Adaptation Specialist Consultant – PAF Paraguay

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Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors , CON

Recruitment Type : Consultant

Job Opening Job Opening ID : Job Network : - Job Family : Environmental Affairs Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors , CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant Duty Station : PARIS
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme Date Posted : Sep 18, 2026
Deadline : Sep 29, 2026

The Consultant’s ultimate results of services will be to provide specialized technical and coordination support to strengthen the adaptation component of Paraguay’s NDC 3.0 and advance the integration of adaptation priorities into the national technology planning process. This will include reviewing and updating adaptation action lines across priority sectors, strengthening their alignment with the Belém indicators of the Paris Agreement, and incorporating technical inputs and feedback from relevant national stakeholders. The Consultant will also support follow-up with sectoral institutions responsible for adaptation actions, identifying key gaps, challenges, and needs for advancing implementation, and contributing to the preparation and follow-up of the AFOLU Technology Action Plan. This will include supporting the organization of technical meetings, workshops, consultations, and validation processes, as well as the consolidation and documentation of their results. The Consultant will coordinate closely with the Technical Advisor on NDCs and Transversal Facilitator, Mitigation Specialist Consultant, Technology Needs Specialist Consultant, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, relevant sectoral institutions and stakeholders, and UNEP’s technical team to ensure that technical inputs are coherent, coordinated, and responsive to national priorities. The Consultant will ultimately contribute to strengthening Paraguay’s capacity to monitor, advance, and prioritize adaptation actions and technological solutions, supporting the implementation of NDC 3.0 and the country’s climate resilience objectives.

Specific tasks and responsibilities

• Review existing technical inputs, documents, and sectoral information.
• Support inputs and feedback from relevant sectoral focal points and stakeholders.
• Update and consolidate adaptation action-line “fichas”.
• Ensure consistency and alignment with Belém indicators.
• Identify and track key gaps, challenges, and technical needs.
• Coordinate meetings, workshops, consultations, and validation sessions.
• Support in the preparation of agendas, presentations, technical inputs, and other meeting materials.
• Systematize feedback, agreements, recommendations, and follow-up actions.
• Maintain records, including minutes, attendance lists, supporting materials, and other means of verification.
• Support the development and follow-up of the AFOLU Technology Action Plan.
• Prepare consolidated reports, tracking matrices, and supporting documentation, according to Section 3 “Work Plan”.

Timely delivery of outputs as outlined in the Terms of Reference. Quality of design work, materials, and reports produced, as well as the approval of products/ deliverables/ outputs by the consultant’s reporting officer, Jérôme Malavelle, Project Management Officer, UNEP.