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International Consultants (Natural Resource Management & Sustainable Forest Management Specialist) at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Posted on Fri 16th Oct, 2015 - hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)


United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) helps developing countries attract and use aid effectively. In all our activities, we encourage the protection of human rights, capacity development and the empowerment of women.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: International Consultant - Assessment of Legal, Policy, and Regulatory Enabling Environment On Integrated Analyses for a REDD+ Strategy in Nigeria, with focus on Cross River State

Location:
Abuja

Duties and Responsibilities

  • To identify issues and opportunities for investment in the forest and natural resource sector - including agriculture and agroforestry (crops and NTFPs), energy, and mining/quarrying, and roads - from landscape and ecosystem services perspective. This will include identifying emerging trends and potentially serious threats to forest cover;
  • To assess the technical feasibility, risks, and the potential and/or actual impact of existing or proposed opportunities (interventions or options) on the resource base, especially with respect to sustainability, stability, productivity, and livelihoods;
  • To document the previous, on-going and planned activities in sustainable forest management with relevance to REDD+ implementation in Nigeria. Thus the purpose of this is to bring together as much of these sustainable forest initiatives as possible and in so doing assemble a clearer picture of those initiatives in terms of their activity types, activity locations, implementing institutions, activity durations, implementation methods and benefits and indicate those that could support REDD+ delivery.
The Natural Resource Specialists Will Carry Out The Following Tasks:
  • Review and assess information, literature and studies in the forest and natural resource sector - including agriculture and agroforestry, energy, and mining/quarrying, and infrastructure (roads) sectors to outline sources of emissions coming from these sectors.This will include reviewing recent and past efforts to identify drivers of deforestation and forest degradation;
  • Identify issues requiring attention for inclusion in the issues and options paper, gaps to be filled, and key investment opportunities from a landscape and ecosystem services perspective. The report should draw from prior analyses, including the Drivers Study, the National Communications, and other studies noted in Annex B. Identify and - to the degree possible - fill any gaps in forest, carbon, resource, and/or land use information relevant to the development of a REDD+ strategy for Cross River State.Identify the follow-up analysis needed;
  • Prepare a comprehensive Technical Report on Landscape/Ecosystem approach (including agriculture and agroforestry (crops and NTFPs), energy, mining/quarrying, and infrastructure) for inclusion in the national Issues and Options section of the report and CRS REDD+ strategy; and
  • Assess the technical feasibility, risks, and the potential and/or actual impact of existing or proposed opportunities (interventions or options) on the resource base, especially with respect to sustainability, stability, productivity, and livelihoods. Provide analyses on specific issues, e.g. banana farming, oil palm, cocoa, quarrying/mining, logging, road infrastructure, etc. and how to address them.
In line with points 1-4 above:
  • Review and document relevant information on previous, on-going and planned sustainable forest management related REDD+ initiatives in CRS;
  • Identify and analyse the ongoing and planned activities in terms of complimenting REDD+ implementation in CRS;
  • Identify with further analysis the possible gaps and challenges to be addressed if any, with a view to further improving the effectiveness of these initiatives for delivery of REDD+;
  • Recommend approaches that would facilitate up-scaling of such initiatives in a coordinated manner in order to contribute to the objective of REDD+ in CRS/Nigeria;
  • Synthesize the results from works above and make recommendations in key areas of improvements including the efforts already made or being undertaken by the initiatives themselves and identify those to be considered for the delivery of REDD+;
  • Review and document relevant information on previous, on-going and planned sustainable forest management related REDD+ initiatives in CRS;
  • Identify and analyse the ongoing and planned activities in terms of complimenting REDD+ implementation in CRS;
  • Identify with further analysis the possible gaps and challenges to be addressed if any, with a view to further improving the effectiveness of these initiatives for delivery of REDD+;
  • Recommend approaches that would facilitate up-scaling of such initiatives in a coordinated manner in order to contribute to the objective of REDD+ in CRS/Nigeria;
  • Synthesize the results from works above and make recommendations in key areas of improvements including the efforts already made or being undertaken by the initiatives themselves and identify those to be considered for the delivery of REDD+.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
  • Advanced Degree in Agriculture, Forestry, or other relevant Natural Resource Management-related subject.
Experience:
  • At least 10 years of demonstrated experience and strong knowledge in REDD+ and related areas, such as general forest management, incentive and benefit sharing models;
  • Experience in the designing benefit sharing models in programmes and projects, preferably in the climate change/forestry area.
Competencies:
  • Broad knowledge of climate change mitigation and/or adaptation in Nigeria;
  • Broad knowledge of political and economic development in Nigeria and how REDD+ fits in with that;
  • Excellent organizational skills;
  • Excellent writing skills;
  • Good interpersonal skills;
  • Ability to work in a multicultural environment;
  • Excellent Team building skills.
Language:
  • Fluent in English.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

  

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