Technical Advisor REDD+ and Forests

Overview

Provide technical backstopping and manage the implementation, monitoring, and reporting of UNEP and UN-REDD activities in the Asia Pacific region, focusing on REDD+ and scaling up investments.

Tasks Summary

• Provide technical backstopping to UNEP activities in UN-REDD country workplans.
• Manage implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the Social Forestry Initiative, ASEAN component.
• Manage implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the SAFE Initiative.
• Ensure quality assurance in legal agreements with partners and consultants.
• Contribute information on results and progress to UN-REDD and internal reports.
• Review and contribute to meeting reports, communications, and information briefs.
• Provide technical contribution to UN-REDD Outcome 4 execution.
• Conduct comprehensive technical reviews of key documents and initiatives.
• Contribute to advancing the connection between forest enterprises, REDD+ finance, and private sector investment.
• Support knowledge management events with technical input.
• Develop project ideas to transform initiative successes into concrete projects.
• Identify resource mobilization opportunities and present UNEP's strategic added value.
• Expand the network of private sector and investors for scaling-up efforts.
• Strengthen coordination with UNEP regional office and identify collaboration areas.
• Maintain and strengthen partnerships with strategic stakeholders for expansion and improved delivery.

Experience Requirements

• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible working experience in forest finance, climate change, and REDD+ is required.
• Experience of working at country level in the Asia Pacific region is also required.
• Prior working experience in the UN system is desirable.

Qualification Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in natural resources management, forest conservation, climate finance, social sciences, or environmental studies is required.
• A first-level university degree level in the above-mentioned fields, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Other Details

Languages Required: • Fluency in oral and written English is required.

Languages Preferred:

Contract Duration: 12 months

Work Modality: Office-based (Bangkok, Thailand)

Remuneration: