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The Program
Jordan grapples with escalating climate-related disasters, posing a critical challenge to its humanitarian efforts, economic stability, and environmental integrity. Despite its position as one of the world’s most water-scarce nations, Jordan is witnessing a distressing surge in flash floods, a peril that ranks second in the Jordan National Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy. Factors such as degraded vegetation, haphazard urbanization, and the relentless impact of climate change worsen these floods, devastating local communities and the eco-tourism sector. Moreover, Jordan suffers from devastating heat waves due to climate change, leading to desertification, diminished water supplies, and exacerbated water scarcity.
Since 2021, Mercy Corps Jordan (MCJ) has been actively engaged in enhancing the resilience of vulnerable communities against floods, as part of Phase 2 of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance (the Alliance) work, which concluded in December 2023. Moving forward into Phase 3, MCJ remains committed to its mission of mitigating the severe impact of floods and heatwaves on vulnerable communities in Jordan. This project comes in alignment with the visionary efforts of the Alliance, the Alliance seeks transformative change at scale, building on community programmes to influence policy and practice at the local, national and global level. We will call for funding and action that supports adaptation measures that are scalable and sustainable. We ensure resilience building and adaptation is mainstreamed across other humanitarian and development action.
Our success is based on credible impact by community-driven programming, from which knowledge and evidence of good practice can be generated, which will help us provide the national or sub-national level advocacy to achieve the systemic change we have identified needs changing. Research will support us with the necessary in-country or global evidence. We both implement interventions ourselves and have a plan for creating intervention pipelines that can be invested into by other funders or by the government.
The Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance (the Alliance) is a consortium of nine organisations including international NGOs, the private sector and research organisations, who have come together with the support of the Zurich Foundation to influence funding, policy and practice at the international and country level to reduce the negative impact of floods and climate change on people and communities’ ability to thrive.
Consultant Objectives:
This TOR seeks a qualified consultant to conduct a comprehensive policy analysis focusing on climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies in Jordan with focus on flooding and heatwaves, the analysis will assist MCJ in gathering essential information and insights, which will then enable us to create an informed and impactful project design to effectively address the challenges posed by disasters and climate change in Jordan. The primary goal is to identify gaps in existing policies, pinpoint policy problems, and establish an advocacy action plan at the national level. This initiative aims to enhance the effectiveness of Jordan’s response to climate change impacts and strengthen disaster resilience. Consultants objectives include:
Stakeholder Engagement:
GESI Analysis Data Collection:
Mercy Corps is planning to conduct an internal Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Analysis for this project that coincides with the estimated timeline of this consultancy. For that reason, the consultant is expected to incorporate GESI related questions into data collection tools during this consultancy. The consultant however is not expected to develop a GESI Analysis ToR, GESI data collection tools, conduct GESI data analysis, nor write a final report.
The consultant will be trained on the GESI Analysis tools and questionnaires and will be guided through the data collection phase.
Deliverables:
Consultant Activities:
Inception Phase:
Implementation Phase:
Policy Analysis:
Stakeholder Engagement:
Advocacy Action Plan:
Other:
Deliverables:
Closing Phase:
Timeframe / Schedule:
The consultant should propose a full timeline for this consultancy that falls within 120 calendar days from the contract signing, it’s estimated between Feb 2024 to May 2024.
(consultant to propose the number of working days needed to complete the work based on the level of effort required and not exceeding 60 working days).
The Consultant will report to: MEL and Program Teams
The Consultant will work closely with: MEL and Program Teams
Required Experience & Skills:
APPLICATION: Interested applicants must send their applications to [email protected].
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30 JANUARY 2024.
Applications must including the following:
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work together. Through our commitment to enriching our organization with people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and solve the world’s most complex challenges. We strive for a culture of trust and respect, where everyone contributes their perspectives and authentic selves, reaches their potential as individuals and teams, and collaborates to do the best work of their lives.
We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to learning, listening and evolving to become more diverse, equitable and inclusive than we are today.
Equal Employment Opportunity
We are committed to providing an environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We do not engage in or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military veteran status or any other protected group in the locations where we work.
Safeguarding & Ethics
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our stakeholders and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects. Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC’s policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.
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