Duties and Responsibilities:

The consultant will develop technical reports and proposals for adopting Euro VI and ZEV HDV; and for Short Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP) impact analysis of the road transport sector in Paraguay.

• Responsibilities under the general supervision of the Head of the Sustainable Mobility Unit and the direct supervision of the Programme Officer (LAC/Digitalization) at the Sustainable Mobility Unit, the successful candidate will contribute to promoting cleaner and more efficient new and used vehicles for Paraguay.
• The consultant will contribute by supporting the preparation of technical regulations to reduce emissions of used imported light and heavy-duty conventional and electric vehicles.

The Specific Responsibilities are: 

• Provide technical expertise for capacity building events on the importance of controlling and reducing emissions from road transport.
• Support the calculation of impact of emissions from the national road transport sector in Paraguay.
• Develop a cost-benefit analysis associated with implementing Euro 6/VI for imported new and used vehicles.
• Analyze gaps of the current regulatory framework to reduce road transport emissions (including SLCP)
• Develop a Roadmap for Euro 6/VI for imported new and used light and heavy-duty vehicles.
• Prepare and validate modifications of the current regulatory framework to reduce road transport emissions (including SLCP).
• Prepare and validate a mechanism to monitor the compliance of the proposed regulatory emissions standards.

Requirements

Qualifications/Special Skills

• A university degree (bachelor’s or equivalent) in Environmental Sciences, Economics, Transport, Engineering, or related field is required.
• At least 5 years work experience in sustainable transport projects is required.
• Substantive knowledge, technical and practical expertise in vehicle issues, sustainable transport, and policy implementation in developing and transitional countries is required.
• Regional project work experience in the Latin America and Caribbean Region is required.
• Experience in development of national partnerships and working with national strategic implementing agencies is required.
• Prior experience working in an international organization is desirable.
• Proven experience in project reporting to large multilateral and bilateral donors is desirable.

Languages

• English and Spanish are the official languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
• For this post, fluency in oral and written English and Spanish is required.