Technical Advisor

Duties and responsibilities include:‍

1. Assess NBSAP Landscape:‍

• Identify and monitor country/region-specific biodiversity priorities, capacity needs / demands and implementation challenges if needed this might include e.g., conducting high-level mapping of stakeholders to identify key players, their motivations, commitments, and potential synergies.
• Facilitate national, country-specific, multi-stakeholder dialogues.
• Develop a comprehensive work plan outlining goals, objectives, activities, and timelines for NBSAP implementation support together with the host government/institution.
• Monitor country/region-specific NBSAP priorities and implementation progress, providing ongoing support and guidance as needed.

2. Mobilize Support:‍

• On behalf of host country/region, identify specific needs and requests e.g. technical capacity, financial resources and increased political will.
• Through a Whole of Government & Whole of Society approach, assist host government/institution in the design and development of specific requests for support.
• Submit requests for support to relevant stakeholders e.g. through the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership match making mechanism or other platforms.
• Support host government/institution in selecting best fit of offered support packages.
• Monitor the implementation of the support packages.
• Identify and support resource mobilization.

3. Coordinate Action:‍

• Foster alignment and collaboration among existing and emerging initiatives to ensure a Whole of Government and Whole of Society approach with activities, programs and partnerships to streamline efforts, leverage investments and maximize synergies across the 3 Rio Conventions.
• Support the strengthening and monitoring of existing national structures for NBSAP implementation.
• Sharing global best practices, guidance, tools materials in country/region but also taking learning, case studies, sharing with other facilitators.
• Identify and coordinate knowledge and information exchange e.g. peer-to-peer, south-south, north-south and triangular knowledge exchange opportunities for host government/institution.
• Facilitate and coordinate exchanges between key partners working on NBSAP implementation and link to services and activities to ensure alignment and avoid duplication.

4. Monitoring and Progress Controls:
The assignment is supervised by the Head of the Nature Frameworks Support Unit.

• Maintain regular communication with designated host country National Focal Points to ensure alignment with other ongoing activities.
• Maintain regular communication with the Country Engagement Coordinator of the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership, providing updates on progress, challenges, and achievements.
• Prepare periodic reports on the status of NBSAP implementation, including key milestones, lessons learned, and recommendations for improvement.
• Prepare quarterly financial reports of expenditures to the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership.