Result of Service
Under the direct supervision of the Economic Affairs Officer/Project Manager and general supervision of the Chief, Space Applications Section, the Consultant will complete the following duties: 1) Conduct a technical workshop with ministries of agriculture, environment, and statistics, and other relevant institutions to determine information needs related to crop biodiversity reporting requirements and policies and to map the existing data collection and reporting systems. 2) Conduct training to collect data and conduct field validation 3) Develop a local geospatial crop biodiversity database 4) Incorporate data collection methodology in courses and/or curricula offered by the Universitas Brawijaya in Indonesia. EXTENSION: 5) Organize a regional meeting and the annual CropBio project meeting (2025) In carrying out all activities, the senior consultant will adhere to the methodologies and approaches established at the regional level and endorsed by ESCAP and the project's technical partners.
Expected duration
2/7/25-30/03/26
Duties and Responsibilities
ESCAP is implementing an extra-budgetary project titled “Promoting crop biodiversity through innovative space applications (CropBio) to promote crop diversity in selected South-East Asia countries through innovative use of space applications. The key expected results are: - Enhanced knowledge and data availability in three sub-national locations in three targets countries namely Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, to assess and monitor the state of crop diversity. - Enhanced capacity of space agencies and partner universities in the three target countries to develop satellite-derived tools to assess and monitor the state of crop diversity. In Indonesia, ESCAP is partnering with the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and Universitas Brawijaya to implement the project. To support the implementation of the activities, the Space Applications Section is recruiting a senior consultant with extensive expertise in crop diversity monitoring and research in Indonesia. Building on the field data collection and analysis undertaken under the project in 2024-2025, the senior consultant will provide advanced technical expertise and project implementation services to implement the following project activities: A1.1.1. Conduct technical workshops with ministries of agriculture, environment, and statistics to determine information needs related to crop biodiversity reporting requirements and policies, mapping of existing data systems. A1.1.3. Train space agency and partner universities to collect data and conduct field validation A1.1.4. Develop local geospatial databases A1.1.5. Incorporate data collection methodology in courses and/or curricula offered by a partner universities EXTENSION: A1.1.6. Organize a regional meeting and the annual CropBio project meeting (2025)
Qualifications/special skills
Demonstrated experience in GIS, remote and geospatial data processing, modeling and validation for agriculture. Leadership in research and academe Multi-displinary field research on geospatial information applications and tool development for all aspects of agriculture (water, soil, climate). Science-policy interface work; research fund management Multi-displinary field research on geospatial information applications and tool development for all aspects of agriculture (water, soil, climate).
Languages
Excellent English in both speaking and writing skills. Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia is required.
Additional Information
Not available.
No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.
