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UNDP Indonesia's mission is to be an agent for change in the human and social development of Indonesia. We aim to be a bridge between Indonesia and all donors as well as a trusted partner to all stakeholders. We work in four key areas of development: Governance Reforms, Pro-Poor Policy Reforms, Conflict Prevention and Recovery, and Environment Management, with the overarching aim of reducing poverty in Indonesia. Besides the four priority areas, UNDP Indonesia is also engaged in a variety of crosscutting initiatives focused on HIV/AIDS, gender equality, and information and technology for development.”
National governments have demonstrated their clear commitment to fulfilling their biodiversity conservation mandates in ways that promote national socio-economic development goals. Given the many pressing development priorities that governments face, this requires finding innovative sources of funding for biodiversity & ecosystem management that can be sustained over the long term. Countries need to drastically scale up their efforts in securing resources if they are to achieve the 20 Aichi Targets defined in the Convention for Biological Diversity’s Strategic Plan for 2011-2020. There is a growing understanding that detailed national-level finance assessments are required to provide more robust information on the biodiversity finance gap. In this context, the European Union & the Federal Ministry of Environment of Germany are providing resources for a global project called ‘Building Transformative Policy & Financing Frameworks to Increase Investment in Biodiversity Management’ (BIOFIN) that provides countries with a methodology for:
1. Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services in sectoral & development policy, planning & budgeting: Component 1 will enable participating countries to analyze current policies, institutions & expenditures that affect biodiversity & ecosystem services both positively & negatively, in order to evaluate their impact & effectiveness, & to understand key opportunities for mainstreaming, for example, the removal of perverse incentives. Decades of development experience have taught us that it is important to mainstream biodiversity into national development plans, as well as into the policy, planning & financing frameworks of other key sectors. This component takes this process a step further by providing a workbook to tool that enables an analysis of the specific threats posed by sectors to biodiversity; as well as the quantified benefits that ecosystems provide to these sectors & society in general as a basis for making the case for & initiating a transition from a business-as-usual scenario to a sustainable ecosystem management scenario in these sectors (which will in turn have a bearing on the costs of addressing biodiversity loss). It also lays the groundwork for an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of current expenditure & recommendations to improve this.
2. Assessing the financing & governance needs for the management & conservation of biodiversity & ecosystem services: Component 2 involves an evaluation of the existing investment in biodiversity management across all sectors of government that impact or depend upon biodiversity & ecosystems, as well as the private sector. It will develop & pilot a workbook tool that enables countries to find answers to several fundamental questions in this regard, including: (a) what are the cost coefficients for the delivery of basic biodiversity management functions against which cost-effectiveness can be assessed? What opportunities & barriers exist to improved cost-effectiveness? (b) How much would it cost to remove the above barriers? What other options are available? What are the costs of inaction? (c) What financing is hence required at a national level to meet national targets set in terms of the global biodiversity targets adopted under the new CBD Strategic Plan for the period 2011-2020? To address these questions in a comprehensive & rigorous manner, costed action plans will be developed for addressing the gaps & barriers, building on the pilot countries' development of their new NBSAPs, & providing useful data for use in the context of the CBD’s Resource Mobilization Strategy.
3. Identify, access, combine & sequence different sources of funds to meet biodiversity-financing needs: Once the costs of biodiversity management have been projected, the revenue side of the funding equation will need to be addressed. A third workbook tool will be used to support countries to identify, access, combine & sequence sources of funds, domestic & international, public & private, to meet their biodiversity financing needs. A large number of potential financing instruments exist, including innovative financing & market mechanisms, such as carbon markets, biodiversity offsets & payments for ecosystem services, including sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources. The workbook will enable an assessment of the suitability of different funding options, & enable the development of specific strategies for each pilot country to tap into these sources. Particular attention will be paid to the potential risks & barriers related to the implementation of innovative financing instruments, given country-specific circumstances, ways & means to overcome these barriers when possible, & the potential need for environmental & social safeguards.
4. Initiate implementation of the resource mobilization strategy at national level: This additional component provides an optional extra in the context of the BIOFIN project as a whole. Where resources are available to support this, countries will undertake an additional component of work that involves to map out a concrete framework of steps to implement the BIOFIN assessment results. This will be based on analysis of the process and policies needed to incentivize the necessary expenditures to be realized. These could range from laws and regulations, taxes and fees, identification of legal thresholds, removal of perverse incentives, detailed feasibility study and implementation plan for a new financial mechanism, certification processes, public-private-partnerships, voluntary agreements, awareness raising campaigns, behaviour change through education and training measures etc. Based on the type and amount of expenditures identified as necessary and the national context, relevant elements will be identified and developed for the particular national circumstances in terms of existing policies and regulations.
