Overview
Lead the overall implementation of the FACE-NDC project, providing strategic direction, technical advice, and quality assurance to the Project Management Unit, consortium partners, and implementing partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the overall implementation of the FACE-NDC project, provide strategic direction, technical advice and quality assurance to the Project Management Unit PMU, consortium partners and implementing partners.
- Establish and maintain an effective consortium coordination framework: agreed governance calendar, clear division of roles and accountabilities across FAO, UNITAR, UNESCO, academic partners and government counterparts, regular coordination meetings with minutes and tracked actions, and a functioning escalation path for bottlenecks.
- Coordinate planning and delivery across the nine Work Packages: lead the formulation and periodic updating of a harmonized project-wide Annual Work Plan and Budget, ensuring inter-WP dependencies are explicitly sequenced, and oversee its implementation and reporting.
- Ensure the project’s core methodological disciplines are applied across all Work Packages: activities preceded by structured gap and needs diagnostics, behavioural science integrated at design stage, gender-responsive delivery, and non-duplication with partner initiatives.
- Oversee the project-wide monitoring, evaluation and learning system with the M&E specialist: consolidate WP-level data into project indicators and milestones; ensure the IKI impact data chain is operational, credible and reported on schedule; and prepare the project for mid-term and final evaluations.
- Lead the preparation and timely submission of high-quality progress and financial reports to BMWK/IKI and FAO, including annual IKI reports, and respond to donor queries and monitoring missions.
- Service the project governance bodies: organize and facilitate Project Steering Committee and Project Advisory Committee meetings, prepare decision-ready documentation, record decisions and track follow-up.
- Support operational processing for project implementation, including Letters of Agreement, Memorandum of Understandings and other sub-contracts with consortium and implementing partners, and monitor their execution.
- Establish and maintain strong collaboration with government departments (Ministry of Green Economy and Environment, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry Department, TEVETA and others), donors, academia, civil society and the private sector.
- Coordinate and supervise the PMU team with the national PMU coordinator: facilitate formulation of annual work and performance plans, monitor implementation, provide timely feedback, and contribute to performance evaluations, in support of the FAO Representative.
- Advise on and oversee implementation of the project communication and visibility plan in line with IKI visibility requirements, raising the profile of project interventions and results.
- Identify implementation risks (including safeguards, fiduciary and reputational risks) early; maintain and update the project risk register; and propose and follow through on mitigation measures.
- Promote knowledge management and cross-WP learning: capture lessons, ensure they feed back into planning cycles, and position FACE-NDC results in national and international ACE/NDC fora.
- Carry out any other relevant tasks as may be assigned by the FAO Representative or the LTO.
Required Experience
At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in the management and coordination of complex, multi-partner development or climate programmes, including field-level leadership responsibilities.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree from an institution recognized by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/UNESCO in agriculture, forestry, natural resources management, environmental or climate sciences, education, development studies or a closely related field. Consultants with a bachelor's degree need two additional years of relevant professional experience.
