National Agro-Ecological Expert

Employer: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Kathmandu

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Organization: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

Position: National Agro-Ecological Expert- Rangeland

Partner: UNEP

Job categories: Environment

Vacancy code: VA/2020/B5006/20292

Department/office: AR, THOH, Thailand

Duty Station: Kathmandu, Nepal

Contract type: Local ICA Specialist

Contract level: LICA Specialist-10

Duration: 115 working days across 3 years

Application period: 28-Aug-2020 to 10-Sep-2020

Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Background Information – UNOPS

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.
UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

Background Information – Job-specific

The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authoritythat sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental
dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative
advocate for the global environment.

Functional Responsibilities

The National Agro-Ecological Expert-Rangeland (NAE-R) will work under the overall guidance of National Project Director (NPD) and National Project Coordinator (NPC) and under the direct supervision of National Project Manager (NPM). The NAE-R will work closely with the Technical Advisor and team up with other thematic experts to work coherently to achieve the project deliverables as per the specific terms of reference.

Purpose and Scope of Assignment

1. Collate and assess information to identify plant and grass species for Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) interventions in forests and rangelands including i) preferences of indigenous and local communities ii) socio-economic and biodiversity assessments and iii) predicted climate trends. Species that are climate resilient and or useful to local communities will be prioritized.
2. Team up with project thematic consultants and coordinate with DFOs, SWMOs, AKCs and VHLECs from the project districts to design protocols for implementing EbA in rangelands and forests.
3. Undertake field visits, to identify, verify and map the acreage of rangelands, categorise them into healthy and degraded rangelands as per national protocol within the project jurisdiction, prioritize for the restoration of degraded rangelands (at least 450 ha) using appropriate species identified as above.
4. Assess pastoral activities in selected project sites and climate trajectories to develop technical guidelines on managing livestock in the face of climate change (to be shared during the training under output 1.2)
5. Conduct technical training for district line agency representatives (Forest, Livestock, Agricultural, and User Group representatives) on managing livestock in the face of climate change.
6. Provide on the job training (GIS/GPS) to district line agency representatives to capture relevant spatial data on the status of rangeland, forest and water bodies.
7. Undertake other relevant responsibilities for EbA as required by PMU.

Monitoring and Progress Controls

The payments will be made as per the agreement and submission of deliverables defined as quarterly milestones.
Education/Experience/Language requirements

Education

• A bachelor’s degree in combination with 8 years of work experience in the areas of forestry, livestock, rangeland, grassland management, agriculture, environmental science, botany or a related discipline is required. A master’s degree in combination with 5 years or a PhD. in combination with 4 years of relevant work experience in the aforementioned disciplines is highly desirable.

Work Experience

• Prior work experience in high altitude areas comprising of vegetation mapping, habitat, grassland, rangeland, pasture management or related fields is required
• Sound working knowledge of contemporary environmental issues, climate change, land use change, rangeland policy and relevant legislations is preferred.
• Expertise in GPS/GIS handling and ability to work coherently in a team and travel to remote field sites is preferred.

Language

• Fluency in English and Nepali is required

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Last date to apply: 10 September 2020

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