Senior International Expert on Environmental Law, Capacity Building and Coordination, Baku, Azerbaijan

Senior International Expert on Environmental Law, Capacity Building and Coordination, Baku, Azerbaijan

Closing Date: Tuesday, 18 February 2014

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Organization

UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

Country

Azerbaijan

City

Baku, Azerbaijan

SENIOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERT ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, CAPACITY BUILDING AND COORDINATION
Location :Baku, AZERBAIJAN
Application Deadline :18-Feb-14
Type of Contract :Individual Contract
Post Level :International Consultant
Languages Required :English
Starting Date :(date when the selected candidate is expected to start)01-Mar-2014
Duration of Initial Contract :32 months
Expected Duration of Assignment :March 2014-December 2016
Background
The objective of the project is the sustainable land and forest management in the Greater Caucasus Landscape secures the flow of multiple ecosystem services, including carbon storage and sequestration and water provisioning services, while ensuring ecosystem resilience to climate change. The project will engineer a paradigm shift from the current unsustainable practices to sustainable land and forest management practice. The project will address barriers to sustainable pasture and forest management. In doing so it will support measures to mitigate CC such as managing natural forests to emphasize natural regeneration through improved grazing and wood collecting in forests. It will avoid GHG emissions caused by degradation, increase sequestration through enhanced biomass and improve the productivity of forests and pasturelands. This would result in short and long-term global benefits.
Duties and Responsibilities
Senior International Expert on Environmental Law and Coordination will deliver as follows:
Year 2014:

• Assist the project team in preparation of detailed annual work plan with clear planning, timing, budget allocation and division of responsibilities for the 2014;
• Review/analysis of the existing National Action Plan to Combat Desertification (NAPCD) and provision of suggestions;
• First framework draft guideline with instructions on a package of modifications in SLM, SFM and NAPCD;
• Assistance in monitoring and reporting against the Tracking Tools (Capacity Development Scorecard; CC for SO-5; LD-PMAT) for the 2014;
• Provide assistance with the Project Implementation Report to GEF for the 2014.

Year 2015:

• Assist the project team in preparation of detailed annual work plan with clear planning, timing, budget allocation and division of responsibilities for the 2015;
• Package of advices on elaboration of NLAs and the National Policy Dialogue;
• Assistance in monitoring and reporting against the Tracking Tools (Capacity Development Scorecard; CC for SO-5; LD-PMAT) for the 2015;
• Provide assistance with the Project Implementation Report to GEF for the 2015;
• Package of advices on technical elements of NLAs and provisions of best international practices on SLM/SFM and policy.

Year 2016:

• Assist the project team in preparation of detailed annual work plan with clear planning, timing, budget allocation and division of responsibilities for the 2016;
• Assistance in monitoring and reporting against the Tracking Tools (Capacity Development Scorecard; CC for SO-5; LD-PMAT) for the 2016;
• Provide assistance with the Project Implementation Report to GEF for the 2015;
• Review the Normative Legal Acts creating enabling environment for SLM/SFM prepared by the Legal Working Group.

Competencies

• Demonstrate commitment to UNDP's mission, vision and values;
• Displaying cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills; Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills;
• Outstanding time-management, organizational and inter-personal skills;
• Sharing knowledge and experience, communicating ideas and managing information flow;
• Strong team building skills, team management;
• Respond positively to feedback and differing points of view;
• Planning, organizing and multi-tasking;
• Analytical thinking.

Required Skills and Experience
Education:

• Graduate degree (J.D., Ph.D.) in related field (law/environmental law, pasture land management, environmental sciences).

Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in the field of environmental law, pasture land management, combating desertification and land degradation;
• Good knowledge on international system of management of eco-systems, knowing of area of combating desertification and land degradation;
• Information about available best international practices on SLM/SFM and policies and all other related issues; · Experience in the management and coordination of large scale GEF funded projects;

Language:

• Fluent in written and oral communication in English;
• Knowledge of Russian will be an asset.

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

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