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Under the overall supervision of the Senior Technical Advisor for Biodiversity Finance, the Global Programme Management Advisor will lead the GEF-funded Program for National Biodiversity Finance Plans to support countries developing the necessary diagnostics that will support the design and development of a national biodiversity finance plan. Working in collaboration with UNDP’s BIOFIN team, the CBD Secretariat, and the GEF Secretariat, this global project aims to support a transformative process for biodiversity finance in all participating GEF-eligible countries. The project, which is typically coordinated through Ministries of Finance and Environment, supports countries in developing baseline diagnostics, increasing capacity, strengthening institutional arrangements for biodiversity finance, and prepare a finance plan to mobilize resources at scale to implement the GBF.
Duties and Responsibilities of Global Programme
Lead and provide technical oversight and quality assurance for project management
- Lead the project at a global scale, working to maximise and showcase impacts and to strengthen relationships with stakeholders at all levels;
- Ensure the management and administrative requirements (technical, financial, communications, audits, evaluations, etc.) of the GEF are met;
- Establish and convene meetings of the Global Project Board;
- Manage and monitor risks and issues, submitting newly identified ones to the Project Board for consideration and decision if required;
- Ensure technical excellence of implementation/outcomes and outputs/products by providing inputs to, and critically reviewing these;
- Contribute to efforts advancing the Nature Pledge in implementing countries.
- Lead the design and put in place quality control mechanisms, including coordination of contributions from relevant responsible parties to ensure highest quality of project outputs, products, publications, and policy discussion papers and briefs before review.
- Provide technical guidance, input, and support to the project team. Ensure coordination between UNDP and all stakeholders to ensure that financial and operational procedures of the Programme are in line with UNDP rules and regulations.
Lead Knowledge Management and Capacity Building
- Ensure all components of the project are implemented in a balanced manner, and in particular, coordinate activities related to the Global Knowledge Platform in close collaboration with UNDP’s team working on biodiversity finance, particularly with the BIOFIN Global team;
- Ensure alignment of national work with global methodologies such as UNDP’s BIOFIN workbook on biodiversity finance and others;
- Liase with UNDP staff and partner organizations to feed lessons learned from the project implementation, in particular the global BIOFIN team;
- Lead the organization of regional and global experience sharing events as outlined in the Project Document.
- Liaise with relevant initiatives and programs in UNDP and other organizations in support of the execution of the project, including BIOFIN, the GEF 7 Early Action Support Programme,the Nature Facility, TNC, TNFD, UNDP INFF, OECD and UNEP FI.
- Liaise with other relevant UNDP staff including in-country colleagues regarding the project, including to share information about trends and issues in the thematic area.
- Synthesize learning from national implementation through web articles, blogs, webinars, regional and global conferences.
- Represent the project in relevant global events and international for a as well as in country events.
Manage and supervise the project team -Supervision of Global Project Management and Technical Support Unit (GPMTSU)
- Supervise any additional contractors as necessary;
- Organize periodic team calls;
- Ensure performance and other evaluations are completed by established corporate deadlines;
- Contribute to a positive team atmosphere including by delineating specific workflows of team members, identifying and addressing any potential points of conflict and organise team building activities;
- Liaise with the Senior Management of the Nature Hub on a periodic basis;
- Liaise with UNDP Regional Hubs on a regular basis;
- Ensure regular communication flows with country offices are in place, including through a quarterly update message.
Provide strategic technical direction and guidance
- Identify and source necessary technical expertise and support, and oversee the recruitment of international consultants and service providers, ensure necessary training and ongoing capacity building are carried out;
- Provide strategic guidance and technical oversight to support all countries, reviewing on a regular basis progress reports, deliverables, disbursements and budgets to ensure implementation is on track, and troubleshooting and adapting management as required.
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Required skills
- Experience in biodiversity finance-related global or regional projects and initiatives
- Experience in the development of knowledge and exchange materials and platforms;
- Experience in managing large teams
- Experience in reviewing technical products from countries related to biodiversity finance
Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section
- Prior experience in biodiversity finance methodologies including estimating finance needs, biodiversity expenditures and developing finance solutons or biodiversity is preferred.
- Experience in developing and managing technical and expert reviews of national plans and reports is highly desirable;
- Significant international and developing country experience is an asset
- Experience and knowledge on the biodiversity resource mobilisaton work under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an advantage
- Experience with UNDP policies, procedures, and practices particularly in relation to project development and implementation is an asset
Required Language (s):
- Fluency in in English is required.
- Knowledge of Spanish, French, Arabic or Russian is an advantage.
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