The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is supporting the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) through a Coastal Protection for Climate Change Adaptation in the Small Island States in the Caribbean project over the next 5 years. The Project is funded by the KfW, and seeks to pursue the implementation of local adaptation measures for the sustainable improvement of coastal ecosystems relevant for climate change adaptation in Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The IUCN Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (IUCN-ORMACC) has been contracted as Implementation Consultant (IC) of the CPCCA Project, with the main tasks of providing the CCCCC’S Project Implementation Unit (PIU) with project development, implementation, and knowledge management support.

Under the overall supervision of the IUCN-ORMACC as Implementation Consultant of the CPCCA Project, the CTA will assist and provide guidance on the coordination and implementation of the CPCCA Project, especially technical guidance, work planning, support to the definition and implementation of Local Adaptation Measures (LAM), and project monitoring and evaluation in direct coordination with the PIU of the CCCCC.

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
- Provide technical expertise and strategic guidance to all project components, assuming quality control of interventions, and support the IUCN-ORMACC in the coordination of the implementation of planned activities under the CPCCA project and as stipulated in project work plans and in coordination with the PIU;
- Provide technical inputs into the work of multi-stakeholder coordination mechanisms at all levels and relevant institutions under the CPCCA project framework in coordination with the PIU;
- Advise on key policy and legal issues pertaining to the project;
- Develop Terms of Reference for National Coordinators and consultants and assist in the selection and recruitment process;
- Provide coordination and technical supervisory function to the work carried out by National Coordinators in the project countries;
- Coordinate the work of all consultants ensuring the timely delivery of expected outputs, and effective synergy among the various activities;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING
- Develop a Project Operations Manual which meets or exceed project administration standards of the KfW and IUCN-ORMACC;
- Provide hands-on support to the IUCN-ORMACCORMACC, National Coordinators and other government counterparts in the areas of project management and planning, implementation of LAMs, and project monitoring;
- Assist the IUCN-ORMACC in the preparation and revision of the Annual Work Plans (AWPs) of the CPCCA Project in coordination with the PIU;
- Assist the IUCN-ORMACC in monitoring the technical and financial quality of project M&E systems (including AWPs, indicators and targets);
- Assist the IUCN-ORMACC in adjusting the project Logical Framework, as may be required and in line with requirements of the CCCCC and KfW;
- Coordinate and with the assistance of country National Coordinators, the preparation of Quarterly Project Implementation Reports to be submitted to the IUCN-ORMACC;

COORDINATION AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
- Assist the IUCN-ORMACC in liaison work with all project partners, and in particular the PIU, other cooperation agencies working in the region, NGOs and other groups to ensure effective coordination of project activities;
- Engage on and contribute to policy dialogues at all levels, including the national level in coordination with the PIU, country National Coordinators and National Country Focal Points.

COMMUNICATION
Assist the PIU in knowledge management, communications and awareness-raising of CPCCA Project objectives and activities;
- Knowledge Management - Systematically document lessons and experiences from project implementation and make recommendations to IUCN-ORMACC for more effective implementation and coordination of project activities, in direct support to the PIU.