Environment Officer, Dalian, China - job vacancy

• Organization: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
• Country: China
• Field location: Dalian, China
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Dalian, China

Closing date: Thursday, 3 November 2016

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Vacancy code: VA/2016/B5002/11010
Position title: Environment Officer
Level: ICS-10
Department/office: ECR, Water and Energy Cluster
Duty station: Dalian, China
Contract type: International ICA
Contract level: IICA-2
Duration: 1 year with possibility of extension
Application period; 05-Oct-2016 to 04-Nov-2016
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity
Background Information - UNOPS
UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partners' peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.
Working in some of the world's most challenging environments, our vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices, always satisfying or surpassing our partners' expectations.
With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it.
A flexible structure and global reach means that we can quickly respond to our partners' needs, while offering the benefits of economies of scale.
Background Information - WEC
Water and Energy Cluster
Based in Copenhagen, the UNOPS Water and Energy Cluster provides specialized project management services to partners such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Bank. Together with partners, the cluster executes projects that support sustainable development by:

• promoting international cooperation to prevent and reverse environmental degradation of international water systems
• enhancing the resilience of communities and eco-systems to climate change
• lowering emissions by bridging renewable energy solutions
• developing Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions to strengthen climate-resilient development

Background Information - Job-specific
YSLME II
Under the supervision of the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA), the Environment Officer will be responsible for the implementation of the project activities based on the workplans approved by the Interim Commission Council, including information capture, exchange and networking between a wide range of participants in the YSLME including government officials, scientists, non-governmental organizations and the public at large. He/she will work closely with the Chairperson of the Regional Working Groups (RWGs) and other project partners to prepare workplans, to manage the implementation of the relevant project activities, prepare reports of the implementation and deliver all the necessary outcomes and outputs. Documents related to the project may be accessed at this link: http://www.thegef.org/gef/project_detail?projID=4343
This project builds upon four years of regional cooperation for the sustainable use of the Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem (YSLME) put in place by China and the Republic of Korea, supported by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Yellow Sea Partnership and the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The initial project completed a regional Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and finalized a regional Strategic Action Programme (SAP), the implementation of which will be operationalized by the national SAP. The project's objective is to foster a long-term sustainable institutional, policy, and financial arrangements for effective ecosystem-based management of the Yellow Sea (YS), To achieve this objective, the project will support the formation of an YSLME Commission that will oversee the implementation of the SAP; and will support the states' efforts to reduce the decline in biological resources and to restore depleted fish stocks in the Yellow Sea.
In line with the GEF-5 International Waters (IW) strategic priorities, GEF will assist the countries reach an agreement on ecosystem-based joint action for the sustainable management of the Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem, and to catalyse institutional reforms and support the implementation of policies aimed at reducing over-fishing and benefiting communities.
There are four components of the project

• Sustainable national and regional cooperation for ecosystem based management.
• Improved Ecosystem Carrying Capacity with respect to provisioning services.
• Improved Ecosystem Carrying Capacity with respect to regulating and cultural services.
• Improved Ecosystem Carrying Capacity with respect to supporting services.

The key outcomes sought are

• Establishment of a self-sustaining cooperative mechanism for ecosystem-based management.
• Recovery of depleted fish stocks and improved mariculture production and quality.
• Improved ecosystem health;
• improved inter-sectoral coordination and mainstreaming of ecosystem based management principles at the national level, maintenance of habitat areas, strengthened stakeholder participation in management and improved policy making.
• Skills and capacity significantly developed for region-wide ecosystem-based management.

The project is funded by the GEF, implemented by UNDP and executed by UNOPS.
Under direct supervision of the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA Project Manager), the Environment Officer will be responsible for the implementation of the project activities based on the workplans approved by the Interim Commission Council, including information capture, exchange and networking between a wide range of participants in the YSLME including government officials, scientists, non-governmental organizations and the public at large. He/she will work closely with the Chairperson of the Regional Working Groups (RWGs) and other project partners to prepare workplans, to manage the implementation of the relevant project activities, prepare reports of the implementation and deliver all the necessary outcomes and outputs. Documents related to the project may be accessed at this link: http://www.thegef.org/gef/project_detail?projID=4343
Functional Responsibilities
The Environment Officer will have the following specific duties

• to coordinate and supervise the implementation of the project of those components relevant to natural sciences (including but not limited to fisheries, mariculture, biodiversity, ecosystem-based community management), including preparing workplans and budgets for each components, coordinating implementation of the activities within the workplans; preparing the reports of the implementation and deliver in the appropriate forms of the project outcomes and outputs;
• to work with the project team and short-term consultants engaged by the projects in related areas of expertise;
• to liaise with other regional organizations and projects, such as WWF, PEMSEA, UNEP/NOWPAP, IWLearn, and other organizations involved in establishing and management of marine resources and environments;
• to supervise data exchange and the maintenance of the data communications network, in particular the YSLME data and meta databases established during the first phase of the project;
• to assist with the administration of other information-related technical issues where required by the Coordinator.

Education/Experience/Language requirements

• post-graduate degree in marine and/or environmental sciences, marine and environment managements or a directly related field;
• at least 5 years' experience in similar international posts dealing with project implementations & management; experiences working with local governments and communities are preferred;
• familiarity with the environmental problems of the YSLME region would be advantageous.
• Fluent in spoken and written English is a requirement.

Contract type, level and duration
Contract type: International ICA monthly contract
Contract level:IICA-2
Contract duration:1 year with possibility of extension
For more details about the ICA contractual modality, please follow this link: https://www.unops.org/english/Opportunities/job-opportunities/what-we-offer/Pages/Individual-Contractor-Agreements.aspx
Additional Considerations

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.