Background
UNDP is the leading United Nations organization in fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in more than 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and the planet.
Development challenges in Papua New Guinea are as diverse and complex as the country itself. To respond to these challenges, UNDP in Papua New Guinea concentrates its efforts on building the country’s capacity to promote inclusive, green, and pro-poor growth, effective governance, and sustainable and resilient development. We help our partners in identifying relevant solutions to complex development challenges and offer policy and implementation services to address these challenges. The Country Office’s policy, advisory, programmatic, and implementation services focuses on the following areas:
In addition to these areas of focus which reflect country’s developmental priorities, UNDP emphasizes gender, climate change, social protection and inclusive growth, in all aspects of our work.
The country office is located in the capital city Port Moresby and hosts approximately 80 personnel. UNDP also maintains project office presence in Buka (Autonomous Region of Bougainville), Mendi (Southern Highlands Province), Wewak (East Sepik Province) and Wabag (Enga Province).
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA), supported the “Sustainable Financing of Papua New Guinea’s Protected Area Network” (SFPNGPAN) project, which aims to strengthen the Government of Papua New Guinea’s ability to fulfil its protected area mandate and implement the Protected Area Policy and law. The key objectives are to: (i) secure stable and long-term financial resources for the management of protected areas across the country; (ii) ensure that these financial resources are allocated for the management of protected areas across the country; (iii) ensure that they are managed cost-effectively and efficiently with respect to their conservation and other complementary development objectiveness.
In recognition of this need, the project included a component focused on the establishment, operationalization and mobilization of funding for a Biodiversity and Climate Fund to primarily support funding of PNG’s Protected Area Network to ensure the protection of biodiversity, while working to provide nature-based solutions to support climate mitigation and resilience.
Work under the project resulted in the creation of the Papua New Guinea Biodiversity and Climate Fund (BCF) in 2022. The BCF is designed to be a well-governed, transparent, national-level funding institution that can catalyze resources from a variety of sources-from donors to private sector entities-and deploy them successfully where they are needed most while ensuring their effective use and impact. The Fund will provide greater transparency and accountability for donors and private sector supporting the implementation of the identified finance solutions. During its start-up phase the Fund will be incubated over four years (2022 to 2026) within the SFPNGPAN project at UNDP to ensure that the Secretariat receives support to successfully implement its governance systems, mobilize resources, and deliver a pipeline of successfully funded conservation projects. Part of this support involves the opportunity to also build the capacity of not only the secretariat but also of the fund’s key beneficiaries who lay at the heart of this initiative. The initial funding from the UNDP GEF 6 Project, will be used to assist the BCF in carrying out its secretariat operations, grants and financial management, monitoring &evaluation and reporting.
The support from the Fund will support PNG’s approach to conservation, which is based on the premise of ‘doing conservation differently’ and placing people at the heart of conservation, incentivising business models that have a net benefit to the environment, are transformative and demonstrate that conservation and economic development are not conflicting but complementary. The Fund will also support the implementation of the country’s climate strategies, by funding nature-based solutions to mitigation and adaptation.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will work under the direct supervision of the Programme Manager (Head of BCF) under the GEF-6 project. The officer will be based within the BCF secretariat working closely with the secretariat team.
Design and implement monitoring and evaluation frameworks, systems, and tools, and as applicable, conduct programme quality assurance in keeping with corporate policies.
Lead coordination of and support to monitoring, reporting, evaluation and results-based management of the BCF programme.
Provide substantive contributions to capacity building and facilitate knowledge building and sharing on monitoring.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Competencies
Core competencies:
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:
Business direction and strategy
Business Development
Business Management
Event planning and execution
CSO Engagement
Relationship management
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Experience:
Required Languages:
Equal opportunity
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UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.
Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority
UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.
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