Programme Assistant – Technical Coordination

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

UNEP is the leading global environmental authority that 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.

The overall objective of the UNEP's Ecosystems Division is to support countries in conserving, restoring, and sustainably managing their terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems, the biodiversity they contain, and the products and services they provide for human wellbeing and prosperity. It addresses the environmental causes and consequences of disasters and conflicts. It helps countries reduce pollution from land-based activities, increase resilience to climate change and reflect linkages between poverty and the environment in their development planning.

The Nairobi Convention Secretariat is the Regional Seas Convention for the Western Indian Ocean region and administered by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) within the Ecosystems Division. The Secretariat is responsible for the coordination, development, and implementation of the Nairobi Convention’s Programme of Work.

The position is located in the Nairobi Convention Secretariat. The national UNV will provide technical support in the implementation of the project ‘Go Blue Result Area 2 – “Connecting People, Cities, and the Ocean: Innovative Land-Sea Planning and Management for a Sustainable and Resilient Kenyan Coast”.

Under the overall supervision of the Head of Nairobi Convention, the national UNV will undertake the following tasks:

· Providing technical support in tasks related to ‘Go Blue Result Area 2 – “Connecting People, Cities, and the Ocean: Innovative Land-Sea Planning and Management for a Sustainable and Resilient Kenyan Coast” focusing broadly focusing broadly on demonstration projects support, development of project Guidelines and other regional frameworks, · Contribute to preparation of briefing notes, concept notes, and presentations on the Go-Blue project in synergy with related projects of the Convention, · Assist to prepare legal agreements such as Small Scale Funding Agreements (SSFA) and Project Cooperation Agreements (PCA) with partners for implementation of project activities and processing through the UN Environment Partnership Portal, · Support organization of meetings and contribute to preparation of meeting agendas, meeting concept notes, identifying participants, preparation of background and working documents, meeting reports and where appropriate, handling logistics and preparing mission reports, · Create and maintain an experts and institutional database of partners implementing interventions related to the Go-Blue project, · Upload project data into the Nairobi Convention clearinghouse mechanism, undertake data analysis and trends, visualization of scenarios, and identify emerging issues, · Draft and/or contributing to quarterly, mid-year, and annual reporting on the progress in implementation of the Go-Blue project, · Represent the Project at various partners’ meeting and make presentations on the Project and its linkages to other initiatives in Kenya in particular and the Western Indian ocean region in general, · Contribute to development of new projects to promote project sustainability through preparation of project ideas and proposals, · Perform other related duties as assigned.

Results/Expected Output:

· Project Guidelines/frameworks developed and launched, · Quarterly, half year and annual reports for the project, · Maintained a database of institutions and partners co-implementing interventions with the Go-Blue project, · Project meetings planned for and successfully executed, · Implementation of the Nairobi Convention Programme of Work 2018-2022, · Working with the Go-Blue communication team to promote project achievements, lessons learnt, and best practices within the Convention area · Prepare Go-Blue project briefs for reporting during weekly Nairobi Convention Unit meetings

Accountability Professionalism Communication Planning and organizing Working in Team

coastal and marine conservation and management, experience on ocean governance will be an added advantage.

The Republic of Kenya is an equatorial nation on the coast of East Africa, neighboring Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Indian Ocean. Kenya has two levels of Government; National Government and 47 sub-national Governments called Counties. Counties are further divided into sub-counties. Kenya is a multi-party state with Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. Kenya’s population of more than 47.6 million is growing at an annual rate of 2.2%. The country’s GNP per capita estimated at purchasing power parity (PPP) is $975, and the GNP is growing at an average rate of 0.1% annually. More than 26% of Kenya’s people live below the international poverty line of $1 per day. Kenya’s main food crops are “maize, wheat, pulses, roots and tubers.” (FAO).

Nairobi is a modern metropolitan city where most basic goods and services, health facilities, public transport, telecommunication and banking services and educational facilities are readily available. The city is widely connected through its main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the smaller Wilson Airport. Air transport is also available to many up country destinations. The city is home to some 3,000 UN personnel mainly attributed to the fact that it serves as the headquarters for both the UN HABITAT and UNEP.

The socio-economic and cultural background of the immediate society the UNV would be living and working in is diverse and prevailing security conditions at the place of assignment is modest. The topographic and climatic features of the assignment location is highland cool and warm tropical climate.