UNDP

Qualification in Details:

1. Qualification: Bachelors’ Degree in Environmental Science/ Natural Resource Management/ or related field with excellent academic record is essential.
Masters’ Degree in Environmental Science/ Natural Resource Management/ or related field is desirable.

2. Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience at state or national level in community based conservation or natural resource management programme. Experience of working in mountainscapes and seascapes. Close familiarity with the roles, activities, and priorities of the Government of India, and particularly the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and other national partners, with regard to natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, agriculture, sustainable land management and/or wildlife crime management Close familiarity with the operations and rules of UNDP is desirable Fluency in Hindi and English, in reading, writing, and speaking.

3. Duties and Responsibilities: Provide technical, managerial and administrative support to the NPD, and UNDP in coordinating and conducting project related activities (trainings, workshops, stakeholder consultations, NPSC meetings etc.);  Assist the NPD and UNDP in coordinating with the State Government, Consultants and other relevant agencies and stakeholders on the implementation of the project and will assist NPD in all administrative, budgeting, planning and general monitoring of the implementation phase; Work closely with the State Project Manager for preparing component wise progress report, budget expenditures, payment documents, compiling financial reports and other documents as required by NPD and UNDP; Keep regular contact with project experts and consultants through the State Project Manager to inform them the project details and changes, edit reports and other documents for correctness of form and content; • Work closely with the State Project Management Unit to get expenditure reports, utilization certificates, monitoring reports, workplans, quarterly and annual reports on timely basis Support NPD in facilitating flow of funds from MoEFCC to the state under the project Perform any other administrative/technical/financial duties as requested by the IGF (WL)/NPD and Head, NRM and Biodiversity, UNDP.