Result of Service

In accordance with the annual work plan of the UN-REDD programme and the two projects ASEAN Social Forestry and the SAFE initiative, the consultant’s expected results include the following services: 1. Deliver on programme implementation, monitoring and reporting of UN-REDD activities in Asia Pacific on the basis of 2025 annual countries and project’s work plans. • Provide technical backstopping to the delivery of UNEP activities in UN-REDD country workplans. • Manage the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the ASEAN Social Forestry project (2022-25). • Manage the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the SAFE Initiative. • Ensure policy uptake and visibility of UNEP assistance in the context of the UN-REDD activities. • Ensure quality assurance in the execution of legal agreements with technical partners and consultants. • Contribute with information on results and progress to annual, semi-annual UN-REDD reports as well as internal monthly reports. 2. Technical oversight provided and facilitation supported to the development and geographic and thematic expansion across Asia Pacific. • Contribute to identification of strategic opportunities, needs and gaps to deliver UNEP contribution to the UN-REDD 2026-2030 programme development specially for Asia Pacific. • Guide the Asia and the Pacific team to transform these opportunities into concrete project ideas. • Provide inputs and clearance to project documents before submission to donors. • Provide support to UNEP Adaptation and Resilience Branch as relevant to the regional UN-REDD portfolio. 3. Knowledge management coordination of UN-REDD activities in Asia Pacific, including liaison with key partners in the region. • Provide technical inputs for the planning and implementation of regional UN-REDD knowledge management activities. • Review and make contributions to meeting reports, communications and information briefs and other materials related to the regional.

Work Location

Homebased

Expected duration

12 months

Duties and Responsibilities

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. UNEP’s mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. UNEP is a key partner in the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD), which builds on the combined convening role and technical expertise of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme and UN Environment Programme. As part of the UN-REDD Programme jointly implemented by UNEP, UNDP and FAO, UNEP has engaged in increasing commitments and ambition worldwide in the response to the climate crisis through forest protection and restoration. The UN-REDD programme plays a pivotal role in delivering this ambition. In this regard, UN-REDD aims to achieve four outcomes: • Outcome 1: Forest-based GHG emission reductions and enhanced removals, of increasing quality unlocked at a level of 1 GtCO2e by 2025 [forest solutions realized] • Outcome 2. Enabling USD 5 billion mobilized for REDD+ from results-based payment schemes, carbon markets and other transactions under Art. 6 of the Paris Agreement [forest solutions rewarded] • Outcome 3. More than 15 countries significantly enhance the forest component of their NDCs in the 2020-2025 cycle, including quantitative targets [forest solutions enhanced] • Outcome 4. Connecting actors and knowledge for forest solutions [Nature-based Solutions movement to accelerate climate action In addition, in Asia Pacific, UNEP and UN-REDD are implementing two additional projects, 1) ASEAN Social Forestry, funded by the Swiss Government, and 2) SAFE Initiative, funded by the Korean Forest Service. This consultancy is home-based and reports to the Asia and the Pacific Regional Coordinator – Forests and Climate Change, based in Bangkok, with additional supervision from UN-REDD Programme Management Officer based in Geneva.

Qualifications/special skills

Education: • Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in natural resources management, rural development, environmental/social sciences, or environmental law is required. • A first-level university degree level in the above-mentioned fields, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree. Experience: • A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible working experience in REDD+ is required. • Experience of working at country level in the Asia Pacific region is also required. • Prior working experience in the UN system is desirable. Skills: • Strong analytical skills, understanding of socio-political complexities of developing countries, and experience in communicating complex sustainable development issues is also required. • A demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations, knowledge of the United Nations system and a personal commitment to the ideals of the United Nations Charter is desirable. • Standard computer software application literacy is required. • Ability to identify priorities and to work under tight deadlines is desirable. • Standard computer software application literacy is required.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consulting position, fluency in oral and written English is required. • Knowledge of another UN language is highly desirable.

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.