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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together. Created in 1948, IUCN has evolved into the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network. It harnesses the experience, resources and reach of its 1,300 Member organisations and the input of some 16,000 experts. IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. Our experts are organised into six commissions dedicated to species survival, environmental law, protected areas, social and economic policy, ecosystem management, and education and communication. The ability to convene diverse stakeholders and provide the latest science, objective recommendations and on-the-ground expertise drives IUCN’s mission of informing and empowering conservation efforts worldwide. We provide a neutral forum in which governments, NGOs, scientists, businesses, local communities, indigenous peoples groups, faith-based organisations and others can work together to forge and implement solutions to environmental challenges. By facilitating these solutions, IUCN provides governments and institutions at all levels with the impetus to achieve universal goals, including on biodiversity, climate change and sustainable development, which IUCN was instrumental in defining. Combined, our knowledge base and diverse membership make IUCN an incubator and trusted repository of best practices, conservation tools, and international guidelines and standards. As the only environmental organisation with official United Nations Observer Status, IUCN ensures that nature conservation has a voice at the highest level of international governance. IUCN’s expertise and extensive network provide a solid foundation for a large and diverse portfolio of conservation projects around the world. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects work to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve people’s well-being. They also produce a wealth of data and information which feeds into IUCN’s analytical capacity. Through their affiliation with IUCN, Member organisations are part of a democratic process, voting Resolutions which drive the global conservation agenda. They meet every four years at the IUCN World Conservation Congress to set priorities and agree on the Union’s work programme. IUCN congresses have produced several key international environmental agreements including the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the World Heritage Convention, and the Ramsar Convention on wetlands. We continue to help these conventions strengthen and evolve so that they can respond to emerging challenges. Our Member organisations are represented by the IUCN Council - the governing body. Headquartered in Switzerland, IUCN Secretariat comprises around 900 staff in more than 50 countries. Our vision A just world that values and conserves nature. Our mission Influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. Our history IUCN was founded in October 1948 as the International Union for the Protection of Nature (or IUPN) following an international conference in Fontainebleau, France. The organisation changed its name to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 1956 with the acronym IUCN (or UICN in French and Spanish). This remains our full legal name to this day. Use of the name "World Conservation Union”, in conjunction with IUCN, began in 1990. From March 2008 this name is no longer commonly used.
Job Description
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Strategic support and management;
- Support the implementation of the COR Regional Program Strategy and associated large projects, with a focus on ensuring seamless integration with country and global IUCN program strategies to address IUCN’s strategic priorities
- Support Identifying key target audiences, influencers and partners to drive IUCN COR’s work in the region forward, including key delivery, organizational, partnership and fundraising objectives
- Identify organizational and program-related challenges, emerging issues and solutions faced by the programs at the regional and country level
- Ensure critical monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of COR’s programmatic and project efforts in the region that demonstrates impact and reflects IUCN’s initiatives and projects as appropriate to local conditions
- Design support, including development of mature theories of change, monitoring and evaluation, work plans, risk assessments, alignment with IUCN COR’s strategic goals and objectives, project institutional arrangements, governance and delivery
- Proposal writing and review when applicable, contract or lead the proposal writing and coordination
- Ensure coordination within the program on large-scale, multi-country and priority projects
- Flag and help project teams/project leads avoid pitfalls and issues experienced by other projects that could have been averted with more sound design.
- Share best practices/processes/resources to streamline the proposal development process and increase the uptake of best practices for project implementation across the program.
- Program Coordination;
- Represent IUCN COR’s efforts and work in the region, with a focus on project delivery, creating synergies with other non-COR project activities and teams, and ongoing development efforts, addressing issues and opportunities
- Liaise with other programs and project teams in ensuring and pushing program excellence
- Project management;
- Day-to-day technical oversight on all COR projects, both at Regional and Country levels, with a focus on ensuring program quality control, and impactful program and project delivery
- Lead development and delivery of strong and sound regional work plans and related budgets. Ensure that the best adaptive management practices are mainstreamed and adhered to by regional and in-country teams.
- Ensuring that project/programme strategies and workplans are developed and implemented according to plan and commitments to partners and donors (including assuring quality of performance & progress, timing and budget);
- Serve as initial coordinator for new large-scale and priority public-funded projects,
- Analyze delivery risks/delays identified, and provide projects the necessary management support
- Monitor/track success and progress for selected projects comparing against criteria that will be developed specific to that project
- Support high-risk projects or those not meeting expectations
- Gather and share lessons learned and other resources for project management and implementation across the division (e.g., project management tools, finance/operations processes, etc.).
- Ensure knowledge sharing between program staff across the COR program, for transfer of ideas on program development, program implementation, and strategic partnership building
- Working closely with COR RH and the Finance and Administration Department as well as Human Resource, support efforts to ensure that projects/programme are financially viable and have the necessary human and other resources necessary for effective implementation;
- Ensuring that contractual obligations and IUCN’s policies and procedures are efficiently adhered to;
- Ensure that all IUCN online system are kept up to date
- In close coordination with the COR RH and the Regional Communication officer, ensure that IUCN’s work is effectively ad widely shared (including by producing high quality communication material), including on online platforms and other media channels.
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting;
- In close collaboration with ESARO’s Regional and COR M&E Officers, support the development and implementation of a regional COR monitoring and evaluation systems and processes at programme and project level;
- Oversee IUCN portal entries and management, and mid-year and annual reports development for regional COR portfolio;
- Facilitate targeted socio-economic and scientific surveys and analysis, and project evaluation management.
- Programme development;
- Support fundraising and resource mobilization efforts for the programme, including writing of proposals based on COR RH guidance, regional strategic framework and in-country guidance.
- Other Duties;
- Carry out other relevant tasks assigned by, and mutually agreed with, the line manager.
REQUIREMENTS
- Position requirements:
- Education;
- Advanced degree in environmental sciences, political sciences, business administration, sustainable development or any other discipline that is relevant to nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources;
- Computer literacy in relation to office applications (word processing, spreadsheets, PowerPoint) use of internet and online communication tools;
Work Experience;
- We’re looking for an outstanding, hands-on, highly motivated, autonomous, innovative, solution oriented, results driven and resourceful individual with at least:
- 10+ years of proven experience in coordinating state of the art implementation and coordination of large-scale program portfolio
- Knowledge and experience in sustainable development, natural resource management, coastal and marine conservation, environmental economics or blue economy is considered a strong asset;
- Outstanding experience in programme and project portfolio management, development and fundraising;
- Demonstrated budgeting, programme and project planning and day-to-day activity coordination abilities;
- Experience with result-based portfolio and project cycle management, and monitoring and evaluation methodologies;
- Sound ability to see the big picture, think strategically, connect the dots and able to deal with complex situation and projects
- Entrepreneurial character and capacity to work autonomously required
- For this position, we are looking for a high caliber professional self-driven and solution oriented
- Strong interpersonal, management and supervisory skills and experience, including working with remote implementing partners and teams;
- Be willing to undertake frequent travel (25% of the time) and interact with multicultural stakeholders;
- Demonstrated work experience and understanding of the WIO region a strong advantage.
- Established network within coastal/marine/blue economy related stakeholders will be considered a strong asset, as well as among potential technical partners and donors.
Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Contract Based
