REDD+ Technical and Coordination Analyst
Organizational Context
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Brazil, as a key development partner, supports national and subnational institutions in building a sustainable and inclusive society. The Environmentally Sustainable Development Unit focuses on biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable production. This assignment is part of the "Support for access to high integrity forest finance for the states of the Brazilian Amazon" (FOLHA) project, aiming to strengthen Jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD+) implementation and access to climate finance.
Job Purpose
This National UN Volunteer assignment supports the FOLHA project, which facilitates climate finance access for Brazilian states by ensuring compliance with high-integrity forest carbon standards like ART/TREES. The role focuses on building technical, legal, institutional, and governance capacities for subnational jurisdictions to implement results-based forest finance. The UN Volunteer will work with the Legal Amazon Consortium (CAL) to coordinate jurisdictional REDD+ agendas, providing technical, operational, and administrative support to strengthen institutional capacities and interstate coordination, ensuring alignment with project objectives and UNDP regulations.
Responsibilities
Support the management of the strategic agenda and climate governance bodies by monitoring relevant calendars, calls, and meetings, and providing technical input for CAL's participation. Produce climate intelligence and technical analysis by monitoring legislation, regulations, and policies, and preparing summaries and analytical syntheses. Support technical follow-up of Working Groups and coordination spaces, systematizing contributions and regional positions, and contributing to the Amazon 2050 Strategy. Manage information and documents by maintaining digital repositories and organizing technical materials. Strengthen capacity and reduce technical asymmetries by identifying gaps and supporting training activities. Support institutional strengthening and coordination of the climate agenda by contributing to CAL's strategic agenda and responding to technical and operational requests.
Work Experience
Requires 7 years of experience, with 10 years relevant. Experience in socio-environmental project management, monitoring climate/environmental governance policies, providing technical/administrative advisory, and drafting technical documents is essential. Knowledge of REDD+, safeguards, MRV, carbon markets, and ART/TREES is required, along with experience in institutional coordination and document management. Postgraduate studies and additional experience in environment/climate change projects are desirable.
Skills
Core competencies include: Achieve Results, Think Innovatively, Learn Continuously, Adapt with Agility, Act with Determination, Engage and Partner, Enable Diversity and Inclusion. Technical skills include: Collective Intelligence Design, Project Management, Resources Management, Systems Thinking, Document and Records Management, Climate, and Nature. Expertise in project management, programme development, strategy, and energy is also relevant.