• Country: Philippines
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: FAO
• Gender: Both 
• Deadline: 2024-01-02

Tasks and responsibilities

•    Facilitate consultations with relevant national and local project stakeholders, including organization of meetings and workshops in coordination with the PPG team.
•    Provide assistance in the identification of institutional stakeholders that are relevant to the project, including their potential roles in project implementation.
•    Provide support to the PPG team in maintaining regular communication with national and regional agencies, provincial and local government units, and other project stakeholders, including Indigenous People’s Organization, women’s organizations, civil society organizations, academe, as well as the private sector and financial institutions.
•    Lead the organization of the inception and validation workshops both at the national and regional levels.
•    Provide inputs to sections of the project document as required, including the baseline information, results framework, organizational and implementation arrangements, M&E, stakeholder engagement plan, among others.
•    Provide advisory support in the development of project document, including the facilitation of comments and responses as well as in securing clearances/ endorsement from concerned government agencies and project stakeholders.
•    Provide support to the International GEF expert in the production of the full project document and annexes, including the facilitation of necessary FAO clearances.
•    Lead discussion to the government with regard to the relevant processes and requirements of the Operational Partners Implementation Modality (OPIM).
•    Provide assistance to the Lead National Consultant – Natural Resource Management Expert in facilitating and securing cofinancing commitments with project stakeholders.
•    Supervise and monitor the performance of PPG team and ensure the quality of tasks and timely outputs assigned to each team member.
•    Carry out other relevant duties within his/her technical competence as requested by FAO.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements    

•    Advanced university degree in environmental science, natural resource management or related field.
•    At least ten (10) years of professional experience in coordinating multifocal environmental project design and management, such as GEF.
•    National of the country
•    Working knowledge of English

FAO Core Competencies

•    Results Focus
•    Teamwork
•    Communication
•    Building Effective Relationships
•    Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills 

•    Excellent written and oral communication skills in English

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