Organization: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Climate Change Policy Committee
The
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nation’s global
development network. UNDP advocates for change and connects countries to
knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. The
UNDP provides expert advice, training, grant support to developing countries
including Uganda with increasing emphasis on assistance to the least developed
countries.
About UNDP REDD Programme:
The
UN-REDD Programme is the United Nations collaborative initiative on Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in developing
countries. The Programme was launched in 2008 and builds on the convening role
and technical expertise of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The UN-REDD Programme supports
nationally-led REDD+ processes and promotes the informed and meaningful
involvement of all stakeholders, including Indigenous Peoples and other
forest-dependent communities, in national and international REDD+
implementation. The Programme supports national REDD+ readiness efforts in 56
partner countries, spanning Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, in two
ways: (i) direct support to the design and implementation of UN-REDD National
Programmes; and (ii) complementary support to national REDD+ action through
common approaches, analyses, methodologies, tools, data and best practices
developed through the UN-REDD Global Programme.
Job Summary: The UN REDD Technical Specialist will provide support
to the various elements of the National REDD+ Strategy, the UN-REDD Technical
Advisor will be responsible for overall operational and financial management
and reporting on the implementation of Uganda REDD+ Roadmap through the UN-REDD
programmatic support. To achieve this objective, the UN-REDD Technical Advisor
will be also guided by the Regional Technical Advisor of the UNDP/UN-REDD
programme based in Nairobi. The incumbent will offer support to the REDD+
Secretariat in the day-to-day management of UN-REDD Programmatic Support
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the development of annual and
quarterly work plans and reports for participating UN agencies; - Provide close and regular technical
backstopping to the Lead Technical Advisor, other members of the REDD+
Secretariat and UN-REDD Team, and other implementing entities for the
implementation of various components of the national REDD+ process; - On request review of relevant policies and
development of policy frameworks as well as the institutional arrangements
for REDD+ development; - On request organisation of and substantive
contributions to a high level policy dialogue on development of a National
REDD+ Strategy; - Support the REDD+ Secretariat and in
particular the Lead Technical Adviser in coordinating and supervising
activities of national and international experts /consultants to secure
timely production of planned outputs and the review of these outputs; - Support the REDD+ Secretariat to coordinate
and liaise with stakeholders – including line ministries, development
partners, civil society, indigenous peoples and the private sector; - Support REDD+ Secretariat in ensuring
coordination with other REDD+ initiatives; - Support REDD+ Secretariat in strengthening
communication between different government agencies, national and
international initiatives and stakeholders. - Provide guidance to Government counterparts
and facilitate knowledge building focusing on achievement of the following
results: - Provide support and technical advice to the
development of policy options and strategy for the design and
implementation of Uganda National REDD+ Process to the REDD+ Secretariat
including support on the development of: Strategy development, Policy
dialogue, Stakeholder engagement, Governance and institution framing and other
elements of National REDD+ development as required. - Share knowledge on REDD+ by documenting
lessons learnt and best practices from the UN-REDD Programmatic Support
and contributing to the development of knowledge based tools (including
policies, strategies, guidelines, etc.); - Provide timely quality information and technical
advice to the REDD+ Secretariat and the UN Country Team, to ensure
effective development and delivery of the UN-REDD Programmatic Support; - Coordinate institutional capacity assessments
of relevant national and subnational entities along the REDD+ supply
chain; - Render support in the identification of
technical expertise and lead on the preparation of TORs, identification
and evaluation of experts, and reviewing reports produced; and support to
UNFCCC negotiations relating to REDD+.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United Nations
REDD National Technical Specialist career opportunity should preferably
hold a Master’s degree or higher in Management, Environmental Science,
Natural Resource Management, Environmental Economics, Geography or Social
Sciences, Forestry or similar. - A minimum of five years of working experience
on REDD+, conservation, resource management, forest economic policy and
community development livelihoods, with experience in Uganda or East
Africa preferable; - Significant experience of working in
multinational teams to implement programmes involving different funding
and implementing agencies; - Experience of implementing programmes across
the UN agencies and across Government are definite advantages; - Experience the REDD+ developments at
international, national and local levels; - Working knowledge on the UNFCCC negotiations,
COP-decisions related to REDD and guidelines for national systems in the
context of REDD+, as well as national and international best practices
within REDD+ and other natural resource management initiatives. - Language: Fluent in English Proficiency in
one, two or three UN languages is an advantage.
- Promoting Ethics and Integrity / Creating
Organizational Precedents; - Building support and political acumen;
- Building staff competence, Creating an environment of creativity
and innovation; - Building and promoting effective teams;
- Creating and promoting enabling environment
for open communication; - Creating an emotionally intelligent
organization; - Leveraging conflict & setting standards;
- Sharing knowledge across the organization and
building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning; - Fair and transparent decision making;
calculated risk-taking.
- Advocacy / Advancing Policy Oriented Agenda:
analysis and creation of messages and strategies; - Creates effective advocacy strategies;
- Contributes to the elaboration of advocacy
strategies by identifying and prioritizing audiences and communication
means; - Performs analysis of political situations and
scenarios, and contributes to the formulation of institutional responses; - Uses the opportunity to bring forward and
disseminate materials for advocacy work. - Development and Operational Effectiveness:
- Ability to lead strategic planning, change
processes, results-based management and reporting; - Ability to lead formulation, oversight of
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects; - Ability to apply development theory to the
specific project context to identify creative, practical approaches to
overcome challenging situations; - Ability to manage for results: translates
strategic aims into achievable plans, with established priorities,
monitors them, making periodic adjustments as required.
Management and
Leadership:
- Builds strong relationships with clients,
focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to
feedback; - Consistently approaches work with energy and
a positive, constructive attitude; - Demonstrates openness to change and ability
to manage complexities; - Ability to lead effectively, mentoring as
well as conflict resolution skills; - Demonstrates outstanding communication skills
oral and written communication skills; - Negotiation skills: capacity to work with diverse
partners including Government, donors and civil society; - Remains calm, in control and good humoured
even under pressure; - Proven networking, team-building,
organizational and communication skills.
UNDP
is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality
and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons
with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be
treated with the strictest confidence.
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates who so desire to join the United
Nations Development Programme, UNDP, in the aforementioned capacity should
endeavor to Apply Online by Clicking on the link below. Please further review
job requirements and if competent Click Apply Now.
Deadline: 8th February 2016
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