Nature4cities National Coordinator in Uruguay

hace 7 meses


Montevideo, Uruguay United Nations A tiempo completo

Result of Service

Objective

The National Coordinator will report directly to the Adaptation Programme Officer of UNEP’s Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, and will work in close coordination with Uruguay’s NDA. The National Coordinator will be primarily responsible for developing the results of the project in Uruguay.

The National Coordinator´s main duties and responsibilities will include:

- Collaborate with the day-to-day implementation of the project, ensure stakeholder engagement and proper reporting of activities to the country´s NDA, Project Coordinator (RC) and Regional Project Steering Committee (RSPC).
- Follow and manage project implementation, monitor work progress, and ensure timely delivery of outputs in selected city(ies) according to GCF project’s requirements,
- Provide input for the baseline assessment on the state of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) integration into urban planning in each participant city(ies), including an estimation of the feasibility of NbS integration into urban planning and development processes.
- Provide input to management and technical reports and other documents as described in the project document.
- Facilitate the convening and meetings of the city-level NbS Task groups
- Act as a liaison and promote dialogue between national, provincial and local stakeholders, ensure key actors in the urban planning processes are involved in the project’s development.
- Coordinate work of the local experts and consultants in the respective country.
- Promote the participation of local communities in project activities.
- Participate in training activities, report writing and facilitation of expert activities.
- Follow the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) experts in developing and implementing a comprehensive monitoring and reporting system.
- Accompany the executing entities for the development of audio-visual material for each of the pilot cities as well as develop awareness-raising material, providing feedback and inputs for revision.
- Collaborate with the website designer to develop the online portal on urban Ecosystem based Adaption (EbA).
- Participate and promote dialogue in the community of practices and/or webinars that will be implemented within the project.
- Systematize national material on shared folders for a common regional use on knowledge management, capacity building and communication activities.
- Monitor the dissemination of materials and activities related to the community of practice with key stakeholders in the country.
- Report to the Regional Project Steering Committee regarding project progress.
- Inform the Regional Coordinator immediately and country´s NDA of any issue or risk which might jeopardise the success of the project.
- Provide on-the-ground information for progress reports.
- Coordinate visits to project sites.
- Attend to regular meetings with the ministry of Environment of Uruguay and its teams to ensure proper alignment with the national priorities.
- Ensure and promote synergies between Nature4Cities and climate change projects in Uruguay (both adaptation and mitigation projects under implementation or under formulation).
- Promote the urban NbS approach in national and local planning processes and climate initiatives, including Uruguay’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)

Ultimate result of service
- Project activities and deliverables in the target cities are carried out as outlined in the Project Document.
- Proper coordination between the local project management unit, key local stakeholders and the rest of the project team.
- Ensuring and promoting synergies between the project objective and activities, and other climate change projects and plans at national and local level
- Promoting the urban NbS approach in national and local planning processes and climate initiatives.

3. Outputs/Work Assignment
- Development of an initial and then bi-annual work plans and timelines, in dialogue with the national planning processes and UNEP portfolio in the region.
- Budget planning and reporting
- Drafting technical reports, including the development of baselines on NbS integration into urban planning and development processes
- Coordination between different experts involved in the project and local stakeholders
- Collaborate in drafting of communication material
- Organization of meetings and workshops

Work Location
UNEP Office, Montevideo, Uruguay

Expected duration
12 MONTHS

**Responsibilities**:
General Background of Assignment.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations system’s designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action.

The UNEP Latin America and the Caribbean Office (LACO), located in Panama City, works



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