Jan 12, UNEP Consultant on Project Development – Nature Driving Economic Transformation Jobs in Kenya

The United Nations Environment Programme is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.

Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action.

UNEP Ecosystems Division works with international and national partners, providing technical assistance and capacity development for the implementation of environmental policy, and strengthening the environmental management capacity of developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

The United Nations development system will seek to rally all actors behind a set of high impact initiatives (HII) aimed at demonstrating that transformative progress is possible despite challenging global circumstances and at mobilizing further leadership and investment to bring progress to scale between now and 2030. One of those HII is ‘Nature Driving Economic Transformation’, in which the power of biodiversity and nature will be leveraged to drive equitable economic progress.

This initiative focuses on assisting countries to fundamentally shift economic policymaking in favor of sustainability, resilience, risk reduction and equity. Brazil was one of the champion countries committed to sustainable use of biodiversity that participated in the launch of HII and demonstrated viable pathways for change for a diverse set of contexts, particularly with their bioeconomy national plan. The proposal will also include South Africa and Indonesia.

The objective of the UNEP developed Programme Coordination Project (PCP) Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Across Sectors and Systems is that “Biodiversity and ecosystem services are mainstreamed in public and private sector planning and decision-making and in development frameworks to realize multiple benefits and avoid negative impacts on nature.”

The Programme seeks to achieve its objective through three components which will support the delivery of the following three outcomes:

Ecosystem health is recognized and mainstreamed in One Health approaches at international, regional and national levels.

Food systems are transformed to be more resilient, to enhance environmental sustainability, and to improve human well-being.

Economic systems are transformed to incentivize the adoption of pro-nature outcomes.

It is within the framework of this third outcome that the HII project document will contribute to the PCP.

This post will be home based. The Consultant shall work under the guidance and overall supervision of the Head of Economics of Nature Unit (TEN).

Duties and Responsibilities:

The consultant’s responsibilities will include:

Consulting national partners (government, civil society, research and private sector) on their demands and ongoing work related to nature driving economic transformation.

Carrying out a stakeholder assessment and a policy assessment that will help create a baseline for the HII project proposal.

Determining the risks and mitigation measures.

Qualifications/special skills

An advanced university degree in Environmental Science, Social Science, Agricultural science or Public Administration, Economics or 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 Ten (10) years of professional working experience in programme and project implementation in the field of food systems is required.

Experience in stakeholder engagement at federal, state and/or municipal level is desirable.

An understanding of the biophysical and economic modelling of ecosystem services in the context of food systems is desirable.

An understanding of the Brazilian environmental, bioeconomy and agricultural political context, as well as the Brazilian agricultural institutional and fiscal framework is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of Portuguese is highly desirable.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; UNEP Consultant on Project Development – Nature Driving Economic Transformation Jobs in Kenya

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