Consultant opportunities

We are currently seeking to recruit consultants with experience in the following areas:

  • Climate Change - PAC is a consortium member of DEW Point and a network member of the Livelihoods Resource Centre; together with TI-UP these Resource Centres combine to create the DFID Climate Change Desk. This co-ordinated service represents a single point of contact where Climate Change related expertise can be access easily by Advisors, Programme Support Staff, and DFID’s in-country partners. The Climate Change Desk facilitates access to a ‘menu’ of technical support services.  To this end, PAC is currently recruiting consultants with skills in the following areas:

    Climate Change Adaptation, including: impact studies including sectors such as agriculture and food security, energy, water resources, infrastructure provision, education and health and key issues such migration and conflict; adaptation studies; economic analysis; scenario study e.g. population and climate scenarios; programme climate proofing including staff training; capacity building e.g. negotiating skills.

    Mitigation, including: advising on emerging mechanisms such as voluntary carbon markets and CDM; advising on mitigation issues in key emerging and transitional economies, including low carbon development.

    Mainstreaming of Climate Change into development initiatives, strategic country assessment including downscaling, event management / facilitation, desk-based scoping studies, preparation of technical and policy briefing notes, policy analysis, preparation of Terms of Reference, in-country programme scoping service including stakeholder/institutional analysis, independent reviews and programme evaluations, literature reviews and fact-finding, programme design, environmental impact assessment, fund management, baseline surveys, project appraisal, monitoring, evaluation, feasibility studies.

  • Water, Sanitation & Environment - environmental engineering; infrastructure & appropriate technology options; strategic & sectoral environmental assessment; planning & coordination; disaster risk reduction; capacity needs assessment; participaroty urban approaches; environmental economics; hydrogeology & groundwater protection & management; supply chain & enterprise development; rural water supply
  • Livelihoods, Disaster Risk Reduction & Natural Resource Management - rural communities; rural trader support and development; food security; smallholder commodity diversification; small processor development; disaster preparedness; climate change adaption; participatory market chain analysis; market mapping; cash transfers; land reform
  • Environmental Screening Notes - experience in the production of Envinronmental Screening Notes, including health related

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Our philosophy of "small is beautiful" is carried through into our approach to technical solutions and our unique knowledge base of development practitioners working in-country gives us an invaluable insight into the practical applications of technology to problems faced by poor people in developing countries. 

Practical Action Consulting is particularly interested to hear from consultants with experience of small-scale technologies, community-based projects and developing country experience. In addition, language skills, and in particular French and Spanish, would be an advantage.

Find out more about Practical Action Consulting's work in  energy, transport, water and sanitation, and SMEs and business development.