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Drive smooth office operations by supporting policy leads with administration, logistics, and client-focused services across two different work areas.
About The Group
UNOPS DSIP has been requested to support The Forest & Climate Leaders' Partnership (FCLP). This is a hosted entity.
The Forest & Climate Leaders' Partnership (FCLP) was launched by world leaders at COP27 and aims to accelerate global progress to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 while delivering sustainable development and promoting an inclusive rural transformation, through a voluntary and focused partnership of countries that are making a strong contribution to this agenda through national action and international collaboration. The importance of the target in the Glasgow Leaders Declaration on Forests and Land Use of halting and reversing forest loss by 2030 has now been emphasized by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement in the outcome of the first global stocktake under the Paris Agreement.
To achieve its mission the FCLP members intend to:
Maintain high-level political attention on forests and climate;
Provide their combined political support to accelerate and scale implementation of a prioritized number of Policy Action Areas;
Support implementation of the participating countries' self-determined national goals and encourage all countries to be even more ambitious over time; and
Demonstrate impact and be answerable for commitments made.
Role Purpose
The Policy Associate performs administrative support services across both specialized and generalized processes in administration and logistics to ensure efficient, client-focused and effective service delivery. The incumbent fosters a quality- and results-oriented approach, ensuring the optimal and cost-effective use of office resources.
Functions / Key Results Expected
This position will report to the Policy Leads under the guidance of the Deputy Director for Policy. Key functions of the role include:
Administrative Services Coordination
Coordinate the delivery of workplan activities and execute standard office transactions, processes and client services, ensuring full compliance with UNOPS rules, regulations, policies and strategies.
Support Policy Leads with monitoring activity delivery against annual workplans.
Maintain accurate administrative control records to support team planning and resource allocation.
Compile data and research information to support the development and delivery of workplans to support service delivery.
Partnerships and Engagement
Support the organization, facilitation and delivery of Work Area meetings on forest finance.
Support the organization, tracking and maintenance of information to support member and partner engagement on forest finance.
Liaise with UNOPs personnel to support full integration of Work Area activities with UNOPs rules and regulations.
Support the delivery of in-person FCLP events and meetings.
Support Work Area communications producing content, compiling information and liaising with communications colleagues
Knowledge Building & Sharing
Participate in knowledge-sharing initiatives and Communities of Practice (CoPs), contributing insights and lessons learned.
Conduct research on administration-related topics and contribute to the drafting of reports, summaries and briefing notes.
Perform any other function as required to support delivery of each Work Area.
Education Requirements
Required
Secondary school (or equivalent) with 6 years of relevant experience OR
A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in any discipline with 2 years of relevant experience is required.
Desired
A globally or nationally recognized professional certificate on a topic related to climate and/or nature finance.
Required
Experience Requirements
Relevant experience is work in administration, operations, international climate and/or environment policy.
Experience in the use of collaboration and productivity tools (e.g. MS Office) and web-based management systems is required.
Experience working with governments.
Desired
Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country is desired.
Experience in international development and/or climate processes is desired.
Experience working on REDD+ or other financial instruments relevant to forests.
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