Technical Specialist - Adaptation Planning; Home Based Tiers 1 and 2

Technical Specialist - Adaptation Planning (Home Based) [Open to Tiers 1 and 2]

New York, United States

• Job Identification 31860
• Posting Date 02/12/2026, 09:23 PM
• Apply Before 02/20/2026, 04:59 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations New York, United States
• Agency UNDP
• Grade IPSA-10
• Vacancy Type International Personnel Service Agreement
• Practice Area Nature, Climate and Energy
• Bureau Bureau for Policy and Programme Support
• Contract Duration 1 Year
• Education & Work Experience Master's Degree - 5 year(s) experience OR Bachelor's Degree - 7 year(s) experience
• Other Criteria Min 5y (MA) or 7y (BA) in vertical funds, climate adaptation design, NAPs/NDCs, finance, policy, or planning in academia.
• Required Languages Fluency in English is required.

• Tier 0: UNDP/UNCDF/UNVIP staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments, whose contracts will be terminated or not renewed during 2026
• Tier 1:
  Other UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed term (FTA) appointments (defined as “internal” candidates)
• Tier 2: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding temporary appointments (TA), personnel on regular PSA contracts, and Expert and Specialist UN Volunteers
• Tier 3:
  All other contract types from UNDP/UNCDF/UNV and other agencies, and other external candidates

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP’s policy and programmatic work spans from country offices to global initiatives, helping countries to accelerate climate‑resilient development pathways.

Working in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, UNDP plays a critical role in helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One of its key priorities for the next 10 years is to support countries to accelerate ambitious action on climate change. Climate change is the single greatest challenge humanity has ever faced, threatening water and food security, health, livelihoods, and the safety of billions of people together with drastic negative impact on global ecosystem balance.

UNDP ambitious “Climate Promise” supports over 120 countries to enhance their climate ambitions under the Paris Agreement, with focus on greater emissions reduction and resilience building. The next phase of the Climate Promise will focus on Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) implementation, climate advocacy, and long‑term planning to ensure inclusive climate action at the speed and scale required to keep global temperature below 1.5°C.

Achieving carbon neutrality in the second half of the century by all countries is a crucial requirement set by the Paris Agreement to avoid the irreversible global climate change.

Realization of this goal involves work on global, national, and local levels, as well as participation of all relevant stakeholders – governments, business, MDBs, international organizations, NSOs. The path to carbon neutrality should be just and leaving no one behind, while empowering women, youth, indigenous people, and vulnerable groups of population. UNDP is well positioned to enable such work through cooperation on HQ, Regional and Country Offices levels, forming an interconnected system of knowledge exchange and expertise delivery enabling the cutting‑edge climate policy advocacy, development, and implementation.

Within the Bureau of Policy and Programme Support (BPPS), the Climate Hub is mandated to provide technical, policy, and programme support to strengthen countries’ capacity to plan for, finance, and implement climate action. UNDP is an accredited implementing entity of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and supports countries through a large and growing portfolio of Readiness and Preparatory Support (Readiness), including National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).

The Readiness portfolio is central to UNDP’s support for building institutional capacity, integrating climate change into national development planning, and strengthening pipelines of investments.

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