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Roster of Individual Consultants for the Weather and Climate Information Services for Africa (WISER) Programme – call for expressions of interest
Organization:
Met Office
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Background
The WISER programme's mission is to deliver transformational change in the quality, accessibility and use of weather and climate information services at all levels of decision-making for sustainable development in Africa.
WISER will:
- Focus on service delivery, directed by user needs, which support poverty reduction and development;
- Work holistically to inform climate risk decision making bringing together research, policy and practice;
- Work with regional, national or sub-national plans, which have involved users; and
- Work through existing and mandated organisations and channels where possible and appropriate.
The Met Office acts as Fund Manager for the East Africa part of WISER, including the provision of technical leadership, future programme development, programme oversight and by managing sub-grants of funds.
There is an emerging need under the WISER programme to procure short inputs of consultancy support to provide;
- Independent advice to DFID and
- Support to the Fund Manager on various aspects.
Qualifications
The skills to be sought under this call include:
- User engagement and co-production of weather and climate services;
- Communication and uptake of weather and climate services, including experience of incorporating information into decision making;
- Monitoring and evaluation of weather and climate programmes, including value for money and socio-economic benefits;
- Knowledge management;
- Weather and climate science;
- Weather and climate service delivery;
- Observations, data management and IT;
- Weather and climate science and services in relation to sustainable development priorities including gender equality, tackling extreme poverty and targeting support to the most vulnerable; and
- Weather and climate programme and project reviews.
All Consultants will be expected to have a strong track record (including African experience) in one or more of these areas.