Empleos en el PNUD - 60203- Senior Technical Advisor- Ecosystems and Biodivers

Senior Technical Advisor- Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Localidad :

New York, Estados Unidos de América

Tipo de contrato :

FTA International

Fecha de comienzo del contrato :

04-Jan-2016

Fecha límite de postulación :

14-Oct-15 (Medianoche Nueva York, Estados Unidos)

Nivel de puesto :

P-5

Duración del contrato inicial :

One year

Idiomas requeridos :

Inglés

Duración esperada del puesto :

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Antecedentes

The Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has corporate responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. BPPS’s staff provides technical advice to Country Offices; advocates UNDP corporate messages, represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora including public-private dialogues, government and civil society dialogue initiatives, South-South and Triangular cooperation initiatives and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas.

The Cluster on Sustainable Development focuses on integrating UNDP’s economic, social and environmental work into a coherent sustainable development policy and programming framework. It seeks to provide an integrated package of services covering all strands of sustainable development, including on integrated development planning and inclusive and sustainable growth, sustainable livelihoods and economic recovery in post crisis situations and natural capital and the environment.

Based in UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, Sustainable development Cluster, the UNDP-Global Environmental Finance Unit (UNDP – GEF Unit) has as objective to help countries achieve the simultaneous eradication of poverty and significant reduction of inequalities and exclusion by assisting Country Offices in accessing environmental finance for sustainable development. This objective is achieved through five inter-related areas of work: (i) sustainable management of ecosystem goods and services; (ii) scaling up of climate change adaptation and mitigation; (iii) sustainable, affordable and accessible energy services; (iv) sustainable management of chemicals and waste; and (v) improved water and ocean governance. These areas of work are fully aligned with the four environmental outputs of the UNDP Strategic Plan.

UNDP is an accredited implementing entity for the following environmental vertical funds: (i) the funds managed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF): the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund (GEF TF), the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund (NPIF), the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF); (ii) the Adaptation Fund (AF); and (iii) the Green Climate Fund (GCF). As an Implementing Agency for these funds, UNDP offers countries highly specialized technical services for eligibly assessment, programme/project formulation, due diligence, mobilization of required co-financing, project implementation oversight, results management and evaluation, performance-based payments and knowledge management.

The UNDP – GEF Unit is organized into five substantive technical teams corresponding to the five areas of work above. Each area of work is led by a Principal (PTA) or Senior Technical Advisor (STA), who supports and guides a team of Regional Technical Advisors and Specialists (RTAs/RTAs). The regional teams are based in regional hubs/regional service centers (Addis Ababa, Istanbul, Bangkok and Panama) from where they support UNDP’s country offices and partners in their region. As well as being a member of a technical team, each RTA/RTS is also a member of a regional team, which consists of RTAs/RTSs from all technical teams working together under the leadership of a UNDP – GEF Regional Team Leader.

UNDP’s work in Ecosystems and Biodiversity, has as an overall strategic objective to maintain and enhance the goods and services provided by biodiversity and ecosystems in order to secure livelihoods, food, water and health, enhance resilience, conserve threatened species and their habitats, and increase carbon storage and sequestration. The value of all UNDP-managed biodiversity and ecosystems projects currently in planning or under implementation is US$ 1.5 billion, with UNDP supporting 132 countries to access Global Environment Facility grant finance for Biodiversity, combating Land Degradation and Sustainable Forest Management, and to combine this with domestic and bilateral sources of finance. An additional US$ 3.5 billion?in co-financing has been leveraged for these projects from a range of partners, bringing the current total portfolio size to US$ 5 billion.

Through this project portfolio UNDP provides support to countries’ work in three programming areas: (i) Integrating biodiversity and ecosystem management into development planning and production sector activities; (ii) Unlocking the potential of protected areas, including indigenous and community conserved areas to contribute towards sustainable development; and (iii) Managing and rehabilitating ecosystems for climate change adaptation and mitigation.

The STA for Ecosystems and Biodiversity will be responsible for the overall management of the UNDP engagement with the GEF family of funds in the area of ecosystems and biodiversity, providing strategic leadership, direction and coordination of the day-to-day operations and activities of a team of around 20 professionals and supporting staff distributed across 4 regional hubs and headquarters, and overseeing a portfolio of over $1.5 billion in grant financing.

The STA for Ecosystems and Biodiversity works under the overall supervision of the UNDP-GEF Executive Coordinator in the Directorate. The STA will be based in New York, USA and is expected to travel frequently. Depending on work load and resources Senior Technical Advisors can be periodically redeployed, in accordance with capability, consent, and due process, in any region as needed.

