Antecedentes
Sierra Leone’s faces serious environmental challenges and is very vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters. . Sierra Leone is exposed to a large of socio-natural and manmade hazards, particularly to: floods, epidemics, wind storms with thunderstorms, mass movements including landslides and mudslides, drought/dry spells, coastal erosion, fires and water sources pollution. Existing risk is mainly “extensive risk” which might evolve in intensive risk depending on vulnerability level evolvement. Sierra Leone’s vulnerability is linked partly to its climate and geography specificities, but mainly to socio-economic and environmental exacerbating factors. In Sierra Leone, the vast majority of people rely on natural resources such as land, water, forests and fish for their livelihoods. These livelihoods face a host of different pressures including illegal fishing, slash and burn agriculture, poor waste management and unregulated mining. It is expected that the country will lose between USD 600 million and 1.1 billion annually in crop revenues by the end of the century if climate change projections materialize. Water, soil and forest resources are threatened by population growth, unsustainable mining activities, pollution of rivers, and rising demand from agribusinesses.With the close linkages between environment and sustainable development, a comprehensive and coordinated programme on environment serves as an insurance bond for national development and a catalyst for the achievement of the millennium development goals. Sustainable management of Natural resource and the environment are one of the major economy drivers of the country and of utmost essence for the continued growth. Protecting and managing natural resources will ultimately contribute to job creation and reducing tensions around land and resources use at the community level.
Deberes y responsabilidades
Summary of Key Functions
- Ensuring the strategic direction of UNDP programming in the area of Environmental Sustainability, Disaster Risk Management, climate change and land tenure and land management.
- Ensuring thematic integration in the Country Programme and for mainstreaming of sustainable development approaches in all programme areas.
- Management of the environment programme and supervision of the Programme team.
- Strategic partnerships and support to resource mobilization
- Provision of top quality policy advice services to the Government and facilitation of knowledge building and management
- Thorough analysis of the political, social and economic situation in the country and support to the preparation/revision of UNJV, CPD, AWP and other documents.
- Operationalization of UNJV/ CPD in collaboration with the main partners and other UN Agencies. Identification of possibilities for joint programming.
- Analysis and presentation of UNDP policies and their implementation in the CO.
- Effective application of RBM tools, establishment of management targets and monitoring achievement of results.
- Design and formulation of CO programme within the area of responsibility, translating UNDP priorities into local interventions. Coordination of programme implementation with the executing agencies.
- Strategic oversight of planning, budgeting, implementing and monitoring of the programme, tracking use of financial resources in accordance with UNDP rules and regulations.
- Effective monitoring, measuring the impact of the CO programme and evaluation. Constant monitoring and analysis of the programme environment, timely readjustment of programme.
- Follow up on audit recommendations. All exceptions are timely reported.
- Aggregate reports are regularly prepared on activities, outputs and outcomes. Preparation of donor reports.
- Organization of cost-recovery system for the services provided by the CO to projects in close collaboration with DCD P&O.
- Implementation of the CO partnerships and resources mobilization strategies to achieve programme outcomes.
- Creation and coordination of partnerships with the UN Agencies, government institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, private sector, civil society etc.
- Determination of programmatic areas of cooperation, based on strategic goals of UNDP, country needs and donors’ priorities.
- Analysis and research of information on donors, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for cost-sharing.
- Identification of sources of information related to policy-driven issues. Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned directly linked to programme country policy goals.
- Coordination of development of policies and institutions that will address the country problems and needs in collaboration with the Government and other strategic partners.
- Identification of sources of information related to policy-driven issues. Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned directly linked to programme country policy goals.
- Coordination of development of policies and institutions that will address the country problems and needs in collaboration with the Government and other strategic partners.
- Establishment of advocacy networks at national level and linked to international networks. Relevant, high-impact advocacy campaigns are implemented with key partners.
Competencias
Contributing to results through provision of information
- Provides information for linkages across programme activities to help identify critical points of integration
- Provides information and documentation on specific stages of projects/programme implementation
- Provides background information to identify opportunities for project development and helps drafting proposals
- Participates in the formulation of project proposals
- Effectively networks with partners seizing opportunities to build strategic alliances relevant to UNDP's mandate and strategic agenda
- Identifies needs and interventions for capacity building of counterparts, clients and potential partners
- Promotes UNDP's agenda in inter-agency meetings
- Seeks a broad range of perspectives in developing project proposals
- Identifies new approaches and promotes their use in other situations
- Creates an environment that fosters innovation and innovative thinking
- Makes the case for innovative ideas from the team with own supervisor
- Implementing resource mobilization strategies
- Analyzes information on potential bilateral donors and national counterparts to recommend a strategic approach
- Identifies and compiles lessons learned
- Develops a resource mobilization strategy at the country level
- Creates effective advocacy strategies
- Performs analysis of political situations and scenarios, and contributes to the formulation of institutional responses
- Makes the case for innovative ideas documenting successes and building them into the design of new approaches
- Identifies new approaches and strategies that promote the use of tools and mechanisms
- Understands more advanced aspects of primary area of specialization as well as the fundamental concepts of related disciplines.
- Keeps abreast of new developments in area of professional discipline and job knowledge and seeks to develop him/herself professionally
- Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments
- Demonstrates comprehensive understanding and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and utilizes these regularly in work assignments
Global Leadership and Advocacy for UNDPGoals/Analysis and creation of messages and strategies
- Performed analysis of political situations and scenarios, and contributes to the formulation of institutional responses
- Uses the opportunity to bring forward and disseminate materials for global advocacy work and adapts it for use at country level
Client Orientation/Contributing to positive outcomes for the client
- Anticipates client needs
- Works towards creating an enabling environment for a smooth relationship between the clients and service provider
- Demonstrates understanding of client’s perspective
- Solicits feedback on service provision and quality
Core Competencies:
- Promoting ethics and integrity, creating organizational precedents
- Building support and political acumen
- Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation
- Building and promoting effective teams
- Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication
- Creating an emotionally intelligent organization
- Leveraging conflict in the interests of UNDP & setting standards
- Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning. Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member.
- Fair and transparent decision making; calculated risk-taking
Habilidades y experiencia requeridas
Education:
- A minimum of a Master’s degree or equivalent in Environmental Studies, Economics, Political / Social Science, Business/Public Administration, or other development-related field.
- At least Seven years of relevant experience at the national and international level in the UN and/or international organizations in the area of environment
- Experience in managing staff and operational systems and establishing inter-relationships among international organization and national governments in the area of environment, energy and disaster risk management programming
- Experience in crisis and post-conflict countries.
- Knowledge and experience of UNDP,and UN system policies ad programming is desirable
Language Requirement
- Fluency in spoken and written English.