National Consultant – Coordination Assistant

Result of Service

Under the overall supervision of the National Project Coordinator for the Early Action Support project, the National Consultant - Coordination Assistant will support the coordination between the Ministry, the NBSAP Working group and the Project team. the National Consultant - Coordination Assistant will be responsible for the following: • Assisting the Ministry with coordination and information exchange between the Ministry, NBSAP Working group and the Project team. • Scheduling of meetings and communication with all members of the NBSAP Working group, the Ministry and engaged experts. • Assisting the Ministry in preparation of the minutes of meetings from the regular NBSAP Working group meetings. • Assisting the Ministry in organization of the workshops and stakeholder engagement during the execution of the project activities. The National Consultant - Coordination Assistant will work in collaboration with the other consultants engaged under Montenegro’s Early Action Support project.

Work Location

Montenegro

Expected duration

7 Months

Duties and Responsibilities

UNEP’s Early Action Support programme team is currently supporting the execution of the GEF-funded project implemented in Montenegro focused on the preparation of the update of Montenegro’s NBSAP. The NBSAP and biodiversity frameworks in Montenegro are not fully aligned with the KMGBF. Furthermore, lessons learned from the last round of updating NBSAPs indicate that challenges persist in terms of non-alignment of national targets with global targets, lack of a financing plan for NBSAP implementation, inadequate implementation due to delays in updating NBSAPs, as well as inadequate monitoring. Alignment will help catalyze implementation of the KMGBF and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its protocols. There are now only six years remaining for Parties and the global community to achieve the agreed KMGBF targets. Within this context UNEP and the Government of Montenegro are implementing this Early Action Support project, with the specific objective to fast-track readiness and early actions to implement the KMGBF. The project provides financial and technical support to Montenegro as a GEF-eligible Party to the CBD in its work to review and align the national targets, NBSAP, policy frameworks, monitoring frameworks and finance with the KMGBF. Under the overall supervision of the National Project Coordinator for the Early Action Support project, the National Consultant - Coordination Assistant will support the coordination between the Ministry, the NBSAP Working group and the Project team. the National Consultant - Coordination Assistant will be responsible for the following: • Assisting the Ministry with coordination and information exchange between the Ministry, NBSAP Working group and the Project team; • Scheduling of meetings and communication with all members of the NBSAP Working group, the Ministry and engaged experts; • Assisting the Ministry in preparation of the minutes of meetings from the regular NBSAP Working group meetings; • Assisting the Ministry in organization of the workshops and stakeholder engagement during the execution of the project activities. The National Consultant - Coordination Assistant will work in collaboration with the other consultants engaged under Montenegro’s Early Action Support project.

Qualifications/special skills

• Minimum qualification of completion of High school diploma or equivalent is required. An academic degree in management, economy, environmental sciences, ecology, or a similar field, is highly desirable. • For the position advertised, at least 3 years of relevant professional experience in the fields of environmental management, project management and/or project is highly desirable. • Experience in public sector is desirable. • Familiarity with nature conservation and institutional setting in Montenegro is required. • Excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively convey coordination between the national Working group and the Project team is desirable.

Languages

For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English and Montenegrin is required.

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

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.