Overview
Provide policy advisory and support to programme delivery, contribute to creating and nurturing strategic partnerships, and facilitate knowledge building and management for and from project implementation.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver programmatic, technical, and policy advisory support.
- Coordinate multi-stakeholder collaboration processes.
- Inform and update UNDP Brazil Country Office, UNDP Global FACS Team, and Swiss Embassy representatives.
- Coordinate delivery of support from UNDP’s Global Food Systems team.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with federal and local public institutions.
- Participate in day-to-day interactions with counterparts and responsible parties.
- Participate actively in multi-stakeholder processes.
- Maintain relationships with key public and private stakeholders.
- Participate and support the organization of Oversight Group meetings.
- Ensure project visibility and collaboration.
- Contribute to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
- Provide support and technical inputs to optimize operational efficiency and strengthen social and environmental impact.
- Travel to Tocantins at least monthly.
- Lead the transition towards Phase IV.
- Support efforts to incorporate GCP into UNDP’s wider portfolio program.
Required Experience
- Applicants with Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field of study are not required to have professional work experience.
- Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) are required to have a minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience in project management, programme/project coordination and monitoring or similar in the area sustainable agriculture.
- Experience working with high-level stakeholders in both the private and public sectors, particularly in the context of agricultural commodity sectors.
- Experience in implementation of traditional people or community-based projects in Brazil.
- Experience with Results-based Management (RBM) tools.
- Experience working with government counterparts.
- Prior experience with the United Nations and other international organisms.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master´s degree or equivalent) in Agriculture, Forestry, Natural Resources Management, International Development, Business, Political Science, Environmental Policy or related fields is required, or
- A first-level University degree (Bachelor´s degree) in the above mentioned areas in combination with 2 years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
