Afforestation/Reforestation and Assisted Natural Regeneration Analyst - NPSA9

The Ten Years National Forest Sector Development Program of the Country was launched to serve as a roadmap. Various Forestry projects are initiated at the then Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission (EFCCC) through funding support from Norway and Sweden governments. The existing national program coordination office under the then EFCCC has been spearheading the implementation   of the Institutional strengthening for Catalyzing the Forest Sector Development project. Moreover, the program coordination office is also mandated to coordinate the A/R component of the new REDD+ investment plan supported by Norway and the Catalyzing the forest sector development program supported by Sweden. Both the ongoing projects are planned to intensify investment on the ground while expanding scope to wider areas. Further, these all programs have strong components of scientific (research and training) engagements with wider stakeholders at national and global levels. Therefore, these programs require efficient in-country cross-sectoral coordination but also research and training facilitation at global, national and regional levels.

This job advertisement is therefore to recruit one A/R and ANR Officer to guide and implement the different investment programs together with relevant government institutions and one additional Research and Training Officer that guide and facilitate multi-stakeholder collaboration in the academia all working under the existing National Forest Sector Development Program coordination office.

• Support project teams in delivery of these activities, as needed (including, for example, selection for key activities, holding stakeholder meetings, designing trainings, creating and tracking progress);
• Work with a team of forestry, soil and water conservation, socio-economic and GIS experts in the project;

2. Build capabilities within program teams through trainings, design of implementation/ tracking tools, and coaching on project A/R, ANR, PFM and related livelihoods delivery:

• Identify issues in project delivery and work collaboratively with project teams to identify solutions and help resolve them;

3. Liaise across projects, track delivery, and track overall impact towards forest sector/CRGE goals:

• Facilitate coordination meetings with project teams to review overall progress and identify opportunities across projects for shared learning and resourcing;
• Support trainings for the forest sector development programs;
• Participating in forest sector's strategic development;
• Provide support to consultants or partner organizations contracted for assessment and training;

4. Monitor the programme risks as initially identified in the Program and submit new risks to the Program Manager and NPC for consideration and decision on possible actions; update the status of these risks by maintaining the Program Risk Log:

• Identify and initiate technical studies in relation to the implementation the National Forest Sector development program and RIP (A/R and ANR);
• Assist in the harmonization of the different technical planning, monitoring, financial and operational efforts around the forest sector development program and RIP (A/R and ANR) program activities at national and regional levels;
• Provide technical inputs to the planning, implementation, monitoring and delivery of operational activities towards the realization of the program outputs;
• Follow-up and monitor the activities of projects specifically with regard to the implementation of the afforestation/reforestation program to assure the AIR component of the program are implemented as planned;

5. Provide technical inputs during planning for the activities related to rehabilitation of degraded forest lands, afforestation/reforestation and other alternative livelihood and budget in accordance with project plans:

Institutional Arrangement

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline;
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements;
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback;
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible;
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident;
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships;
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.

Functional Competencies

Business Management: Partnerships Management

• Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies.

Business Management: Strategic Thinking

• Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDP’s objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks and opportunities, linking the vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions;
• Ability to leverage learning from a variety of sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; to demonstrate foresight in order to model what future developments and possible ways forward look like for UNDP.

Business Management: Communication

• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience;
• Ability to manage communications   internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels.

Business Development: Knowledge Generation

• Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for content, or responsive to a stated need.

Business Development: UNDP Representation

• Ability to represent UNDP and productive share UNDP knowledge and activities; advocate for UNDP, its values, mission and work with various constituencies.

Business Management: Results-based Management

• Ability to manage programmes and projects with a focus at improved performance and demonstrable results.

Education:

• Master’s Degree in Forestry, Agroforestry, Natural Resource Management, Natural Resource Economics.
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field with additional qualifying experience (4 years) may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of professional experience (for Master's Degree) or 4 years of experience (for Bachelors degree) in Forestry, Agroforestry, Natural Resource Management and Natural Resource Economics;
• Training and research management experience with proven results;
• Proven experience in coordination and leading teams;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• Demonstrated experience in working with multi-stakeholder teams, ideally representing different government and non-government agencies;
• Demonstrated experience at the managerial level in developing effective strategic plans and strengthening the capacity of public bodies;
• Experience in project delivery support and effective management of complex interactions in a complex work environment;
• Ability to carry out responsibilities independently with minimal technical support.

Language

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English language.