Overview
The Project Analyst (Project Management) is responsible for the overall management, coordination, and implementation of the FOLHA project, ensuring its alignment with UNDP’s strategic objectives and Brazil’s climate and forest policies.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the overall implementation of the FOLHA project, ensuring timely delivery of outputs and full compliance with UNDP rules, procedures, and donor requirements.
- Supervise and manage the project team, including the Project Assistant and technical advisors/consultants.
- Lead project planning and implementation, including the preparation and updating of annual work plans, procurement plans, and risk management strategies.
- Monitor project progress against indicators and targets, tracking delivery, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing adaptive management measures.
- Oversee financial and operational management, including budget execution, delivery rates, procurement processes, and contract management.
- Prepare and consolidate project progress reports (quarterly, annual, and ad hoc).
- Maintain effective communication with stakeholders and donors.
- Provide strategic and technical guidance on jurisdictional REDD+, ensuring alignment with national policies and international standards.
- Supervise the preparation of key technical documents, including TREES Registration Document (TRD), TREES Monitoring Report (TMR), and State Safeguards Information Summary.
- Ensure safeguards and benefit-sharing arrangements are designed and implemented in accordance with ART/TREES requirements and national regulations.
- Provide quality assurance of all technical outputs.
- Supervise technical consultants and specialists.
- Maintain and strengthen strategic partnerships with federal and state governments, civil society organizations, IPLCs, and private sector actors.
- Coordinate engagement with key stakeholders.
- Participate in technical meetings, steering committees, and working groups related to REDD+ and carbon markets.
- Identify resource mobilization opportunities and contribute to scaling up FOLHA’s impact.
- Coordinate the design and implementation of capacity-building activities for state government officials, governance bodies, and other stakeholders.
- Facilitate cross-state learning and exchange of experiences among Amazonian states.
- Document and disseminate lessons learned, best practices, and case studies.
- Ensure alignment of FOLHA with the UNDP Climate Hub’s global strategies and the High-Integrity Carbon Markets Initiative.
- Coordinate with the Subnational Forest Finance Specialist and other thematic teams.
- Ensure clear and effective communication and facilitate flows between the Brazil Country Office, the Climate Hub (HQ), and BPPS.
- Perform other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Project.
Required Experience
- Minimum 2 years (with master’s degree) or 4 years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience at the national or international level in project management, with a focus on climate change, forests, REDD+, or carbon markets.
- Proven experience in managing complex programmes and projects, including financial oversight, team coordination, and donor reporting.
- At least 2 years of professional experience working with federal and/or state government institutions in Brazil, including engagement with subnational governments.
- At least 2 years of professional experience in REDD+ and jurisdictional approaches, and/or climate policies.
- Strong experience in environmental public policies and forest governance frameworks in Brazil.
- Proven experience in multi-level governance and institutional coordination, including engagement with public institutions, civil society, and other stakeholders.
- Experience in results-based payment mechanisms and/or performance-based finance.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Environmental Science, Forestry, Climate Policy, Economics, International Development, Public Administration, or related field is required, or A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
