Title: Consultant for: Climate, Energy and Water
Duty Station: Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Last Date of Application: 14 November 2025
Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
Provide specialized technical assistance (TA) to Mission Directorate JJM, PHED, Government of Chhattisgarh, related departments (Energy, Panchayat and Rural Development) and select districts, for acceleration of FHTC coverage, operation and maintenance of drinking water systems and WQMS, focusing on system strengthening, capacity building, skilling and professionalization of water services, knowledge management and evidence generation for adaptation of learning and scale up of best practices.
Further, the consultant will convene stakeholders to develop frameworks, financing mechanisms, and partnerships for integrating source sustainability, climate, energy, and environment (CEE) in the rural drinking water sector. They will converge efforts by strengthening systemic capacities, building partner skills, and supporting implementation of CEE components in water programmes. The consultant will further catalyze action by documenting and disseminating good practices, supporting policy dialogue, and contributing to the design of new CEE and water initiatives.
Scope of Work (Include Background/Rationale/Key Objectives of the Assignment):
Background/Rationale
As part of UNICEF’s technical assistance to the water sector and government flagship (JJM) in 2024-25, State and districts would be extended support in strategy development for addressing acute depletion of water sources/ water table and rolling out of operation & maintenance measures, building systemic and community capacities combined with skilling and professionalization of the water sector. It is critical to address these challenges through an Operation & Maintenance policy, source sustainability and solarization measures supported with adequate systemic capacities. To support this, PRIs and VWSCs will need to be oriented and provided handholding support on O&M and financial management including tariff setting for regular operation and maintenance with special support to cadre of women (Jal Bahini) and young people (Jal Mitan), water quality monitoring and surveillance, renewable energy to address environmental protection and reduced energy tariffs, chlorination, source protection and community ownership.
Further, UNICEF will provide technical assistance to Panchayat and Rural development, renewable energy department, PHED and allied departments to facilitate and ensure that Climate, environment, and energy (CEE) are mainstreamed in the drinking water sector, and young people and institutions are engaged in professionalization of the water sector through upscaling of skilling and related partnerships.
Key Objectives of the Assignment
- Technical assistance to JJM Mission Directorate, PHED on the development and operationalization of the Operation and Maintenance policy/strategy for JJM in Chhattisgarh, including system strengthening, capacity building, financing, source sustainability, components along with a synthesis of key findings, learnings, and contribute to knowledge management and evidence generation
- Engage with JJM/ PHED teams, young people platforms and development partners to promote skilling and professionalization of the drinking water sector and support PHED and key Government departments / missions (CG skill development authority, PRD) in implementing these in Chhattisgarh
- Convergence and mainstreaming of climate, energy and environment (CEE) in drinking water sector through facilitating systemic capacities, partnerships & collaborations and engaging with key government departments (energy, Panchayat and Rural Development and development partners/academic institutions
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
- The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the health insurance (and visa if applicable) required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract.
- UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Your application should be sent to raipur.consultants@unicef.org by 14 November 2025 with subject line. “Consultant for: Climate, Energy and Water” in separate files consisting of:
- An application/cover letter
- Up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Up-to-date P-11 form (Annexure-I).
- A financial proposal/bid (Annexure-II), duly signed, in PDF format only indicating all-inclusive deliverable-based fee as per template below. Please mention your name in the file name while saving.
- Two samples of previous work relevant to the Terms of Reference (ToR) are required.
- Any attempt to unduly influence UNICEF’s selection process will lead to automatic disqualification of the applicant.
- Joint applications of two or more individuals are not accepted.
- Incomplete applications, submissions without all required documents or submissions after the deadline will be invalidated.
- Please note, UNICEF does not charge any fee during any stage of the process.
For P-11 Annex – I, Click here
For detailed information, please check the complete version of the advert attached below.
Download Attachment: Advertisment_Devnet_TOR Template CEEW.doc
Download Attachment: Annex II Financial Bid_Consultant for CEEW.doc
