International Forest Resilience and CC Mitigation Specialist (Restoration)

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Organizational Setting

FAO has a representation office in Armenia accredited with the Government of Armenia and responsible for the planning, implementation and monitoring of the country programme as well in close consultation with the respective technical support from the Regional Office or Headquarter units. The FAOR also monitors the policy developments in the Armenia related to the agrifood system sector in close collaboration with the other national and international stakeholders including the United Nations Country Team (UNCT).

A new project funded by the Green Climate Fund “Forest resilience in Armenia enhancing the adaptation and rural green growth via mitigation” has been approved and started in December 2021. The total funding including co-financing is USD18.7 million.

The FAO representation office in Armenia (FAO Armenia) and the Environmental Project Implementation Unit (EPIU) are the Executing Entities (EEs) of the project. FAO will be responsible for the overall implementation of the project and also supervise the work of the EPIU of the Ministry of Environment of Armenia. The project is co-financed by the Government of Armenia, Austrian Development Agency (ADA), Autonomous Province of Bolzano, WWF Armenia and FAO.

The position is based in FAO office in Yerevan, with local travel to the project sites (Lori and Syunik Marzes) and other areas relevant to the project.

Reporting Lines

Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Armenia, the Specialist reports to the Project Lead Technical Officer (LTO).

Technical Focus

The incumbent will be responsible for smooth technical implementation and execution of activities in the target project areas of Lori and Syunik in relation to forest restoration interventions (component 1) as well as to creating the enabling conditions to execute the Armenia Forest Code (2005) and enhancing the capacity of rural communities to engage in forest governance (component 3). The incumbent will work in close collaboration with the co-Executing Entity and project beneficiaries.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Contribute to the preparation and revision of Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP/B) in close cooperation with the National Project Coordinator (NPC) and EPIU; and drafting TORs for relevant technical activities under component 1 and 3; • Ensure technical experts from national stakeholders fully understand their roles and their tasks, and provide guidance to deliver quality results of their assignments; • Oversee day-to-day on-site technical implementation of the below listed project activities in line with the AWP/B and in coordination with EPIU. This includes: • Preparation work on selected State forest fund and municipality lands for forest and agroforestry investments following sustainable and climate adaptive approaches and practices; • Planting and maintenance work on selected State forest fund and municipality lands for forest and agroforestry investments following sustainable and climate adaptive approaches and practices; • Capacity development of people from Hayantar, Armenian Civil Society, Academia, Vocational Schools teachers and private sector in sustainable and climate adaptive silviculture; • Institutional and community support in applying climate adaptive forest governance guidelines; • Assessment of areas and impact of forest interventions; • Community empowerment, awareness and sensitization on climate adaptive silviculture and climate change mainstreaming; • Contribute to the preparation and implementation of project communication and knowledge management activities; • Provide technical guidance to relevant government agencies, project co-financers and co-Executing Entities; • Facilitate and strengthen technical collaboration between national project’s stakeholders and regional/international partners to ensure smooth implementation and delivery of project’s activities; • Regularly promote the project approach and its technical outputs and findings on a national, and where appropriate, regional stage.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• University degree in natural resources management or related fields; • At least three years of experience in the project/programme implementation in the natural resources management sector; • Working knowledge of English (Level C) and limited knowledge of one of the other FAO languages (level B). For PSA, working knowledge of English would be sufficient. Russian language skills will be an advantage.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus • Teamwork • Communication • Building Effective Relationships • Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/ Functional Skills

• Experience with methods and techniques in relation to forest and landscape restoration, in particular planting on difficult sites (topography, climate etc.); • Demonstrated ability to adopt new ideas; • Demonstrated commitment to participatory and bottom-up approaches; • Demonstrated ability to communicate, including advocating to government agencies;

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