Technical Advisor

United Nations Development Programme

Geneva, Switzerland

The Technical Advisor will be a full member of the UNDP Climate & Forests Programme, working together with its diverse regional and global professionals. S/he will be under the supervision of the Principal Technical & Policy Advisor of the BPPS/NCE Climate & Forests Programme.

The assignment is home-based. If travel is required, and subject to (local) Covid-19 health permission, such travel shall be at UNDP’s expense and processed in accordance with UNDP’s travel guidance and policy. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Scope of Work:

The Technical Advisor will provide high-quality technical and policy advisory services to countries, jurisdictions and other stakeholders where the UNDP Climate & Forests Programme is active. S/he will help position UNDP as a world leader in the provision of technical and policy advisory services related to the contribution of forests to ambitious climate change targets.

In particular, the Technical Advisor will:

  • Provide technical assistance to the implementation of the GCFTF Window B projects in Brazil, Mexico and Ecuador, working closely with sub-national jurisdictions and their implementation partners.
  • Support the implementation of the REDD+ results-based payments for results achieved by Brazil in the Amazon biome in 2014 and 2015 project (GCF/REDD+/RBPs project), notably regarding the operationalization of the Floresta+ pilot programme;
  • Support countries with NDC implementation in the forest sector, including policy reforms and financing schemes, notably in Mexico and Peru, also collaborating with the UN-REDD partnership.
  • Contribute to UNDP’s efforts to raise nature-based ambitions in the NDCs, especially in Latin America;
  • Develop, formulate and review programs and initiatives, with the associated resource mobilization when needed;
  • Share climate & forests knowledge and help communicate the lessons and results.

Required Skills and Experience:

Min. Education requirements:

  • Masters’ degree in environmental management, international development, public policy and/or a closely related field.

Min. years of relevant work experience:

  • Minimum of seven (7) years of practical, international working experience in developing countries on environment policy and finance, notably climate change, forest carbon, and/or REDD+.

Required  skills:

  • Demonstrated experience in project development, implementation, and management.
  • Experience in climate policy.
  • Country-level policy or project experience in the Latin America & the Caribbean region.
  • Knowledge of the national context of Brazil with regards environmental & forest affairs is essential.

Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section:

  • Previous working experience in UNDP, especially with regards to country support.
  • Experience in setting up and/or supporting REDD+ finance schemes.

Required Languages:

  • Proficiency in written and spoken English is required.
  • Working knowledge of Spanish is required.
  • Working knowledge of Portuguese is desirable.

Source: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=110646