Title: Village
Facilitator (National, 1 post)
Department/Unit: EU/PMU
Reports to: Project
Coordinator for Central Kalimantan
Duty Station: Palangka Raya
Expected Places of Travel (if
applicable): relevant villages and districts within the Central
Kalimantan Province
DEADLINE; 13 Mar 2014
I.
Background
Context of the REDD+ initiative:
Indonesia is the third largest emitter of CO2 and the world’s
largest emitter from agriculture, forestry and other land use. Over the past
five years, Indonesia’s annual deforestation rate has averaged around 1 million
hectares, which contributes more than 80 percent of Indonesia’s estimated
annual emissions.
In this contexts, on May 26, 2010
the Governments of Indonesia and the Kingdom of Norway signed a Letter of
Intent to establish a Partnership for REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Forest Degradation) to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from
deforestation and forest and peat land degradation. REDD+ is a global mechanism
which provides an opportunity for developing countries like Indonesia to move
towards a sustainable green economy. For Indonesia it also offers a way to
achieve the Indonesian government’s voluntary commitment to the world to reduce
emissions as much as 26 percent or up to 41 percent with international support
by 2020.
Committed
to the cause of reducing emission, the Government of Indonesia has been
designing structure of REDD+ Agency along with the funding/ grant channeling
mechanism as well as monitoring, reporting and verifications (MRV). To support
this, and to make a breakthrough in the field of grant channeling, the
Government of Indonesia has also designing a mechanism of fund channeling for
small grant related to REDD+ issues. In relations to this matter, several small
grants pilot project will be conducted. The monitoring and reporting assistant
will hold strategic position to support the implementation of this programme,
including verifying the reporting of project implementation on the ground. The
implementation of REDD+ will be an important step in the development of a green
economy, and an opportunity to reform forest and peat land governance across
Indonesia.
Context of this ToR
Intended
to keep the momentum going after the end of the REDD+ Task Force and to continue
the pilot activities that had been implemented in the Central Kalimantan
Province, the REDD+ Project along with partner CSO will set up the REDD+ Green
Village Programme, an integrated activity that aims to support the goal of
REDD+ National Strategy. The REDD+ Green Village Programme will be conducted
through series of activities including: i) review and mainstreaming of REDD+ and sustainable development
into the Village Mid Term Development Planning (RPJM Desa), ii) land
rehabilitation/community forest carbon conservation, iii) CBFFM, iv)
development of small scale sustainable enterprises& cooperatives, v) green
education, and vi) the socialization of the indigenous community participatory
mapping. These activities are interlink to each other and expected to become
the foundation to foster larger scale of activities that strongly together
achieve the 4 goals of REDD+ National Strategy.
In
order to facilitate programme implementation, UNDP REDD+ Project is intending to
engage a Village Facilitator who will be deployed to the Central Kalimantan
Province. This post will be part of the REDD+ Green Village Programme and will
comply with the guidance of UNDP and the Central Kalimantan Joint Secretariat.
Summary of Key Functions:
The
objective of this assignment is to contribute to the smooth implementation process
of the REDD+ Green Village programme in Central Kalimantan Province. The
Village Facilitator will support the Programme team during field assessment and
Monitoring and Reporting team during data collection process and field fact
finding in Central Kalimantan Province.
II. Scope of work:
- Support the programme orientation process of the targeted villages, including engage with the community and village leaders about the programme to obtain their support and consent.
- Assist the programme team during field data collection and monitoring mission and verified field data.
- Asist the Joint Secretariat Team in capacity building and knowledge sharing activities of the targeted villages.
- Support REDD+ Programme in Central Kalimantan not limited conducting the preliminary activities supporting the development of small scale enterprises & cooperatives.
III. Academic Qualifications:
A
first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in
Forestry, Environmental Science, Economy or Social Sciences.
Years of Experiences
- Minimum 4 years of experience as facilitator and interest in the environmental issues and related policy matters.
- Knowledge on community development and livelihoods (including small scale enterprises and cooperatives)
- Strong facilitation skills and provision of training.
- Ability to communicate information to a diverse range of people
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organisational goals
- Having exposure to the project monitoring and reporting process
- Demonstrated knowledge of climate change, forest or REDD+ issues is an advantage
- Having experience in liaising and communicate with local community, government officials and/or activity implementer in Central Kalimantan as an advantage.
IV. Language
Requirements:
Fluent in written and
spoken Indonesian and working knowledge in English
V. Competencies:
Core Competencies:
Knowledge Management and Learning:
·
Promotes knowledge management
in UNDP and a learning environment in the office through leadership and
personal example; and
·
Actively works towards
continuing personal learning and development in one or more practice areas,
acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills.
Development and Operational
Effectiveness:
·
Ability to conceptualise
issues and analyse data;
·
Ability to coordinate and
work with others;
·
Ability to implement new
systems (business side), and affect staff behavioural/attitudinal change; and
·
Ability to demonstrate good
knowledge on Climate Change and/or REDD+ issues.
Management and Leadership:
·
Builds strong relationships
with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds
positively to feedback;
·
Consistently approaches work
with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
·
Demonstrates openness to
change and ability to manage complexities; and
Demonstrates strong oral and written
communication skills.
Corporate Competencies:
·
Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN's values and
ethical standards;
·
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
·
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and
age sensitivity and adaptability; and
·
Treats all people fairly without favouritism.
Other requirements:
In addition to the scope and output
stated above, the incumbent will be required to undertake other ad-hoc tasks
that may arise during the contract period. These tasks will be delegated by the
incumbent’s Work-stream Coordinator who will ensure that these ad hoc tasks do
not impede on the incumbent’s ability to meet contractual
obligations/deliverables.
All
materials and other intellectual property produced while working under contract
including, but not limited to, documents, presentations, white papers,
photographs and other media, will remain the property of the UNDP REDD+ Project
and are required to be submitted to Knowledge Management System for archiving.
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