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• Technically support the formulation of
  strategies and implementation of the UN-REDD Programme Action plan;
• In charge of the collection, analysis and
  presentation of background information for preparation of the national
  REDD+ strategy;
• Responsible for the development and collation
  of background information for formulation of draft project documents &
  policy briefs, work plans, and budgets.

• Support the UN REDD International Technical
  Specialist, National REDD+ Secretariat and report to UNDP CO, Regional
  UNDP UN-REDD and National REDD+ Secretariat among others;
• In charge of the provision of guidance to the
  partners on routine implementation of projects including their reporting;
• Render support in the development of annual
  and quarterly work plans and reports for participating UN agencies;
• In charge of organizing substantive
  contributions to a high level policy dialogue on development of a National
  REDD+ Strategy;
• Support the REDD+ Secretariat and in particular
  the UN-REDD International Technical Specialist in coordinating and
  supervising activities of national and international experts /consultants
  to secure timely production of planned outputs and the review of these
  outputs;
• Support the REDD+ Secretariat to coordinate
  and liaise with stakeholders – including line ministries, development
  partners, civil society, indigenous peoples and the private sector;
• Support REDD+ Secretariat in ensuring
  coordination with other REDD+ initiatives;
• Assist REDD+ Secretariat in strengthening
  communication between different government agencies, national and
  international initiatives and stakeholders.

• Assist knowledge sharing on REDD+ by
  documenting lessons learnt and best practices from the UN-REDD
  Programmatic Support and contributing to the development of knowledge
  based tools (including policies, strategies, guidelines, etc.);
• Render support in the coordination of
  institutional capacity assessments of relevant national and subnational
  entities along the REDD+ supply chain;
• Assist in identification of technical
  expertise and lead on the preparation of TORs, identification and
  evaluation of experts, and reviewing reports produced; and support to
  UNFCCC negotiations relating to REDD+.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN
  REDD National Technical Advisor career opportunity should preferably hold
  a Master’s degree or higher in Management, Environmental Science, Natural
  Resource Management, Environmental Economics, Geography or Social
  Sciences, Forestry or similar.
• A minimum of five years’ experience on REDD+,
  conservation, resource management, forest economic policy and community
  development livelihoods, with experience in Uganda or East Africa
  preferable;
• Previous exposure and experience of working
  in multinational teams to implement programmes involving different funding
  and implementing agencies;
• Prior experience of implementing programmes
  across the UN agencies and across Government are definite advantages;
• Previous experience of REDD+ developments at
  international, national and local levels;
• Working knowledge on the UNFCCC negotiations,
  COP-decisions related to REDD and guidelines for national systems in the
  context of REDD+, as well as national and international best practices
  within REDD+ and other natural resource management initiatives.
• Language and IT Skills: Excellent written and fluent spoken
  English

• Promoting Ethics and Integrity / Creating
  Organizational Precedents;
• Building support and political acumen;
• Building staff competence,  Creating an environment of creativity
  and innovation;
• Building and promoting effective teams;
• Creating and promoting enabling environment
  for open communication;
• Creating an emotionally intelligent
  organization;
• Leveraging conflict & setting standards;
• Sharing knowledge across the organization and
  building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning;
• Fair and transparent decision making;
  calculated risk-taking.

• Advocacy / Advancing Policy Oriented Agenda:
  analysis and creation of messages and strategies;
• Creates effective advocacy strategies;
• Contributes to the elaboration of advocacy
  strategies by identifying and prioritizing audiences and communication
  means;
• Performs analysis of political situations and
  scenarios, and contributes to the formulation of institutional responses;
• Uses the opportunity to bring forward and
  disseminate materials for advocacy work.
• Development and Operational Effectiveness:
• Ability to lead strategic planning, change
  processes, results-based management and reporting
• Ability to lead formulation, oversight of
  implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects
• Ability to apply development theory to the
  specific project context to identify creative, practical approaches to
  overcome challenging situations
• Ability to manage for results: translates
  strategic aims into achievable plans, with established priorities,
  monitors them, making periodic adjustments as required.

• Builds strong relationships with clients,
  focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to
  feedback
• Consistently approaches work with energy and
  a positive, constructive attitude
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability
  to manage complexities
• Ability to lead effectively, mentoring as
  well as conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrates outstanding communication skills
  oral and written communication skills
• Negotiation skills: capacity to work with diverse
  partners including Government, donors and civil society;
• Remains calm, in control and good humoured
  even under pressure
• Proven networking, team-building, organizational
  and communication skills

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