Coordinator for Environment
Tbilisi
- Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- Location: Tbilisi
- Grade: Consultancy - SB-4 (SC8/SC9), Service Contract, Local Contractors Agreement
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Occupational Groups:
- Environment
- Poverty Reduction
- Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction
- Managerial positions
- Closing Date: Closed
Background
- fostering the competitiveness of agriculture;
- ensuring the sustainable management of natural resources, and climate action; and
- achieving a balanced territorial development of rural economies and communities including the creation and maintenance of employment.
- Improved governance for effective implementation of the RDS, RDAP and related programmes;
- Improved rural economic diversification, employment and services;
- mproved environment, sustainable management of natural resources and climate action;
- Improved rural development governance and economic diversification, environment, natural resources and climate action in Ajara autonomous region.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordination of the project’s interventions to sustainably advance energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in rural areas (output 3 and result 4.3 under output 4);
- Coordination of the project’s interventions for sustainable management of forest resources;
- Provision of content inputs to the Project Team, UNDP and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture in planning, assessing and implementing environment, sustainable management of natural resources and climate action, as well as in related capacity development measures related to rural development (all other outputs/results).
- Coordination of the project’s interventions to sustainably advance energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) technologies in rural areas (output 3 and result 4.3 under output 4):
- Coordinate the identification and assessment of suitable EE/RE technologies for rural households;
- Lead and/or coordinate evaluate the commercial feasibility of suggested options, especially in the field of thermal EE/RE technologies for households and businesses (e.g. insulation);
- Support the identification and development of suitable business models that facilitate the widespread, commercially viable use of EE/RE technologies in rural areas;
- Coordinate and support the establishment and advancement of financially and institutionally sustainable EE/RE demonstrations (e.g., EE/RE villages);
- Identify promotional messages and support the promotion of EE/RE technologies and coordinate promotional campaigns;
- Evaluate the impact of the promotions and coordinate their adjustment;
- Coordinate and evaluate proposals from businesses, NGOs and other players to establish rural markets for EE/RE technologies;
- Assess current data and evidence related to EE/RE in rural areas, identify gaps and contribute to evidence/data collection for better targeting the rural development policy and service delivery;
- Organise and participate in conferences, meetings, roundtables around the EE/RE topic;
- Coordinate and provide inputs to related knowledge products and reports for the project and its governmental partners;
- Network with other players in the field (Government, donors, NGOs, businesses) to coordinate approaches and activities;
- Regularly monitor and evaluate the performance and impact, re-assess and adjust approaches, and improve;
- Report and provide timely and high-quality inputs for reporting in coordination with other staff members.
- Coordination of the project’s interventions for sustainable management of forest resources (output 3 and result 4.3 under output 4):
- Coordinate the cooperation with the National Forestry Agency (NFA) on forest inventory and the development and implementation of sustainable forest management plans;
- Coordinate and support the initiatives of NFA and the UNDP project on forest waste to energy;
- Cooperate with the Department of Biodiversity to develop or review technical guidelines and, if applicable, regulations for Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP), and coordinate and support the implementation of commercial interventions on NTFP;
- Initiate, evaluate and support any other forest related interventions of the project, deemed to be suitable and useful for the achievement of the project’s targets;
- Assess current data and evidence related to sustainable management of forest resources, identify gaps and contribute to evidence/data collection for better targeting the rural development policy and service delivery;
- Organise and participate in conferences, meetings, roundtables around forestry topics;
- Provide inputs to related knowledge products and reports for the project and its governmental partners;
- Network with other players in the field (Government, donors, NGOs, businesses) to coordinate approaches;
- Continuously monitor and evaluate the performance and impact, re-assess and adjust approaches, adjust approaches and improve;
- Report and provide timely and high-quality inputs for reporting in coordination with other staff members.
- Provision of content inputs to the Project Team, UNDP and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture in planning, assessing and implementing environment, sustainable management of natural resources and climate action, as well as in related capacity development measures (all other outputs/results):
- Observe, initiate, evaluate, coordinate and support any other environment related project interventions (e.g., on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation), if deemed suitable and useful for the achievement of the project’s targets;
- Evaluate and/or coordinate the evaluation of any business proposals provided within the sphere of the project’s grants programmes in terms of their environmental adequacy;
- Ensure that sustainable environmental management and climate action are integrated components of the project’s support to the Government of Georgia, in particular in regard to policies, strategies, action plans, laws and regulations;
- Ensure an environmentally sustainable conceptualisation and implementation of all other project activities;
- Conduct and/or support the implementation of trainings with environmental focus and environmental aspects in other trainings;
- Assess current data and evidence related to environment, sustainable management of natural resource and climate action in rural areas, identify gaps and contribute to evidence/data collection for better targeting the rural development policy and service delivery;
- Coordinate and provide inputs to related knowledge products and reports for the project and its governmental partners;
- Organise and participate in conferences, meetings, roundtables around environmental and climate change topics;
- Network with other players in the field (Government, donors, NGOs, businesses) to coordinate approaches;
- Regularly monitor and evaluate the performance and impact, re-assess and adjust approaches, adjust approaches and improve;
- Report and provide timely and high-quality inputs for reporting in coordination with other staff members.
The Coordinator for Environment will work together with the Economic Diversification Coordinator under the direct supervision of the Project Manager and the Project Technical Leader of the “Improving Rural Development in Georgia” project and in consultation with the UNDP Economic Development Team Leader.
Competencies
- Adopts with complex concepts and challenges convention purposefully;.
- Meets goals and quality criteria for delivery of products or services;
- Generates commitment, excitement and excellence in others;
- Monitors and evaluates results and strives for continuous improvement.
- Complex Adaptive Systems - Knowledge of complex adaptive systems and the ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations;
- Knowledge Management - Ability to capture, develop, share and effectively use information and knowledge;
- Partnerships - Ability to engage with other agencies, donors, and other development stakeholders and forge productive working relationships;
- Research (General) - Knowledge of analytical tools, market research and methods for undertaking substantive research on various policy related issues;
- Strategic Planning - Ability to make decisions that align with strategy, vision, and mission;
- Development Planning and monitoring - Ability to develop business and planning processes at the national and local level and the ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations.
Required Skills and Experience
- Master’s degree in Natural Resource Management, Environmental Protection Architecture, Economics, Engineering, or other related discipline.
- At least 5 years of professional experience in renewable energy or energy efficiency or environmental protection or heating systems. Specialization on thermal solutions will be a strong asset;
- At least 3 years of professional experience in business management, planning, evaluation or advice, public policy or related fields;
- Experience in energy or environmental economics will be an asset;
- At least 2 years academic or research background or professional experience in environmental protection and/or sustainable management of natural resources will be an asset;
- Experience in forestry, forest management or Non-Timber Forest Products will be an asset;
- Experience in programme and/or project management, including planning, implementation, monitoring and/or evaluation preferably in the environmental protection and/or sustainable management of natural resources, as asset;
- Experience in national or regional level policy development will be an asset;
- Experience of working with Government will be an asset;
- Working experience with international organization and/or NGOs will be an asset;
- Proven experience of designing and conducting trainings either in environmental protection and/or sustainable management of natural resources will be an asset.
- Fluency in English and Georgian (both written and oral).
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