Results of Service

• Undertaking has delivered outputs as per work plans for 2024 and 2025; • Current UN-REDD information, in addition to new classes realized is related and relevant to African contexts. • Because of exchanges and trainings, African REDD+ practitioners are capacitated and REDD+ implementation is improved. • African decision-makers are knowledgeable in regards to the potential of REDD+ and REDD+ approaches through coverage briefs and coverage dialogues.

Work Location

Residence Primarily based

Anticipated length

12 months

Duties and Obligations

The United Nations Atmosphere Programme (UNEP) is the main international environmental authority that units the worldwide environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable growth throughout the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the worldwide surroundings. The United Nations Programme on Decreasing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD Programme) is the UN’s interagency flagship partnership that helps nationally led REDD+ processes and promotes the knowledgeable and significant involvement of all stakeholders, together with indigenous peoples and different forest-dependent communities, in nationwide and worldwide REDD+ implementation. Vital roadblocks to progress, which have been recognized by way of engagement with international locations. These are gaps in REDD+ technical information and capacities amongst governments, this interprets in a scarcity of alternatives for African stakeholders to share superior information and experiences within the discipline. The Swiss-funded UN-REDD and Africa Forestry Discussion board (AFF) partnership challenge “Strengthening REDD+ implementation in Africa: capitalizing on classes realized for an evolving surroundings” contributes to improved REDD+ implementation and elevated results-based funds within the African area, the general targets of the challenge are to: 1. Strengthen African international locations’ REDD+ capacities and information, 2. Improve sectoral coverage coordination to information applicable REDD+ methods and determination making. The marketed place is home-based in Africa, below the supervision of the Africa Area UN-REDD Programme Administration Officer. Working as a part of the UN-REDD KM and Africa group and responding to associate nation wants, outlined within the UN-REDD AFF challenge doc, the challenge administration and capability growth marketing consultant might be chargeable for facilitating an in depth coordination and collaboration with AFF in addition to a well timed supply of the high-quality outputs anticipated from challenge implementation, resembling information exchanges, coverage dialogues, trainings, communities of follow, advocacy facet occasions and coverage briefs. Moreover, the marketing consultant will assist speaking success tales and classes realized from UN-REDD’s African associate international locations. The marketing consultant will conduct the next duties: • Coordinate collaboration throughout three UN-REDD associate businesses, the challenge associate AFF and African governmental counterparts. • Lead the implementation of the challenge following its idea be aware, work plan, and record of deliverables. • Contribute to the implementation of UN-REDD technique in Africa. • Lead the manufacturing of recent information merchandise to fill gaps in UN-REDD materials. • Lead the group of Africa-specific webinars primarily based on the REDD+ Academy. • Lead the group of Africa-specific coaching primarily based on the REDD+ Academy. • Lead the manufacturing of coverage briefs. • Lead the group of advocacy facet occasions throughout main Regional and Worldwide Local weather and Environmental Occasions • Produce and promote tales on classes realized from UN-REDD’s associate international locations. • Coordinate assist from UNEP to the implementation of the challenge by associate organizations e.g., information change, coverage dialogue, neighborhood of follow, and many others.,

{Qualifications}/particular expertise

A grasp’s diploma in social or environmental sciences, Forestry or equal discipline is required. A bachelor’s diploma with a further two years of qualifying expertise could also be accepted in lieu of the grasp’s diploma. A minimal of seven years of related work expertise in challenge administration and capability growth is required. • Expertise engaged on REDD+ and/or Agriculture, Forestry, and Different Land Use (AFOLU) is fascinating. • Expertise working with African governments is fascinating. • Expertise working with worldwide organizations is fascinating Expertise: • Robust, confirmed challenge administration expertise. • Capacity to work independently with restricted supervision. • Capacity to convene companions and facilitate consensus. • Capacity to coordinate a variety of various outputs and companions.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this put up, fluency in spoken and written English and French is required. Data of some other official UN languages could be an asset.

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No Payment

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.