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Access and Benefit Sharing Consultant
Duties and Responsibilities:
- The primary scope of this consultancy is to prepare a ten-year ABS Strategy and Action Plan, which should broadly cover the following areas:
- Propose a strategy for achieving the strategic objectives and key results.
- Develop action plan for the protection of rights of local and indigenous communities, protection of traditional knowledge, capacity building of stakeholders, institutional framework, communication strategy and knowledge management, gender and social inclusion, etc.
- Prepare a resource framework for the plan period.
- Propose possible competent national authorities, checkpoints and develop a training need assessment.
Qualifications/special skills
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in environmental law, environment, sustainable development, natural resources management, international relations, or a related field is required.
- A first-level university degree in combination with seven years qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- A minimum of 7 years of experience in environmental law is required including at least 4 years of experience working on drafting legal instruments related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements and the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and ABS regimes.
- A good/broad understanding of conservation of biodiversity and related international frameworks and commitments is required. Proven expertise in policy formulation and programme/project development is required.
- At least 3 years of experience in drafting legal instruments in the context of South Sudan, and/or East African region preferably in the ABS and environment and natural resources area is desirable.
Environment Affairs Intern
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Duties:
- Contributes to providing substantive support in implementing Early Warning for Environment, including Project management, planning and organizing, aligning with Early Warning for Environment workplan and UNEP rules and procedures, to contribute to UNEP MTS;
- Works with the technical level of Early Warning for Environment Task Forces and contributes to ensuring consistency and harmonization across all UNEP and external partners.
- Contributes to the preparation of various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analytical notes, sections of reports and studies, inputs to integrated to WESR.
- Contributes to the organization, preparation and facilitation with administrative and substantive support to consultative of Early Warning for Environment-related meetings, including workshops’ meetings, also including by preparing documents and overseeing logistical aspects.
- Contributes to the organization and support to internal and external stakeholders meeting.
- Drafting documents and project proposal for the Early Warning for Environment for the resource’s mobilization.
- Prepares, in coordination with the Early Warning for Environment networks, inputs for outreach and other communication material related to the Early Warning for Environment.
- Contributes to the preparation of various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analytical notes, sections of reports and studies, inputs to integrated to WESR. 9. Undertakes outreach activities; participates in the development of workshops, seminars, and best practices meetings; participates in and makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
- Contributes to the collection and analysis of data related to Early Warning for Environment as well as identification of trends or patterns and provides draft insights through graphs, charts, tables, and reports using data visualization methods for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation, and reporting.
- Helped draft fundraising materials for public and private sector funding sources. 12. Support outreach and communication initiatives for the Early Warning for Environment.
- Perform other duties as required.
Qualifications/special skills
- Applicants must, at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements:
- Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent); or Have graduated with a university degree in environmental sciences, environment monitoring, Socio-economic Data Analysis, business or public administration, social science, environmental law, or related field.
- Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
- However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required.
- Applicants must be a student in the final year of the first university degree (bachelor’s or equivalent), Master’s or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent, or have completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PH.D. Programme.
Method of Application
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