The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Administration (BIOPAMA) program goals to enhance the long-term conservation and sustainable use of pure assets in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) nations, in protected areas and surrounding communities. It’s an initiative of the ACP Group of States financed by the European Union’s eleventh European Growth Fund (EDF), collectively applied by the Worldwide Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Joint Analysis Centre of the European Fee (JRC). Constructing on the primary 5 years of actions financed by the tenth EDF, BIOPAMA’s second section supplies instruments for knowledge and knowledge administration, providers for enhancing the data and capability for protected space planning and choice making, and funding alternatives for particular site-based actions. (www.biopama.org)

Protected Areas (PA) and the landscapes inside which they’re situated have a central position to play in preserving the biodiversity and ecosystem providers that almost all of rural communities rely upon for sustainable livelihoods. Nevertheless, protected areas, notably in growing nations, are underperforming for a lot of causes, notably lack of assets, lack of political assist, restricted capability to deal with conservation and improvement challenges, inadequate assist from native communities, and inadequate up-to-date info for good coverage and choice making. The general goal of the venture is to contribute to enhancing the long-term conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and, pure assets in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific ACP areas in protected areas (PA) and surrounding communities. The venture will proceed to construct institutional and technical capability on the regional, nationwide and web site ranges for improved PA and biodiversity administration with entry to and utility of knowledge and knowledge associated to biodiversity and PA administration and governance getting used to tell and strengthen coverage choices and administration actions.

These actions are structured across the work of a collection of Regional Observatories (RO) for protected areas throughout the ACP, managed by regional establishments, and housing Regional Reference Data Techniques (RRIS) with instruments and providers that stakeholders can use to observe and report on the standing of biodiversity and PAs. In Central Africa, the observatory is hosted by COMIFAC and in West Africa by CSE.

The venture additionally implements an Motion Part which includes a considerably funded and high-profile grants program to assist particular actions on the bottom in precedence conservation landscapes which are aimed toward strengthening PA and pure useful resource administration effectiveness and governance. The Motion Part entails the implementation of a complete portfolio of small to medium sized grants. The finance officer will play a elementary position in finishing up the Motion Part. The place could have a go-to perform each for the IUCN BIOPAMA II personnel and exterior events.

IUCN PACO is recruiting an accountant to assist the administration the BIOPAMA venture’s accounts.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Administrative and monetary
. Administration, accounting, finance and logistics: Recording of economic transactions and day-to-day bookkeeping of the venture
. Be certain that monetary reviews are ready and analyzed in accordance with IUCN and donor requirements and insurance policies, and submitted month-to-month to the Administrative and Monetary Administration Specialist for validation
. Guarantee cheque writing and preparation of the month-to-month reconciliation of the BIOPAMA venture checking account.
. Arrange an archiving and submitting system for the venture’s accounting and monetary paperwork, to facilitate audit missions
. Keep petty money and have the minutes signed month-to-month by BIOPAMA’s Administrative and Monetary earlier than approval by the Regional Coordinator.
. Help the group of workshops and missions, specifically logistical follow-up with regard to the number of accommodations and journey companies and the operating of the workshops
. Help the executive and monetary officer within the revision of BIOPAMA’s subgrantees reviews
. Be certain that all journey paperwork and authentic expense vouchers can be found and filed for all workshops and missions.
. Guarantee the right administration of BIOPAMA’s fastened belongings file, together with the monitoring of purchases, the allocation of kit to beneficiaries and the periodic stock in accordance with the provisions of the venture’s Procedures Handbook.
. Handle the inventory of provides, perform periodic inventories
Audit
. Help the BIOPAMA and IUCN workforce within the preparation of audits of the BIOPAMA venture and in monitoring the implementation of suggestions.

Procurement
. Help within the preparation of tender paperwork, requests for quotations and proposals
. Help the Procurement Specialist within the opening and analysis of bids;
. Help the Procurement Specialist within the preparation of notification letters, reviews and minutes, as required
. Help with the acceptance committee for provides and tools.

Usually, assist the BIOPAMA workforce and IUCN in administrative, monetary and accounting duties as a part of the sleek execution of venture actions.

Please Be aware: The above TORs include the principle obligations and duties of this place. Nevertheless, in an ever-evolving group reminiscent of IUCN, workers members are anticipated to indicate flexibility of their method to work and be prepared to undertake different duties which are moderately allotted to them however which aren’t a part of their common TORs. The place any process turns into an everyday a part of workers member’s obligations, the TORs needs to be modified in session between the supervisor, the workers member and the HR Unit. Any one of many three might provoke the session.