Landscape Consultant at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Tasks and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Programme Management Officer, Biodiversity, People and Landscape Unit (BPL), the consultant is expected to produce and deliver, the following 4 knowledge products:

• Undertake field visit to Cambodia and China to undertake Tasks 2, 3 and 4 to obtain relevant information for the reports, and to facilitate a workshop to integrate learning into community actions in future.
• Undertake a brief survey (see draft on page 3/ to gain a structured understanding for the stocktaking and as a basis for MEL (Fin) for 2 landscapes in China and Cambodia. This will provide a basis for evaluation and structured learning to deliver on Task 3.
• Stocktaking exercise on existing tools and methodologies in the regions and proposed MEL methodologies for 2 landscapes in China and Cambodia in terms o
  • Monitoring, evaluation and learning methods that could be applied: what is out there that may be relevant
  •  Evaluation criteria for the specific sites
  •  Proposed MEL methodology
  •  MEL Methodology Report
• Impacts of landscape approaches from elsewhere and experiences of the pilot sites in China and Cambodia
  • Overview and results
  • What worked in the specific sites and what did not
  • Recommendations for LCs & for subsequent programmes integrated into Final Reports on Lessons learning

Qualifications/special skills

Academic Qualifications:

• Advanced University degree in physical science, natural resource management, conservation ecology or a related subject is required.

Experience:

• A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in international development, programme development, community based natural resource management, local and indigenous knowledge and institutions, ecosystem risk assessment and ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation is required.

Language: English and French are working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post fluency English is required. Knowledge of French, Spanish and/or Portuguese would be an asset. .