UNDP Jobs - 51750- IC/UNDP/REDD+/171/2014 - REDD+ Fiscal Regulatory S

IC/UNDP/REDD+/171/2014 - REDD+ Fiscal Regulatory Support Specialist - (National - 1 post)

Location :

Jakarta, INDONESIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

15-Dec-2014

Application Deadline :

03-Dec-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

3 months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

3 months

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. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

Context of the REDD+ initiative:

Indonesia is the third largest emitter of CO2 and the world’s largest emitter from agriculture, forestry and other land use. Over the past five years, Indonesia’s annual deforestation rate has averaged around 1 million hectares, which contributes more than 80 percent of Indonesia’s estimated annual emissions.

In this contexts, on May 26, 2010 the Governments of Indonesia and the Kingdom of Norway signed a Letter of Intent to establish a Partnership for REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest and peat land degradation. REDD+ is a global mechanism which provides an opportunity for developing countries like Indonesia to move towards a sustainable green economy. For Indonesia it also offers a way to achieve the Indonesian government’s voluntary commitment to the world to reduce emissions as much as 26 percent or up to 41 percent with international support by 2020.

Committed to the cause of reducing emission, the Government of Indonesia has been designing structure of REDD+ Agency along with the funding/ grant channelling mechanism as well as monitoring, reporting and verifications (MRV). To support this, and to make a breakthrough in the field of grant channelling, the Government of Indonesia has also designing a mechanism of fund channelling for small grant related to REDD+ issues. In particular, the Fund for REDD+ Indonesia (FREDDI) is being developed as a credible and accountable trust fund for REDD+ financing in Indonesia designed under the REDD+ Agency. The birth of FREDDI trust fund is pivotal to ensure the implementation of REDD+ as an important step in the development of a green economy, and an opportunity to reform forest and peat land governance across Indonesia.

Context of this ToR:

The Workstream Funding Instrument of REDD+ Management Agency is currently focusing on the establishment of its trust fund, FREDDI (Fund for REDD+ Indonesia). Due to the stipulation of the legal basis, the next step to be taken by the REDD+ Agency to launch the funding instrument is to conclude the regulatory product of the institutional establishment of the funding instruments, which includes the amendment of Presidential Regulation 80/ 2011 on Grant Mechanism, the amendment of Perpres 62/2013 and up to the issuance of legalization for FREDDI Trust Fund. In addition, as the disbursement channel of FREDDI will be through National Window and Sub-National Window, the fiscal regulation for those arrangements must be developed and consulted to relevant key stakeholders. In order to expedite the process into the finalization of the amendment, REDD+ Management Agency with the assistance of UNDP is seeking to engage FREDDI Fiscal Regulatory Support Specialist who will facilitate the process of high level discussions and negotiation for the amendment finalization and legalization; and to produce documents for the regulatory arrangements for National Window and Sub-National Window.

Travel Arrangements:

During the contract, the incumbent will be expected to travel to certain locations as detailed below:

Trip to Jambi province will be for three times, with each trip lasts for 3 days;
Trip to West Sumatera province for three times, with each trip lasts for 3 days;
Trip to East Kalimantan province for four times, with each trip lasts for 3 days;
Trip to Central Kalimantan province for three times, with each trip lasts for 2 days.

Objectives of Assignment:

Overall objective of this assignment is to seek assistance from Fiscal Regulatory Experts who has vast experience in developing on legal documents for fiscal regulatory arrangement and leading high level discussions and series of negotiation, especially in environment and climate change sectors so that the process of High level discussions and series of inter-ministerial activities as well as the targeted output by BP REDD+ can be achieved by referring to the already produced Recommendation paper and Road Map documents.

To apply for this post, please do the following steps:

Go to the following link: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/ (Reference Number: 19184);
Download all documents;
Read carefully the Procurement Notice and follow the instruction given;
Fill out the Offeror Letter, P11, and prepare the technical proposal (if requested);
Submit all the requested documents to the email addresses indicated in the Procurement Notice and put IC/UNDP-REDD+/166/2014 REDD+ Expert Consultant for The Improvement of Agrarian Reform Roadmap and Natural Resources Management as the subject of the email.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of work:

Produce legal memo, briefing notes and policy paper on the legalization of FREDDI Trust Fund;
Review the amendment drafts for both Presidential Regulation 80/2011 and Presidential Regulation 62/2013 and adjust the drafts to the present context;
Moderate and facilitate the negotiation and high level discussion with related key ministries on the incorporation of FREDDI in the Amendment of Presidential Regulation 80/2011.

Deliverables:

Legal memo and briefing notes and policy paper on the legalization of FREDDI Trust Fund;
Result of Review and Adjustment of amendment drafts for both Presidential Regulation 80/2011 and Presidential Regulation 62/2013;
Report on the Series of Negotiation and High level Ministerial meetings on incorporation of FREDDI in the Amendment of Presidential Regulation 80/2011.

Other Requirements:

In addition to the scope and output stated above, the incumbent will be required to undertake other ad hoc tasks that may arise during the contract period. These tasks will be delegated by the incumbent’s workstream Associate/ Coordinator who will ensure that these ad hoc tasks do not impede on the incumbent’s ability to meet contractual obligations/deliverables;
All materials and other intellectual property produced while working under contract including, but not limited to, documents, presentations, white papers, photographs and other media, will remain the property of the REDD+ Agency and are required to be submitted to WG Associate for archiving.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN's values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the organization;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability; and
Treats all people fairly without favouritism.

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge Management and Learning:

Promotes knowledge management in organization and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example; and
Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills.

Development and Operational Effectiveness:

Ability to conceptualise issues and analyse data;
Ability to coordinate the work of others;
Ability to implement new systems (business side), and affect staff behavioural/attitudinal change;
Good knowledge of Results Management Guide and Toolkit; and
Ability to demonstrate good knowledge on Climate Change and/or REDD issues.

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;
Leads teams effectively and shows mentoring as well as conflict resolution skills; and
Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Bachelor Degree in Law.

Experience:

At least 3 years experiences in legal field, preferably prominent legal firm is essential;
Excellent knowledge on REDD and Environment concepts;
Knowledge of national and sub-national laws and regulations and international agreements related to fiscal and banking regulations;
Ability to conduct and manage in-depth legal research and review of relevant laws and regulations on financial investment, especially on forestry and climate change related investment;
Ability to draft Standard Operating procedure for institutional arrangement and management capacity;
Ability to work comfortably at local, national and international levels;
Solid knowledge and analytical ability in laws and regulations related to investment, banking, finance, forestry, environment and other;
Proven ability to lead negotiations with third parties to establish and implement financial instruments;
Experience in drafting contracts with third parties to establish and implement financial mechanisms.

Language:

Fluent in written and spoken Indonesian and proficient in English.