APAN Network Coordinator

Contract

This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

Description of task

Under the direct supervision of the Regional Coordinator, Climate Change Sub-Programme and the overall guidance by the Regional Director, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Act as a Network Coordinator of APAN and coordinate all activities of APAN including supervising contents of APAN Knowledge Portal and regular update.
• Coordination as member secretary to APAN Advisory Group, meetings and activities guided by the Advisory Group
• Develop a two year work plan and coordinate and implement activities benefitting APAN and climate adaptation results for the AP region, and contribute to the outcomes and commitments from the 7th APAN Forum.
• Organize quarterly meeting with organizations made commitments during APAN Forum and review progress of delivery of activities under work plan.
• Support delivery of activities of Global Adaptation Network (GAN) in Asia and the Pacific Region and maintain a close link with GAN Coordinator and other regional networks under GAN.
• Reaching out to other actors and networks in the region to strengthen collaboration on APAN Forum’s four resilience areas and five enablers and expand partnerships for advancing forum outcomes.
• Keeping abreast of adaptation events in the region and exploring opportunities for APAN to connect/support and increase visibility of APAN work on climate change adaptation knowledge.
• Maintain APAN email list-serve including updating contact lists for APAN including a database of adaptation contacts, organizations, companies, and renowned experts along with their areas of expertise.
• Making regular contact with leading adaptation experts including in the private sector, and keeping abreast/discovering what they’re working on, interest and expertise (for potential involvement in projects, publications, sessions, webinars) on climate adaptation and related areas.
• Gathering information on regional adaptation reading to feed into regular APAN reading lists. Develop content in the form of articles, stories, op-eds or other for monthly APAN e-communique and/or newsletters, and APAN websites.
• Supporting and organizing virtual or in-person adaptation events, webinars, seminars or sessions.
• Contribute to the delivery of UNEP’s MTS 2022-25 Programme of Work-related to Climate action, Nature action, and Pollution.
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Educational additional comments

Post-graduate university degree in Climate Change, Environment Studies, Environmental Policy/Law, Natural Resources Management, or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience remark

• At least 5 years of professional work experience at the national and/or international level in climate change adaptation or other closely relevant programmes. Working experience with the national government in Asia and the Pacific region will be an asset. Previous experience working in the UN or other international development organization is also desirable.
• Experience in programme management in developing countries is desirable.

Language skills

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Competencies values

Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Working in Teams

Application procedure

• Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply. * Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply. Application deadline: 2nd August 2021