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National Assessment Specialist

Specific tasks and responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Programme Management Officer, Global Assessment Unit), Unit, Early Warning and Assessments Division, United Nations Environment Programme, the consultant will perform the following tasks;
Provide comprehensive programming and technical guidance to the GEO team for creating and managing online portals that facilitate governmental, stakeholder, and expert nominations, as well as surveys and data gathering.
Oversee the setup, optimization, and maintenance of servers hosting GEO’s tools, ensuring high performance, security, and reliability.
Data collection and compilation, analyzing how various stakeholders, scientific advisers, and policymakers use GEO assessment findings, and assessing their influence on decision-making and policy actions.
Leverage analytical methods to generate actionable insights that inform strategic decision-making.
Contribute to the creation and enhancement of methodologies and instruments designed to measure the impact of GEO publications.
Develop, administer, and verify the quality of questionnaires, ensuring that data collected through GEO surveys is accurate and reliable.
Collaborate with the GEO team to build and refine online portals, platforms, or websites that modernize and streamline GEO processes and publications.
Producing and curating digital content aimed at maximizing the reach and impact of GEO’s products.
Attend missions, offering guidance to external teams, documenting outcomes, and preparing mission summaries when needed.
Provide substantive and technical support for missions within GEO’s operational areas, ensuring alignment with the program’s objectives.
Engage in unit-level discussions, contributing insights and recommendations to strengthen GEO’s ongoing initiatives.
Organize and synchronize the various chapters of the GEO-7 assessment to ensure clarity, consistency, and accuracy.
End-to-end process of creating the GEO-7 report, including planning, research, drafting, and review.
Planning, coordinating, and executing technical sessions, workshops, and stakeholder consultations integral to the GEO process.
Serve as a resource for expert contributors to GEO-7, promoting effective communication and collaboration throughout development.
Contribute to compiling and editing other environmental assessment reports and summaries, as directed by the supervisor.
Participate in the organization and presentation of training webinars for experts.
Resolving technical issues faced by the GEO Team, troubleshooting problems swiftly and ensuring minimal workflow disruption.
Collaborate on incorporating diverse digital solutions, ensuring compatibility and smooth functionality within GEO’s overall systems.
Work closely with partners to maintain alignment on project objectives, ensuring efficient coordination and timely completion of all deliverables.

Qualifications/special skills

A lst level degree in a science-related field, data management or computing is required. Knowledge of global and regional environmental issues is an asset.
At least 4 years of progressively responsible experience at international level in project or programme management and implementation, monitoring and reporting and administration or related areas is required.
Experience in the coordination of global environmental assessments including the coordination of external expert authors and preparing various written outputs such as outcomes documents and background papers is desirable.
Good user interface design skills using the latest technologies and web-frameworks is desirable.

Project Management Expert

Duties:

In consultation with the Project Manager, coordinate the planning, implementation and delivery of the day-to day project activities as per the approved GEF CCCD project document, in collaboration with the South Sudan Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) and Botswana’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET)
Oversee adherence to the approved Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) plan, including providing overall direction of the project, and the timely delivery of quality project outputs, products and reports.
Preparation and submission of periodic reports (e.g. the annual GEF PIR reports, the semi-annual progress and expenditure reports and the Co-financing reports) through modalities that build GEF substantive reporting capacity of MoEF and other MEA focal offices.
Coordinate the project’s environmental legal frameworks and EIS working groups, in consultation with the Regional Coordinator for Africa/ project Manager and MoEF.
Prepare and submit periodic project update reports to the PSC and the UNEP reporting officer.
Collaborate with UNEP Administration and Finance office in handling all project financial and administrative processes.
Provide technical coordination for the implementation of the project in line with the GEF approved project document, with a particular focus on building the capacity of MoEF and other project partners.
Coordinate project activities with relevant project partners including MoEF and other sector agencies, civil society, academia and research institutions and other stakeholders, as well as consultants and working groups.
Ensure that the project coordination, management and reporting by the PMU is timely and of high quality; as well as meeting GEF and UNEP requirements.
Draft terms of reference (ToRs) for implementing partners, sub-contractors, consultants for review by the Project Manager and approval by the UNEP AO management.
Take responsibility for UNEP AO compliance to the approved M&E plan, including the risk mitigation plan and gender integration, and the organization, participation, facilitation, and reporting on the annual Project Steering Committees (PSC) meetings. l) Prepare annual budget and workplan revisions, and follow-up with Early Warning and Assessments Division for their approval.
Organize and facilitate GEF Project Steering committee (PSC) meetings in collaboration with MoEF and the UNEP Science Division, including the preparation of {SC meeting reports/ minutes.
Coordinate national activities of consultants recruited to prepare both the Mid-Term Review (MTR) and Terminal Evaluation (TE) project reports in collaboration with the GEF Implementing Agency.
Identify any additional partnerships for enhanced project implementation, strengthening sustainability, or its replication, including through new co-financing contributions from international, national or local sources to finance project components of the project as these evolve.

Qualifications/special skills

Advanced university degree (Masters’ or equivalent) in environmental sciences/ engineering, natural resource management, development studies or a related field is required.
A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in national, regional or international environmental projects, with some experience in implementing similar GEF projects in volatile African countries.
Experience with different aspects of project management including development, planning, implementation, evaluation, supervision of environmental experts and donor relations is required.
Experience in collaborating with environmental ministries/ actors and governmental institutions in South Sudan or other developing countries is required.
Demonstrable knowledge of the environmental issues and policies in the Republic of Botswana and South Sudan
Experience and familiarity with UNEPs GEF funded project’s design and implementation modalities in Botswana, South Sudan and other volatile developing countries is highly desirable.
Experience in managing environmental projects located in Botswana, South Sudan or other developing countries regions with challenging, fragile and security situation as South Sudan would be an added advantage.