Through implementation of the BIOFIN project, countries seek to transform national biodiversity finance by mobilizing innovative finance mechanisms that will allow countries to implement their NBSAP & achieve the Aichi Targets. Specifically, the BIOFIN project components will feed directly into national NBSAP projects, while the NBSAP projects in turn will provide the platforms through which the initiative’s results (on mainstreaming, national finance needs assessments & national resource mobilization plans) are integrated into decision-making processes.
Indonesia has been selected as one of the pilot countries for this initiative. Further pilot countries include: Argentina, Ecuador, Seychelles, Malaysia, Uganda, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Peru, Botswana & Philippines [take out country name mentioned above]. The project will be managed by UNDP through its Global Ecosystems & Biodiversity Programme. It will run for three years from November 2012 until October 2015, from UNDP’s Regional Centre in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Manage and supervise the project team to ensure effective implementation and achievement of results:
- Managing and coordinating the day-to-day project activities.
- Supervise and coordinate the production of project outputs including the Project Consultants.
- Supervise project personnel in conducting administrative and logistical functions and ensure timely and effective implementation of project activities
- Ensure that the project complies with the policies of the United Nations, in terms of regulations, procedures, reporting requirements and ethical standards.
- Ensures effective monitoring of project performance, and the preparation of high quality and results oriented progress reports.
2. Ensure effective planning, budgeting, and implementation of the project
- Prepare a detailed annual workplan for the project activities to be carried out, in close consultation with the UNDP CO, BIOFIN team, and the National Steering Committee (NSC).
- Provision of all project Monitoring & Evaluation reporting, including progress reports, project accounts and budgets, Project Annual Work Plans (AWP), Terms of Reference (TORs), etc. as required by the Government, UNDP, and donors.
- Prepare and submit quarterly, annual and terminal reports of the Project to the NSC and UNDP CO.
- Participate in the preparation of TORs and organize interviews for selection of candidates for consultants and sub-contractors.
- To ensure achievement of the overall objectives and specific outputs of the Project, by utilizing the project financial resources in an efficient, effective and transparent manner
- Keep regular monitoring of the progress of the project in coordination with BIOFIN Global Team and take corrective actions to ensure that the project is achieving expected outputs within the given timeframe and budget
- Be responsible for managing the finances of the project following the regulations of UNDP and approve the administrative and financial reports, external communications and monitor the travel authorization procedures, staffing, equipment purchases, goods and services of all partners and members participating in the project.
- Control costs, the budget balance and ensure compliance with the commitments made in the project budget.
- Assume overall responsibility for financial meetings, deliver the objectives set out in annual work plans, reporting on project funds and related record keeping.
3. Create and nurture strategic partnerships and support to the implementation of resource mobilization
- Organize and facilitate the NSC and technical meetings and any other meetings with Government counterparts, donor agencies, private sector, NGOs and other stakeholders.
- Ensure a close working relationship between UNDP, the executing agency and other parties involved in project implementation.
- Foster and establish links with related national and global projects.
- Identify long-term sources of funding and establish linkages with International Financial Institutions
- Ensure that the project is implemented with the full participation of relevant national and local institutions.
- Know the administrative procedures established by UNDP and ensure their proper implementation by both the executing agency and the implementation of activities performed by other project partners receiving resources from the project.
- Ensure the correct use of the logos of UNDP, the executing agency and other donors in accordance with the instructions contained in the PRODOC or in other applicable documents.
4. Facilitate knowledge building and management for and from the project implementation
- Organise training activities related to individual project components
- Organise national workshops under the project, including agendas, resource persons and participants
- Ensure the publication and dissemination of the reports identified as project outputs
- The responsibility may also include overseeing the creation of an information exchange system to facilitate information dissemination at the national, regional and international level.
Key outputs:
• National Steering Committee formed & operational.
• All consultants & team members recruited & deliver to schedule.
• Detailed BIOFIN Work Plan agreed by all major partners.
• Lines of communication & working methods agreed & functional.
• BIOFIN assessment to identify costs of implementing Aichi Targets nationally conducted, using BIOFIN methodology part I-III.
