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The IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) is establishing a Regional Centre of Excellence on Forest Landscape Restoration based in Kigali Rwanda. The aim of the centre is to provide technical support to regional efforts towards the restoration of 150 million hectares of degraded and deforested lands by 2020 – also known as the Bonn Challenge. The Bonn Challenge is an initiative of the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration (GPFLR), for which IUCN provides the Secretariat.
The Forest Landscape Restoration Coordinator will be a Senior landuse specialist and will lead the regional delivery of economically, socially and environmentally feasible and innovative solutions to engage countries on large-scale forest and landscape efforts of the Bonn Challenge. S/he will therefore not only be an experienced manager but also have a strong technical background on issues related to land-use dynamics and the restoration of forest and agricultural landscapes. S/he will support the FLR programme and its development in a multiple countries including Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia as well as Rwanda.
The position will be the senior IUCN staff member in Rwanda and will lead relationships with the Government of Rwanda and other stakeholders.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Forest Landscape Restoration Coordinator will:
1. Assume overall responsibility for the timely and quality delivery and management of in-country landscape restoration assessments in select countries in the region including but not limited to Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia.
2. Oversee and direct multi-disciplinary teams consisting of IUCN staff, national partners, and/or contractors to analyse and adopt innovative approaches to landscape restoration opportunities.
3. Provide strategic insight, appropriate high-level support and interface for activities with governments, private sector, NGO’s and local communities.
4. Supported by the Regional Office in take a lead in the relationship with the Government of Rwanda, and the establishment and management of a functioning IUCN project office in Kigali, including following the agreement with MINIRENA.
5. Lead technical teams and develop work plans for the in-country national assessments of forest landscape restoration including coordinating specialists in the use of:
o GIS spatial analysis
o Land-use & economic modelling
o leading participatory mapping exercises & validation workshops
o deploying the enabling conditions diagnostic
o putting in place systems and approaches for monitoring of early adoption and delivery of results and impacts.
6. Manage forest landscape restoration projects in the region including
o Design, Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation
o Budgeting and budget management
o Donor and partner relationship management
7. Support and where appropriate lead in the development and submission of concepts and funding proposals for expansion of the FLR programme in the region.
8. Develop frameworks and partnerships for scaled up interventions and implementation in Bonn Challenge partner countries. This will include:
o Engaging directly with Bonn Challenge countries and organizations (and potential pledgers) on the definition, management and delivery of their pledges.
o Working closely with colleagues, partners, collaborators and stakeholders to ensure alignment of efforts and effective prioritization and deployment of resources.
9. Provide intellectual and strategic leadership to a multidisciplinary team to assess forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national and subnational levels.
10. Facilitate integration of the technical missions with broader work of the IUCN GFCCP.
REQUIREMENTS
• Master’s degree in forestry/agroforestry, natural resources management, biodiversity conservation or other relevant discipline;
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience in developing, managing and implementing multi-stakeholder projects with defined objectives, deliverables, monitoring and evaluation of results, including proven experience working in Eastern and Southern Africa;
• Demonstrated understanding of issues related to land-use dynamics at the field, national and international level;
• A good knowledge on land-use dynamics, and its social, environmental and economic implications;
• Good knowledge and experience of GIS spatial analysis and land-use modelling for natural resource management;
• Ability to work effectively within a large decentralized workforce of professionals of different nationalities and to mobilize it towards common goals
• Strong networks into development and research organizations worldwide.
• Excellent communication skills in English. Good written and spoken abilities in French is an asset.
• Good computer skills in MS-applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively within the region and beyond
APPLICATIONS
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