117587 - Project Clerk (GIS) for FOLUR Project

Background

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The unsustainable management of globally traded commodity crops (cacao, coffee and oil palm), and their expansion into forest areas, are leading to major impacts on globally important biodiversity, the degradation of soil and waterresources, the loss of carbon stocks, and the degradation of watersheds that are vital for maintaining water flows torice production areas. Rice production is itself a source of globally significant environmental impacts, in the form ofthe contamination of soil and globally- important aquatic ecosystems due to excessive and inappropriate use of agricultural chemicals, and the generation of methane (a potent greenhouse gas) from flooded paddy systems.

A narrow focus on the production of globally-traded cash crops by farmers is environmentally and socially unsustainable – even in the case of perennial crops such as coffee and cacao that have the potential to yield environmental benefits if appropriately managed – because of the volatility of global markets for these crops and their vulnerability to the effects of global climate change. A large number of major global value chain actors have committed to sustainable sourcing of the products that they trade, in order to comply with corporate social and environmental responsibility goals and to satisfy consumer requirements for sustainable production. This presents farmers with a major potential source of market-based incentives for sustainable production, but at present their ability to take advantage of this opportunity is constrained by their disconnection from these “green” value chains and their limited technical capacities to satisfy their requirements in terms of environmental standards, product quality and reliability of supply.

Despite significant policy commitments to sustainability by the Government of Indonesia, capacities, knowledge, tools, regulatory instruments and incentives for putting these into practice are still inadequately developed, and the agricultural and environmental sectors continue to be highly compartmentalized, lacking the integrated vision that is required if social and economic development and landscape management are to be sustainable.

With the funding support from the Global Environmental Faculty (GEF), the Government of Indonesia, led by the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs and with technical support from UNDP and FAO is preparing the full-sizeproject implementation entitled “Strengthening sustainability in commodity and food systems, land restoration andland use governance through integrated landscape management for multiple benefits in Indonesia (FOLUR)”. The project aimed to ensure sustainable value chains of palm oil, coffee and cocoa via application of a comprehensive land use approach linking biodiversity conservation, restoration and production at scale. The project will assist the country to address above-mentioned development challenges through four areas of interventions as follow:

1. Development of integrated landscape management systems
2. Promotion of sustainable food production practices and responsible value chains
3. Conservation and restoration of natural habitats
4. Management, Coordination, Collaboration, and M&E

The project will be implemented in 5 provinces (jurisdictions) and 5 districts (pilot landscapes): Aceh (Central Aceh),North Sumatra (Mandailing Natal), West Kalimantan (Sanggau), South Sulawesi (Luwu) and West Papua (Sorong). The project will be commenced for full implementation in February 2022 for 72 months.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provide support to the project team to ensure effective project planning in GIS data processing and analysis, remote sensing and data interpretation:

• Providing support to collect, clean, and process geographic and spatial data relevant to the project;
• Providing support to analyze through spatial analysis for various project sectors, including environmental protection, climate resilience, and resource management;
• Providing support to analyze based on satellite imagery and aerial data to support land cover, land use analysis, and other remote sensing activities;
• Providing support to change detection analysis to assess environmental or geographic impacts of project initiatives;

2. Mapping and Visualization:

• Providing support to prepare cartographic materials for reports, presentations, and fieldwork to aid decision-making;
• Providing support to uitilize web mapping tools for dynamic data visualization if required (e.g., ArcGIS Online).

3. Managing Data:

• Providing support to collect and compiles data with speed and accuracy identifying what is relevant and discarding what is not, records it in an accessible manner and maintains data bases;
• Providing support to transmits file data; creates and generate queries, reports and documents utilizing databases, spreadsheets and communications;
• Providing support to interpret data, draws conclusions and/or identifies patterns which support the work of others.

4. The incumbent of the position should avoid any kind of discriminatory behavior including gender discrimination and ensure that: 

• Human rights and gender equality is prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions;
• Activities are designed and implemented in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP”;
• Any kind of diversities based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, gender are respected within all implementations including data production;
• Differentiated needs of women and men are considered;
• Inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability gender language barrier is created;
• Necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, trainings etc. introduced.

Under the overall guidance of the National Project Manager, the Project Clerk (GIS) will provide support to advancing the spatial data capabilities, enabling more informed decision-making and impactful project implementation across sustainable development initiatives. Provides project support services ensuring high quality of work, ensures accurate, timely and properly recorded/documented service delivery.

Competencies

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Achieve Results: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
• Think Innovatively: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
• Learn Continuously: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
• Adapt with Agility: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
• Act with Determination: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
• Engage and Partner: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Education:

• Secondary Education is required.
• University degree (Bachelor’s Degree) in Geography/Forestry/Agriculture/Environmental Science/Land and Natural Resources Management/Urban and Regional Planning or other relevant fields will be given due consideration, but is not a requirement.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant project/administrative experience preferably in the field of development and/or environment for candidate with high school degree
• No experience is required for candidate with bachelor degree

Required Skills:

• Good inter-personal and communications skills.
• Ability to work in a team
• Demonstrated keen interest in the work of the UN
• Demonstrated the ability to successfully interact with individuals from different cultural backgrounds and beliefs which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of different opinions and views

Additional Skills and Competencies:

• Familiar with Government and UN/UNDP procedures would be desirable
• Experience in project implementation using Government and International Organization rules and regulation
• Experience in collecting and summarizing administration report
• Experience in GIS in development or conservation related project would be desirable
• Experience in handling large datasets and spatial datasets would be desirable

Languages:

• English and Bahasa Indonesia in both writing and speaking

APPLICANT MUST COMPLETE P11 FORM AND SUBMIT AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION.

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UN 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. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UN Indonesia reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.  We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UN Indonesia at the same grade level and with similar job description, experiences and education requirements