1. Background

The UK government has launched a global program worth £48 million to assist five partner countries (Ghana, Zambia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Mozambique) in improving their infrastructure and promoting sustainable urban development. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has established a Centre of Expertise in Green Cities and Infrastructure (GCI) to coordinate UK leadership in cities and infrastructure from inside and outside of government. GCI is part of the British Investment Partnerships (BIP) approach – the UK’s economic and development offer to partner countries.

The program will harness the UK’s expertise in urban development and infrastructure to address poverty, increase economic growth and enhance climate resilience in developing countries. It will do this by catalyzing investment in sustainable infrastructure and improving municipal finance and public services – creating jobs and improving productivity. It will be managed by a PwC-led consortium (including Mott MacDonald, Engineers Against Poverty, Adam Smith International and MDY Legal).

In Mozambique, the Green Cities and Infrastructure Program (GCIP) aims to address the country’s infrastructure gaps, build climate resilience, and support sustainable urban development. The program will potentially span 8 years, with an initial 16-month phase running until September 2025. GCIP Mozambique will contribute to accelerating the country’s sustainable growth by increasing access to climate finance, supporting more sustainable and fundable infrastructure projects, and enhancing the resilience of selected cities.

The urban interventions have been intentionally designed to impact women and economically vulnerable groups (in particular women, informal sector workers, people with disabilities and IDPs) via: I) improving infrastructure in their settlements (SWM and drainage); ii) increasing resilience of their informal settlements to climate change (coastal protection); and iii) providing livelihood opportunities by involving them in O&M operations. The overall approach across the intervention package is rooted in community participation, and engagement with representative organisations is a central mechanism informing the design and delivery of infrastructure solutions.

2. Objectives

The Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) expert will lead the integration of GESDI considerations into GCIP’s Urban interventions in Mozambique, as part of the core delivery team.

In particular, they will support the design and delivery of capacity building support and creation of economic opportunities that intentionally targeted to vulnerable groups, local communities and community organisations to align this workstream with Ambition level 2: Empowerment on the GCIP GEDSI framework.

3. Tasks and responsibilities

The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:• Support to the development of businesses cases – identification and integration of social risks and benefits in line with the IPA international 5CM guidance

• Contribute to project development studies and development of detailed plans eg. Diagnostic studies, options analysis, situational analysis, detailed study for SW for Landfill and others as relevant

• Support to the city investment portfolio preparation e.g. highlight GEDSI aspects that align with policies/mandates of relevant MDBs, climate funds, impact investors etc.

• For SIF support MCA weighting on GEDSI for project selection and ensure GEDSI principles are appropriately considered/integrated assessments, results and recommendations, presentations etc.

• For Municipal Observatory integrate GEDSI in design e.g. indicators and methodology for collection, development of guidelines, identification of representative groups for regular data collection.

• Contribute to design and delivery of capacity building, workshops, lessons sessions, roundtables, presentations and site visits (design and delivery) to ensure social aspects are adequately considered/highlighted appropriately.

• Ensure that feedback from community consultations and representative groups are adequately reflected and feed into the wider team processes and outputs/deliverables.

4.Deliverables

Deliverables for this role could include:

• Prepare a detailed workplan based on Pemba intervention activities, aligning it with the overall workplan for approval.

• Provide technical inputs for all major deliverables.
• Draft monthly technical notes, highlights, and updates focusing on GEDSI integration aspects.

3. Qualifications

The consultant shall have the following minimum qualifications and experience:

Grade: Senior / Principal Expert (10-15+ years of experience) with:

• Background or qualifications in social development, socioeconomics or other relevant field
• Experience working on infrastructure and/or urban projects undertaking quality social analyses, risks and benefits assessment (social impacts)

• Experience in participatory planning approaches, community engagement / public consultation processes and

• Experience of working on urban development and land use issues including key risks and impacts to vulnerable groups

• Experience working with informal sector/ entrepreneurs and the design and implementation of labour / employment schemes with local communities

• Experience working with MBDs and strategic / high level planning processes – desirable

3. Report

The consultant will work closely with the city coordinator based in Pemba municipality, the community engagement specialists, and the team of consultants hired under the intervention. He/She will report to to Pemba Intervention Lead.

4. Terms of Assignment

The assignment duty station is Pemba, Mozambique. The consultant’s assignment will consist of 40 days, starting on January 15th, 2024, and ending on August 30th, 2025, with the possibility of extension based on performance.

Please share your CV with Marcia.oliveira@adamsmithinternational.com and raquel.mondlane@mottmac.com by 5 January, 2024.