Deberes y responsabilidades

The role of a Senior Technical Advisor (STA) is to:

Provide technical guidance and team management;
Develop and advocate innovative policy and financial mechanisms;
Identify and develop cutting edge strategic programmes, projects and activities;
Produce development impacts and results for country partners;
Ensure learning, knowledge management and self-development.

The key results expected from the STA are:

Guidance, Management and Coordination (20%)

Guidance, management and oversight of the UNDP Ecosystems and Biodiversity team of specialized ecosystems and biodiversity Technical/Senior Advisors, currently 13. This includes the provision of strategic direction, management oversight, and development of both the programme and the team supporting it.

Key Results

UNDP is widely recognized for its leadership and the high quality of its programmes and staff on Ecosystems and Biodiversity in development. The programme operates efficiently. All UNDP ecosystems and biodiversity work is on the cutting edge of current knowledge and thinking.

Policy Development, Dialogue and Advocacy (20%)

The development of key policy initiatives, advice, support and advocacy on ecosystems and biodiversity both within UNDP and with UNDP’s direct partners.This includes the development of complex policy positions at the interface of scientific knowledge and social, political and economic feasibility.Wide ranging consultation with key partners and the development of strategic partnerships around positions and initiatives.Dialogue and advocacy to effect change.

Key Results: UNDP is widely recognized for its ability to drive change in the global ecosystems and biodiversity discourse and resultant policy making.

Programme Development (30%)

Development of strategic programmes, projects and other initiatives. Identification of funding opportunities, sources and partners. Identification of new business opportunities, business lines, and self-funding environmental finance service facilities.

Key Results: Continued growth in the quality, scope, impact and influence of the UNDP Ecosystems and Biodiversity programme.

Delivery of Results and Impacts (20%)

Effective delivery of results and impacts through high quality oversight and implementation support including technical support, monitoring, troubleshooting, evaluation, reporting, and dissemination of results and impacts.

Key Results: UNDP widely recognized for its ability to efficiently deliver timely and responsive high quality, strategic, cutting-edge, results and impacts.

Learning, Knowledge Management and Self Development (10%)

Ensures UNDP-GEF work is reflected in UNDP corporate, monitoring and reporting processes/systems (including ABP and ROAR) through evaluating, capturing, codifying, synthesizing lessons and stimulating the uptake of best practices and knowledge, including the development of resource kits and other knowledge materials. Additionally, develops and carries out a personal learning plan.

Key result:

UNDP recognized as a learning and knowledge management organization.

Competencias

Core:

Innovation:

Ability to make new and useful ideas work.

Leadership:

Ability to persuade others to follow.

People Management:

Ability to improve performance and satisfaction

Communication:

Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform.

Delivery:

Ability to get things done

Technical:

Advanced technical, scientific, economic, policy, advocacy, communication and networking skills combined with a full understanding of the complexity of both, climate change and biodiversity local and global issues, policies and negotiations.

Primary:

Natural Capital and Environment: Biodiversity and Eco-systems Management:

Knowledge of conservation, sustainable use and access and benefit sharing of biodiversity, land, forests and oceans and the ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations.

Natural Capital and Environment: Global Environmental Governance:

Knowledge conventions and MEAs (such as CBD and UNCCD) and ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations.

Natural Capital and Environment: Environment Finance:

Knowledge of the international environmental governance and finance mechanisms and significant experience in cost recovery and the management of self-financing business units and ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations.

Climate Change: Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation:

Knowledge of climate change adaptation and mitigation concepts and the ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations.

Sustainable Development:

Knowledge of sustainable development concepts, principles and issues and the ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations, covering the economic, social and environmental dimensions.

Representation:

Ability to productively share UNDP knowledge and activities (at UN and other venues).

Resource Mobilization:

Ability to identify and organize programmes and projects to implement solutions and generate resources.

People Management:

Ability to improve performance and satisfaction.

Secondary:

Knowledge Management:

Ability to efficiently handle and share information and knowledge.

Advocacy:

Ability to advocate a point of view and influence others.

Gender:

Gender and Institutional development.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:

Master’s degree (PhD degree strongly preferred) in ecosystems, biodiversity, environment, natural resources, or closely related field in science, management, economics or policy.

Experience:

10 years or more of progressively responsible relevant leadership and management in the field of ecosystems, biodiversity, and development, preferably with an emphasis on policy and finance;
Experience with project development, implementation and management (direct project management experience is preferable);
Full computer literacy;
Working experience in an international organization is an advantage;
On the job direct experience with UNDP and GEF policies, procedures and practices.

Language:

Excellent knowledge of the English language, with exceptional writing, presentation and communication skills;
Proficiency in other UN languages is an asset.