Duties and Responsibilities
Ensure Effective Project Administration:
Oversee the identification, selection and supervision of national consultants and experts, in close collaboration with the UNDP Country Office, Senior Finance Expert and the Global Project Management and Technical Support Unit (GPMTSU);
Write/review terms of reference for national BIOFIN team members;
Supervise the work of national experts and institutions to ensure outputs are delivered on time, within the set budget, and to high-quality standards; facilitate, guide and monitor the work of the national team;
Ensure administrative requirements and budgets are managed and executed in a timely and appropriate manner and within UNDP and donor rules and regulations;
In consultation with the UNDP Country Office and GPMTSU elaborate/review the work plan and budget and submit draft workplans/budgets timely;
Ensure a timely identification of risks in implementation at the national level and communication to the GPMTSU.
Facilitate Stakeholder Consultation:
Organize all relevant project workshops in a consultative manner, involving a wide variety of biodiversity finance stakeholders, including the government, private sector, NGOs, donors and academia;
Discuss with the Ministries of Environment and Finance and other key stakeholders the establishment of a national Steering Committee and follow up on the formal establishment and regular convening of the Committee and develop meeting reports to be shared with Steering Committee, the UNDP CO and GPMTSU;
Maintain regular communication with Ministries of Environment and Finance for the development and completion of all reports and products;
Liaise the project processes and products with relevant national planning biodiversity and finance relevant processes, such as NBSAP updates and Global Biodiversity Framework implementation;
Organize regular meetings of the national team and monthly calls with the Technical Advisor from the GPMTSU;
Ensure participation of national team members in regional technical calls;
Participate in regional and global meeting organized by the GPMTSU.
Provision of Technical Advisory Support:
Act as principal technical contact for the project implementation with GPMTSU with regards to all questions and issues that arise during national implementation;
Provide key technical leadership on all finance issues and assure horizontal integration and consistency of workstreams/studies;
Provide overall guidance and quality control for the four main deliverables of the project. Technical support to the national project team to complete all the deliverables of the BIOFIN methodology, in a consistent and high-quality manner;
Ensure drafts of all work are sent to the global Technical Advisor and GPMTSU regularly to provide backstopping and assure feedback is adequately integrated into national reports;
Research and write the sections on subsidies and financing incentives in the PIR according to the guidance provided by the GPMTSU and written guidance documents (especially the BIOFIN Workbook).
Facilitate data collection and analysis:
-Provide technical support for the data collection, analysis, and conclusions of the BER;
-Support the data collection, modelling, quality checking, and validation of the FNA;
-Develop a Biodiversity Finance Plan (BFP) according to the guidance provided by the GPMTSU global BIOFIN team and written guidance documents (especially the BIOFIN Workbook);
Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation;
-Signal any delays in national deliverables compared to the workplan to the UNDP Country Office and the GPMTSU;
-Lead project monitoring, reporting and evaluation at national level, draft monthly and quarterly reports for review by the lead expert and submission to the global BIOFIN team;
-Coordinate the development of workshop reports for the inception workshop and all technical workshops;
Review all technical reports ensuring alignment of national work with global methodologies such as the BIOFIN workbook and others;
Liaise with relevant initiatives and programs in UNDP and other organizations in support of the execution of the project, including BIOFIN, the NBSAP support programme, the GEF 7 Early Action Support Programme, the Nature Hub, and other organizations and initiatives;
Review the final reports of the national Policy and Institutional Review, Biodiversity expenditure Review, Financial Needs Assessment and Biodiversity Finance plan.
Facilitate Communications and Knowledge Sharing:
-Develop and implement a communications strategy to effectively disseminate project outcomes, best practices, and key findings to national and international stakeholders through various channels, including reports, social media, newsletters, and public events;
-Develop with the collaboration of the rest of the team members, of at least one brief overview publication per year, press releases, and web and media products;
-Contribute substantively to knowledge networks and communities of practice within the thematic area of the project.
-The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization
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