Bangladesh: Senior Civil Engineering Specialist

UNOPS Bangladesh has received an invitation from the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) to submit proposal for the Establishment of a Climate Resilient Local Infrastructure Centre (CReLIC). The Centre is intended to fill up the gap between the increasingly diverse and competent landscape of think tanks and scientific institutions that provide policy advice and scientific data in Bangladesh and best practices generated within the LGED on the other side. CReLIC is one of the three components of the Climate Resilient Infrastructure Mainstreaming (CRIM) Project funded by KFW Development Bank and Green Climate Fund. The other two components are: Climate Resilient Rural Infrastructure and Climate Resilient Urban Infrastructure**.**

In particular, the services to be provided include technical and management support to LGED in the following areas:

• Establishment of a knowledge management system within the LGED to facilitate climate proofing in the planning, design, construction and maintenance of all local infrastructure on a sustainable basis.
• Adjustment of standards, procedures and guidelines of LGED accordingly.
• Mainstreaming climate proofing throughout the LGED organization and their local partners.
• Set-up and development of the Climate Resilient Local Infrastructure Centre (CReLIC) as a staff unit under the LGED top management and initiate the permanent institutionalization structure of CReLIC.

This project has four work packages: 1) Knowledge Management; 2) Guidelines, Standards and Procedures; 3) Communication, Consultation and Training; and 4) Institutional Development.

This 5 year project will lead to the institutionalization of the Centre as a staff unit under the LGED top management which will be responsible for: establishment of the knowledge management system for climate proofing in the planning, design, construction and maintenance of all local infrastructure; and setting of standards, procedures and guidelines for ensuring climate proofing.
Overall, the services will require designing and steering a comprehensive change process in a large organization and establishing a sustainable cooperation network on the national and international level.

Purpose and Scope of Assignment

The overall purpose of the assignment is to contribute to a strong technical leadership, guidance, capacity building and improved organizational effectiveness of LGED in the establishment of the Climate Resilient Local Infrastructure Centre. The post will require strong specialist capacity on infrastructure with particular focus on on adjustment of guidelines, standards and procedures relative to the operation of the centre. The objective is to work closely with LGED counterparts for transfer of capacity as well as with other experts in the team to ensure effective delivery of services and assistance to LGED.

The Senior Civil Engineering Specialist (SCES) will primarily be responsible for the implementation of defined fields in Work Package 2: Adjustment of Guidelines, Standards and Procedures. In particular, the SCES shall coordinate the technical work on the guidelines, standards and procedures and shall coordinate the technical work of the national long term-experts in Work Package 2.
Functional Responsibilities

The SCES will undertake specific tasks relative to the installation of a data, information and knowledge management system:

• Review, screening, adaptation / development of guidelines, standards (e.g) standard designs and standard materials) and procedures that translate the knowledge generated in WP1 into institutional practice.
• Research of good practices for adjusted designs and construction materials.
• Conception of and participation in multi-stakeholder and expert workshops to discuss current practices, best practices and required adjustments with regard to designs, building materials and procedures.
• Facilitation of field tests of climate proof Development Project Proposals (DPP) and Technical Project Proposals (TPP).
• Close cooperation with the pilot infrastructure components of the CRIM project
• Development of user-friendly guidelines using ICT
• Technical supervision and guidance of the national specialist in Work Package 2

This position is prospective in nature. Candidates will be assessed and selected. However, contract offer is contingent upon successful outcome of UNOPS’ bid submission on the project.

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Link: https://jobs.unops.org/pages/viewvacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=17377