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The consultant’s duties and responsibilities will include:

• Review existing data and literature on cacao production and cacao’s environmental footprint (including ecosystem services in cacao systems)
• Review literature on the domestic and international cacao market, economic threats and opportunities
• Summarize the environmental, agronomic, and economic threats and opportunities facing the cacao sector, nationally and at the farm-level
• Map (GIS) cacao production, cacao agroforestry suitability, and deforestation
• Identify metrics for evaluating impacts and dependencies across the cacao value chain related to human, social, natural, and produced capitals, as guided by the TEEBAgriFood Framework
• Determine gaps in scientific evidence, agroecological and economic, which could guide decisions to ensure the economic and environmental sustainability of the sector
• Identify the risks and opportunities posed by the EU Deforestation Free Rule for the cacao sector
• Contribute input to a fundraising proposal for TEEBAgriFood Mexico. (To be completed through a separate UNEP consultancy.)

Qualifications/special skills

• An advanced university degree in Environmental Science, Agronomy, Environmental Economics, or a related field is required. A first university degree with a combination of two (2) years professional and academic qualifications may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of professional working experience in the field of ecosystem services modeling, forestry or agriculture modeling, or food systems assessment is required An understanding of the biophysical and economic modelling of ecosystem services in the context of food systems is required.
• An understanding of the biophysical and economic modelling of ecosystem services in the context of food systems is required. An understanding of the biophysical and economic modelling of ecosystem services in the context of food systems is required An understanding of the political economy of agriculture in Mexico is desired

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Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the GEF Secretariat and the UNEP Communication Division, assists in coordinating and providing strategic input on UNEP-GEF communication at the corporate and portfolio level, including strategy, branding and communication outputs.
• Supports in coordinating with GEF task managers across UNEP to develop and implement a communications strategy to improve visibility of the UNEP-GEF portfolio of projects.
• Drafts, edits and produces multimedia content on results of UNEP-GEF initiatives for corporate UNEP and GEF digital platforms, including web and social media.
• Supports in producing and ensuring maximum dissemination and impact of stories, press releases and multimedia content on UNEP-GEF initiatives and priorities.
• Supports in improving the UNEP-GEF online presence, including the UNEP corporate website and project and programme sites.
• Facilitates training on communication best practices to UNEP-GEF portfolio and project staff, ensuring compliance with UNEP and GEF policies.
• Supports in the coordination and organization of communication activities for key events, such as the GEF Assembly, The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), Multilateral Environmental Agreement Conferences of Parties (COPs) and other targeted regional and international events.
• Undertakes survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyses and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and drafts conclusions.
• Contributes to the preparation of various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, UNEP annual reports, analytical notes, sections of reports and studies, inputs to GEF-related publications.
• Contributes to the collection and analysis of data as well as identification of trends or patterns and provides draft insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Performs other duties as required.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Journalism, Communication, International Relations, Law, Public Administration, or a related field is required.
• A first level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of relevant qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience in communications in Climate, Biodiversity Conservation, Chemicals, Pollution and Waste is required.
• A minimum of two (2) years' experience in producing and managing the production of written and multimedia content on environmental or development projects is required.
• Experience working with the Global Environment Facility and/or other multilateral environmental or development funds is desirable. One (1) year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable (none if successful YPP or P-1 with a related degree).