China Trust Fund Project Officer(West/Central Africa) at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the world's 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 environment.



 

China Trust Fund Project Officer(West/Central Africa)

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
  • Experience10 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldProject Management 

Duties and responsibilities: 

  • Conduct a rapid assessment of the status of NBSAP revision and implementation to identify countries’ needs and priorities in implementing the KM-GBF in collaboration with the UNEP Ecosystems Division by:
  • Undertaking desk reviews and key informant interviews with national and regional level experts/stakeholders and government officials to understand the global, regional, and national status of biodiversity and implementation of KMGBF and AU-BSAP and other sub-regional strategies and action plans Disseminating the draft assessment to countries to obtain feedback from national officials and stakeholders in collaboration with internal and external partners
  • Drafting analysis report on countries’ needs and priorities for capacity development and technical support for implementing the KM-GBF as aligned to the AU-BSAP and sub-regional strategies including action plans to implement them •
  • Analysing the capacity of CBD accredited sub-regional Technical and Scientific Support Centres of the CBD to develop a menu of services that they can provide to member states, identifying areas where the TSC need additional capacity, and proposing a resource requirement for the TSC’s to effectively discharge their mandates
  • Design and develop project proposals for scaled-up implementation of the KM-GBF, which reflects the priority issues identified for the Africa region for submission to the funding mechanisms by: Organizing webinars and/or virtual meetings in collaboration with sub-regional TSC’s and other relevant partners to brainstorm with regional bodies to ensure the needs and priorities of key stakeholders are reflected in the project design
  • Organizing the meetings with regional development banks to increase their support to biodiversity financing
  • Organizing the meeting with UN Country Team (UNCT) - with priority to countries developing new CFs - for effective collaboration alignment with local and regional stakeholders in developing the project proposals

Qualifications/special skills

  • An Advanced University Degree in biodiversity conservation, environmental science, international development, political science, social science or closely related field is required.
  • A first-level university degree in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
  • A minimum of 10 years’ experience in developing project proposals in biodiversity and environment at the national, regional, and/or global levels is required.
  • Experience in project implementation in the context of developing countries is required.
  • Work experience related to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) is an advantage.
  •  Experience in the United Nations system and/or Intergovernmental Organizations is an advantage.
  • Experience in multicultural and/or multidisciplinary teams is an advantage.

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Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on careers.un.org to apply

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