China Trust Fund Project Officer(West/Central Africa) at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Duties and responsibilities: 

• Conduct a rapid assessment of the status of NBSAP revision and implementation to identify countries’ needs and priorities in implementing the KM-GBF in collaboration with the UNEP Ecosystems Division by:
• Undertaking desk reviews and key informant interviews with national and regional level experts/stakeholders and government officials to understand the global, regional, and national status of biodiversity and implementation of KMGBF and AU-BSAP and other sub-regional strategies and action plans Disseminating the draft assessment to countries to obtain feedback from national officials and stakeholders in collaboration with internal and external partners
• Drafting analysis report on countries’ needs and priorities for capacity development and technical support for implementing the KM-GBF as aligned to the AU-BSAP and sub-regional strategies including action plans to implement them •
• Analysing the capacity of CBD accredited sub-regional Technical and Scientific Support Centres of the CBD to develop a menu of services that they can provide to member states, identifying areas where the TSC need additional capacity, and proposing a resource requirement for the TSC’s to effectively discharge their mandates
• Design and develop project proposals for scaled-up implementation of the KM-GBF, which reflects the priority issues identified for the Africa region for submission to the funding mechanisms by: Organizing webinars and/or virtual meetings in collaboration with sub-regional TSC’s and other relevant partners to brainstorm with regional bodies to ensure the needs and priorities of key stakeholders are reflected in the project design
• Organizing the meetings with regional development banks to increase their support to biodiversity financing
• Organizing the meeting with UN Country Team (UNCT) - with priority to countries developing new CFs - for effective collaboration alignment with local and regional stakeholders in developing the project proposals

Qualifications/special skills

• An Advanced University Degree in biodiversity conservation, environmental science, international development, political science, social science or closely related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in developing project proposals in biodiversity and environment at the national, regional, and/or global levels is required.
• Experience in project implementation in the context of developing countries is required.
• Work experience related to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) is an advantage.
•  Experience in the United Nations system and/or Intergovernmental Organizations is an advantage.
• Experience in multicultural and/or multidisciplinary teams is an advantage.