Mission and objectives

Since its inception in 1972, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been the global authority that sets the environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. UNEP’s mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, UNEP works through its divisions as well as regional, liaison and out-posted offices and a growing network of collaborating centres of excellence.

Context

Established in 1972, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership is a country-led global initiative to support the development and implementation of ambitious National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP) and collectively achieve the goals and targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and, ultimately, the global vision of living in harmony with nature by 2050. The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership provides technical and financial support for the implementation of GBF-aligned NBSAPs, including via strengthened country-driven stakeholder coordination, collaboration and sharing of best practices to identify country needs to implement their NBSAPs, raise national profile of countries' NBSAPs, and fast-track implementation support for NBSAPs through a matchmaking service, increased access to expertise, knowledge and capacity development, and via in-country/facilitation support to countries/regions. The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership is supported by a Global Coordination Unit (GCU), providing a secretariat function which includes facilitating and coordinating key activities, measuring and communicating progress and supporting its Steering Committee to achieve the objectives. Roles in the GCU are divided across SCBD, UNDP and UNEP.

Task Description

Under the direct supervision of the Head of the Nature Frameworks Support Unit and NBSAP Accelerator Partnership Global Coordinator, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: 1/ Facilitator Programme • Engage facilitators and stakeholders: liaise with facilitators, partners, internal staff; track deadlines and commitments • Support country research and knowledge products by gathering, analyzing, and pre-senting information and contributing to reports and publications • Data management: collect data, maintain databases and up-to-date facilitator information and activities • Provide operational support: follow up on action items, compile briefing materials, meeting notes • Provide administrative and logistical support for the preparation of national workshops and consultations organized by Facilitators, including travel coordination, documentation and follow-up. • Assist in tracking progress against performance indicators by entering and updating results in UNEP’s Integrated Planning, Monitoring and Reporting (IPMR) system. 2/ UNEP & NBSAP Accelerator Partnership • Contribute to activities with the African Francophone countries, securing membership, ensuring a WoS and WoG approach to the NBSAP implementation, supporting the building of project's portfolio to be channeled as requests for support through the Matchmaking Mechanism, and gathering knowledge products. • Provide coordination support such as organizing meetings, drafting meeting notes and liaising within and between NFSU, UNEP and GCU. • Ensure compliance with UNEP internal administrative processes and procurement procedures to support smooth programme delivery. • Support the planning and delivery of events including agenda development, participant outreach, and logistical arrangements. • Draft and edit communication materials including briefing notes, presentations and re-ports on partnership activities and operations. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by read-ing relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country. • Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities. • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publica-tions/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc. • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers. • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service when-ever technically possible.

Competencies and values

Client Orientation Communication Integrity Planning and Organizing Professionalism Working in Teams

Living conditions and remarks

The Republic of Kenya is an equatorial nation on the coast of East Africa, neighboring Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Indian Ocean. Kenya has two levels of Government; National Government and 47 sub-national Governments called Counties. Counties are further divided into sub-counties. Kenya is a multi-party state with Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. Kenya’s population of more than 40 million is growing at an annual rate of 2.2%. The country’s GNP per capita estimated at purchasing power parity (PPP) is $975, and the GNP is growing at an average rate of 0.1% annually. More than 26% of Kenya’s people live below the international poverty line of $1 per day. Kenya’s main food crops are “maize, wheat, pulses, roots and tubers.” (FAO). Nairobi is a modern metropolitan city where most basic goods and services, health facilities, public transport, telecommunication and banking services and educational facilities are readily available. The city is widely connected through its main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the smaller Wilson Airport. Air transport is also available to many up-country destinations. The city is home to some 3,000 UN personnel mainly attributed to the fact that it serves as the headquarters for both the UN HABITAT and UNEP. The socio-economic and cultural background of the immediate society the UNV would be living and working in is diverse and prevailing security conditions at the place of assignment is modest. The topographic and climatic features of the assignment location is highland cool and warm tropical climate. Link to the Entitlement Calculator: https://app.unv.org/calculator