitched to bilateral or multilateral donors. GGGI has 5 project ideas to be designed – three on flood management, one on resilient housing for vulnerable people, and one on mangroves for coastal resilience. GGGI has done a set of initial consultations with CCD and stakeholders to gather government interest in taking forward the ideas – the consultant will therefore have an initial base of project idea descriptions to start off with.

Since the identified project ideas are currently not targeted to specific funders, the consultant will deliver the concept notes in GGGI’s Project Information Template (Information fields in the PIN are stipulated below in ‘Proposed Activities: Activity 2’). If during the course of the assignment the consultant identifies potentially applicable financing facilities or interested funders, CN templates and requirements of that particular facility or funder should be used. This will be discussed and agreed with GGGI.

In the Inception period, the consultant is expected to scope the project ideas in detail with the concerned ministries and stakeholders through one to one meetings, and arrive at an agreement on a specific, narrow scope with GGGI. There are other ongoing channels where adaptation project ideas are being developed, both internally within GGGI (e.g. GCF Adaptation Readiness project) and externally via CCD and development partners. The consultant will coordinate closely with concerned stakeholders to identify synergies and avoid duplication in scope.

Expertise Required :

• Master’s degree in a relevant field
• Minimum 5 to 8 years relevant professional experience in related assignments like developing climate concept notes/ proposal submissions in Fiji or in Pacific countries
• Demonstrated working knowledge of adaptation issues and adaptation financing in Fiji, particularly:
• In the flood management sector for Part A; and
• In the resilient housing and coastal resilience sectors for Part B
• Demonstrated experience working with working with the Fiji government and international development organizations
• Demonstrated understanding of concept note development cycle and processes
• Fluency in English, with excellent written English

Source:  https://careers.gggi.org/vacancy/fiji-consultant-for-preparing-adaptation-concept-notes-577848.html