Policy Specialist - NRM, Biodiversity, Conservation and Environment
Phnom Penh
- Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- Location: Phnom Penh
- Grade: Mid level - SB-5 (SC10/SC11), Service Contract, Local Contractors Agreement
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Occupational Groups:
- Political Affairs
- Legal - Broad
- Environment
- Biology and Chemistry
- Resilience and Climate Change
- Closing Date: Closed
Background
As Cambodia transitions into Middle Income Country (MIC) status, the continued relevance of UNDP depends on its ability to engage the Royal Government of Cambodia at the policy level, as the foundation for creating a platform to discuss and to address long term development issues. In light of these changes, UNDP Cambodia has implemented a policy-based approach to programming, where policy dialogue becomes the basis for the formulation of new programmes and projects. Also, through the Policy Communications, and Social Innovations Project, UNDP Cambodia established a Policy Team that is responsible for policy engagement, programming, research, communications & advocacy, and partnerships.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinate and lead the processes related to ongoing works related to Community based NRM, Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES), and sustainable production of forest products
- Coordinate and lead the processes of policy dialogue, consultation and formulation related to NRM, biodiversity conservation and other environmental issues with government and development partners
- Support UNDP in the process of programming and pipeline formulation related to NRM, biodiversity conservation and other environmental issues.
- Promote partnerships building and knowledge management
- Design roadmaps of activities related to community based NRM, PES and sustainable production of forest products
- Design key activities which UNDP should focus on in partnership and consultation with relevant stakeholders
- Develop ToRs of, and supervise relevant consultants and provide quality assurance
- Collect, compile, analyse and interpret NRM related data, thorough research of the evidenced-based NRM issues in the country and production of relevant reports including National Human Development Report
- Produce policy reports and manage consultation processes.
- Provision of substantive advice on possible areas for UNDP support and adjustment of on-going programmer to ensure that UNDP programmes are in line with national policies and priorities.
- Facilitate policy dialogue on NRM issues with the government, development partners, civil society, the private sector; contributions to development of policies as relevant.
- Provide policy options, particularly from sustainable NRM and human development perspectives, on macroeconomic and development issues to government and other development actors.
- Make sound contributions to knowledge networks through identification of best practices and lessons learned.
- Develop ToRs of, and supervise relevant consultants and provide quality assurance
- Identify areas of UNDP comparative advantages in the field of NRM, biodiversity conservation, and other environmental issues whenever relevant
- Formulate a project concept note/a full project document/information materials in consultation with relevant stakeholders among others
- Mobilize resources with donors, private sector, government and other global and regional resources including Global Environmental Facility (GEF), and Green Climate Fund (GCF)
- Facilitate consultations required for the including Internal Project Appraisal meeting, Local Project Appraisal Meeting
- Develop ToRs of, and supervise relevant consultants and provide quality assurance
- Coordinate and support the preparation of inputs from the CO to articles/policy briefs/position papers that address links between NRM and other development concerns, in collaboration with other practices such as governance, poverty reduction, gender, crisis prevention and recovery, and capacity development.
- Coordinate and organize stakeholder meetings/events/workshops to discuss priority issues within NRM, biodiversity and environment with key stakeholders
- Assist the Country Office to explore the potential for private sector partnerships on NRM and opportunities for carbon/environmental financing.
- Develop ToRs of, and supervise relevant consultants and provide quality assurance
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
- Fair and transparent decision making; calculated risk-taking
- Identifies and communicates relevant information for a variety of audiences for advocating UNDP’s mandate
- Maintains a functioning network of contacts with a variety of stakeholders to promote a better understanding of UNDP’s mandate and to support advocacy efforts
- Assesses project performance to identify success factors and incorporates best practices into project work
- Researches linkages across programme activities to identify critical points of integration
- Monitors specific stages of projects/programme implementation
- Analyses country situation to identify opportunities for project development
- Participates in the formulation of project proposals and ensures substantive rigor in the design and application of proven successful approaches and drafts proposals accordingly
- Maintains an established network of contacts for general information sharing and to remain up-to-date on partnership related issues
- Analyses and selects materials for strengthening strategic alliances with partners and stakeholders
- Establishes and nurtures positive communication with partners
- Generates new ideas and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things
- Documents and analyses innovative strategies/best practices/new approaches
- Documents bottlenecks, problems and issues, and proposes effective solutions
- Embraces new approaches
- Analyses information/databases on potential and actual donors
- Develops a database of project profiles. Identifies opportunities for project proposals for presentation to donors
- Generates new ideas and approaches, researches best practices and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things
- Documents and analyses innovative strategies and new approaches
- Identifies and communicates opportunities to promote learning and knowledge sharing
- Develops awareness of the various internal/external learning and knowledge-sharing resources
- Understands and applies fundamental concepts and principles of a professional discipline or technical specialty relating to the position
- Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work tasks
- Identifies new and better approaches to work processes and incorporates the same in his/her work
- Analyses the requirements and synthesizes proposals
- Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date through self-directed study and other means of learning
- Demonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments
- Demonstrates in-depth understanding and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and utilizes these regularly in work assignments
- Identifies and communicates relevant information for advocacy for UNDP’s goals for a variety of audiences
- Maintains a functioning network of contacts in the media and civil society, to promote a better understanding of UNDP’s mandate and to support advocacy efforts
- Identifies and takes advantage of opportunities for advocating for UNDP’s mandate
- Researches potential solutions to internal and external client needs and reports back in a timely, succinct and appropriate fashion
- Organizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines
- Establishes, builds and sustains effective relationships within the work unit and with internal and external clients
- Actively supports the interests of the client by making choices and setting priorities to meet their needs
- Anticipates client needs and addresses them promptly
Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelor or Master’s Degree in forestry, natural resource economics, political science or related social science or other closely related fields.
- Master with at least 5 years or Bachelor with at least 7 years of relevant work experience on issues related to NRM, and biodiversity conservation. Additional working experiences with other environmental issues is a plus;
- Experience in working with government, donors or the UN previously is an asset;
- Experience in development and research work in the area of forestry, natural resources management, and related issues;
- Familiarity with policy dialogues and advisory functions involving government counterparts and other stake-holders;
- Proven experience and knowledge of the country’s institutional framework and policies of NRM is an asset.
- Fluency in spoken and written Khmer and English.
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