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Sustainable Land Management Specialist – Back-up

Ankara

  • Organization: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Location: Ankara
  • Grade: Consultancy - Consultant - Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Development Cooperation and Sustainable Development Goals
    • Environment
    • Human Settlements (Shelter, Housing, Land, Property)
    • FETUR
  • Closing Date: Closed

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FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.


Qualified female applicants are encouraged to apply.

People with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.

All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.

Organizational Setting

FAO's Sub-regional Office for Central Asia is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing sub-regional food, agriculture and rural development priorities. It develops and maintains relations with sub-region wide institutions including Regional Economic Integration Organizations (REIOs). The Sub-regional Office is a subsidiary of FAO’s Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU).

Reporting Lines

The consultant will be working under the overall supervision of the Sub-Regional Coordinator of the FAO Sub-regional Office for Central Asia (SEC), the direct technical supervision of the Lead Technical Officer (LTO) of the Project, and in close coordination with the National Project Coordinator (NPC) and the team of project consultants (most importantly with the All-rounder consultant), as well as national counterparts.

Technical Focus

The project Sustainable Land Management (SLM) and Climate-Friendly Agriculture (GCP/TUR/055/GFF) is currently under implementation in the provinces of Konya and Karaman in Central Anatolia, Turkey. The project is implemented by FAO with financial support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). It aims to improve sustainability of agriculture, pasture and forest uses through adoption of low-carbon technologies with benefits for climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation as well as farm and forest productivity. Developing assessment of the Eregli Integrated Forest Management Plan, which was developed under the project is one of the major activity under the project.

Tasks and responsibilities

The consultant will undertake the following duties in the project\:

  • Based on the Work plan of the All-rounder, prepare own Work plan for the assignment;
  • Develop Assessment of the Eregli Integrated Forest Management Plan (in following only Plan), which was developed under the project. This assessment will be focusing on forestry aspects listed below. All aspects must (1) deal separately with the main plan and all six sub-plans, and be (2) by default assessed from the perspective of technical soundness, climate change threat and gender equality. Progress of work will be regularly coordinated with All-rounder;
    • Sufficient consideration of all relevant subjects for sustainable forest management;
    • Alignment of the Plan with best practice experiences from abroad;
    • Transparent decision making in case of competing interest of subjects in one and the same location;
    • Flexibility for Plan implementation due to unforeseen circumstances (e.g. natural disasters);
    • Adequate stock taking including methodology to reflect actual situation on the ground for the planning purposes;
    • Transparent derivation of planned activities from actual situation on the ground (i.e. action plan);
    • Actions based on planning of activities in concrete, geographically specified management units;
    • Monitoring of actions in the course of the planning period;
  • Summarize detected Limitations of the Plan for Forestry. Progress of work will be regularly coordinated with All-rounder;
  • Draft Terminal consultancy report compiling all achievements and hand-over the Report to the All-rounder;
  • Perform any other duties as and when required by the All-rounder and/or Supervisor.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
  • Advanced University degree in Forestry;
  • Working experience of at least ten years;
  • Demonstrated ability to carry out reviews and assessments of plans;
  • Proficiency in English is a must.
  • National of Turkey or resident in the country with a regular work permit
FAO Core Competencies
  • Results Focus
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Building Effective Relationships
  • Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency.

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