• Reporting & updates provided to UNDP, government, etc.
• National Steering Committee meetings & stakeholder workshops organized.
• Technical support provided to national BIOFIN team.
Core Competencies:
- Promoting ethics and integrity, creating organizational precedents
- Building support and political acumen
- Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation
- Building and promoting effective teams
- Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication
- Creating an emotionally intelligent organization
- Leveraging conflict in the interests of UNDP & setting standards
- Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning. Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member.
- Fair and transparent decision making; calculated risk-taking
Functional Competencies:
Advocacy/Advancing A Policy-Oriented Agenda
Level 2: Analysis and creation of messages and strategies
- Creates effective advocacy strategies
- Performs analysis of political situations and scenarios, and contributes to the formulation of institutional responses
Results-Based Programme Development and Management
Level 1.1: Contributing to results through provision of information
- Provides information for linkages across programme activities to help identify critical points of integration
- Provides information and documentation on specific stages of projects/programme implementation
- Provides background information to identify opportunities for project development and helps drafting proposals
- Participates in the formulation of project proposals
Building Strategic Partnerships
Level 2: Identifying and building partnerships
- Effectively networks with partners seizing opportunities to build strategic alliances relevant to UNDP’s mandate and strategic agenda
- Identifies needs and interventions for capacity building of counterparts, clients and potential partners
- Promotes UNDP’s agenda in inter-agency meetings
Innovation and Marketing New Approaches
Level 2: Developing new approaches
- Seeks a broad range of perspectives in developing project proposals
- Identifies new approaches and promotes their use in other situations
- Creates an environment that fosters innovation and innovative thinking
- Makes the case for innovative ideas from the team with own supervisor
Resource Mobilization
Level 2: Implementing resource mobilization strategies
- Analyzes information on potential bilateral donors and national counterparts to recommend a strategic approach
- Identifies and compiles lessons learned
- Develops a resource mobilization strategy at the country level
Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing
Level 2: Developing tools and mechanisms
- Makes the case for innovative ideas documenting successes and building them into the design of new approaches
- Identifies new approaches and strategies that promote the use of tools and mechanisms
Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise
Level 2: In-depth knowledge of the subject-matter
- Understands more advanced aspects of primary area of specialization as well as the fundamental concepts of related disciplines
- Keeps abreast of new developments in area of professional discipline and job knowledge and seeks to develop him/herself professionally
- Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments
- Demonstrates comprehensive understanding and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and utilizes these regularly in work assignments
Global Leadership and Advocacy for UNDP’s Goals
Level 2: Analysis and creation of messages and strategies
- Performed analysis of political situations and scenarios, and contributes to the formulation of institutional responses
- Uses the opportunity to bring forward and disseminate materials for global advocacy work and adapts it for use at country level
Client Orientation
Level 2: Contributing to positive outcomes for the client
- Anticipates client needs
- Works towards creating an enabling environment for a smooth relationship between the clients and service provider
- Demonstrates understanding of client’s perspective
- Solicits feedback on service provision and quality
Recruitment Qualifications
Education:* Master degree in management, administration, economics, environment or a closely related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.
Experience:* A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in the field of project management and or development project. Experience in the implementation of projects, Green Economy and understanding biodiversity and finance would be a plus.
Language Requirements: • Fluency in written and spoken English is an absolute necessity;
• Fluency in written and spoken Bahasa Indonesia is required.
Other Requirements: • Demonstrated successful leadership in the design and execution of projects related to the field of climate change.
• Good understanding of the national environment/development issues as well as national obligations towards the UNFCCC with an institutional development experiences, a plus.
• Familiarity with resource mobilization strategy development, preferable.
• Familiarity with sustainable financing of biodiversity, preferable.
• Substantial experience in Government and in inter-departmental procedures.
• Strong knowledge of Government policies and strategies.
• Demonstrated strong leadership and partnership.
• Demonstrated ability to liaise and foster cooperation between agencies, including Government, private sector participants, NGOs and other stakeholders.
• Familiarity with computers and word processing.
• Excellent communication (Written and Oral) Skills.
• Appropriate experience working with government, structures at local levels, and working with NGOs and private sector.
• Excellent inter-personal skills as well as working well within a team environment.
• Familiar with Government and UNDP procedures.
UNDP Indonesia reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP Indonesia at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and education requirements.
ATLAS POSITION NO. 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.View the original article here
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