India Ecosystems Service Improvement Project: Engagement of Carbon Sequestration Consultant

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(Individual Consultant - Selection)

Country: INDIA

Name of Project: Ecosystem Services Improvement Project

Grant No.: TF0A3990

Assignment Title: Engagement of Carbon Sequestration Consultant

Reference No.: IN-ICFRE-299313-CS-INDV  

The Government of India has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ecosystem Services Improvement Project (ESIP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include engagement of Individual Consultant (IC) for implementing of one of the component of ESIP i.e. Scaling up Sustainable Land and Ecosystem Management in Selected Landscapes. The consultant would need to look into the carbon sequestration/ climate change related activities of ESIP in the States of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. The duration of the contract for this assignment is up to 30 July 2023. The detailed TOR along with format for submitting EOI is available at www.icfre.gov.in.

The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested candidates should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short listing criteria are:

1. Essential qualification is Postgraduate degree in Natural Resource Management/ Forestry/ Ecology/Environmental Science/Climate Change or equivalent and desirable qualification is doctorate degree in the relevant field.
2. Minimum 10 years of experience in carbon sequestration/ measurement and monitoring of forest carbon stocks/ climate change, particularly in the context of forestry projects. Candidates with diverse practical and research experience in the field will have an advantage.
3. Experience of working with government agencies and of working in carbon sequestration/ carbon stocks assessment/climate change/ forestry projects.
4. Extensive knowledge of conventions on climate change, desertification and biodiversity (UNFCCC, UNCCD and CBD).
5. Extensive knowledge of IPCC methodologies and other methodologies for forest carbon stocks measurement and monitoring.
6. Proven record of scientific peer-reviewed publications.
7. Strong background in carbon sequestration/ carbon stocks measurement & monitoring and climate change, application of GIS in forestry is an advantage.
8. Knowledge of and experienced in project cycle management and well versed in logical frameworks.
9. Fluent in speaking and writing English.
10. Computer skills and the applications of carbon sequestration/ carbon measurement/ carbon monitoring and climate change modeling.
11. Ability to work effectively in a team interacts persuasively with a range of stakeholders, and travel extensively.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers [Government of India, 16 August 2017] (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection Based on the Individual Consultant Selection Method set out in the Consultant Guidelines. 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours [0900 to 1730 hours].

Expression of interest along with CV in prescribed format (available on ICFRE website www.icfre.gov.in) must be delivered in person or by post or by email to the address below on or before 30 June 2022 (1730 hrs):

Project Director,

Ecosystem Services Improvement Project

Room No: 143

Indian Council for Forestry Research and Education

P.O. New Forest, Dehradun, Uttrakhand-248006 (INDIA)

Tel: +91-135-2224803, 2224823, 2224831 Tele Fax: +91-135-2750296

Email: projectdirectoresip@gmail.com, Website: www.icfre.gov.in