Scope of Work
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) is an international organization that works as a solutions broker to catalyze action and support for adaptation solutions, from the international to the local, in partnership with the public and private sector, to ensure we learn from each other and work together for a climate resilient future. Adapting to impacts of climate change provides a “win-win” for health, livelihoods, food security, water supply, human security, and economic growth. The work of the GCA elevates the visibility and political importance of climate adaptation and facilitates solutions, such as smarter investments, new technologies and better planning to become more resilient to climate-related threats. GCA is a rapidly growing organization with offices in Abidjan, Beijing, Dhaka, Groningen, and Rotterdam.
The GCA has an ambitious 2020-2025 business plan with three pillars:
• Programs and Action: Food Security; Using Nature for more resilient infrastructure; Water for Urban Growth and Resilience; Climate Finance; Youth Leadership
• Knowledge Acceleration: Building adaptation knowledge globally through cutting edge products such as the State and Trends in Adaptation Report and the Knowledge Exchange Platform
• Agenda Setting and Advocacy: Formulating policy messages to move the global, regional, and local adaptation agendas forward.
Objective of the Assignment
The overall objective of the assignment is to provide high-level (Lead Specialist) technical support to the business line of climate-resilient water services.
The specific objectives of the assignment are:
1. To provide technical advice on the design of GCA water and urban technical assistance programs.
2. To carry out technical review of Terms of Reference for complex programs.
3. To provide strategic and technical quality review of outputs from technical assistance programs.
4. Hands on capacity development of teams for the full business cycle (origination, internal approval, procurement, program management and partner engagement).
3. Scope of work, tasks and key deliverables
The Water and Urban team business cycle typically involves the origination of technical assistance with IFIs, submissions for internal approvals, procurement, project and process management, and quality control with IFIs and government (national or city) partners. Lead Specialist technical advice is required across all these business processes for the climateresilient water services business line. The Water and Urban Lead Specialist will support the Water and Urban Lead and team with a high-level technical review of Terms of Reference, strategic and technical quality review of program outputs, and team hands-on capacity building. An indicative Level of Effort is provided below that will be finalized at contract signature.
Institutional and Organization Arrangements
The Consultant will report to the GCA Water and Urban Lead.
Qualifications
To fulfill the above-referenced responsibilities, GCA seeks a senior-level consultant with the qualifications described in the award criteria.
Location and Period of Execution
Remote, with availability for meetings with staff based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, if needed.
May 2025– June 2026, renewable subject to performance and availability of funds.
Proposal Submission
Proposals and all supporting documents must be uploaded to the link: GCA-PR-25-717 – Submit Proposal in PDF format, no later than 16 April 2025, 16:00:00 hours (04:00:00 p.m. o’clock), Central European Time (CET).
The point of contact for all questions or requests for additional information is procurement@gca.org.
