TECHNICAL ADVISOR REDD+ AND FORESTS

Technical Advisor REDD+ and Forests

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Job Opening ID: 272550

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Job Family : Programme Management

Category and Level : Consultants, CON

Duty Station : BANGKOK

Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme

Date Posted : Feb 17, 2026

Deadline : Mar 18, 2026

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Result of Service In accordance with the annual country work plans of the UN-REDD programme, Social Forestry and the SAFE initiative, the consultant’s expected results include the following services: 1. Deliver on programme implementation, monitoring, and reporting of UNEP and UN-REDD activities in the Asia Pacific on the basis of work plans:

• Provide technical backstopping to the delivery of UNEP activities in UN-REDD country workplans.
• Manage the implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the Social Forestry Initiative, ASEAN component.
• Manage the implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the SAFE Initiative.
• Ensure quality assurance in the execution of legal agreements with technical partners and consultants.
• Contribute information on results and progress to annual and semi-annual UN-REDD reports as well as internal monthly reports.
• Work with communications specialists to review and make contributions to meeting reports, communications, and information briefs, and other materials related to the regional initiatives.
  • Technical inputs provided and facilitation supported to Asia Pacific team on REDD+ and scaling up investments:

• Technical contribution to UN-REDD 2026-2030 Outcome 4 execution on behalf of UNEP in all countries.
• Comprehensive technical review of key documents and initiatives, analyzed through the lenses of REDD+ implementation and sustainable investment opportunities.
• Contribute to advancing the connection between forest enterprises, REDD+ finance, and private sector investment.
• Support knowledge management events, providing technical input on topics such as forest enterprise development, REDD+, and forest finance.
  • Contribute to the development of geographic and thematic expansion across Asia Pacific, including liaison with key partners in the region:

• Develop project ideas to transform the successes of the initiatives implemented into concrete project ideas.
• Identify resource mobilization opportunities and present UNEP's strategic added value, especially for Asia Pacific.
• Expand the network of the private sector and investors to support the scaling-up efforts supporting forest enterprises to access finance.
• Strengthen the coordination with UNEP regional office and identify areas for collaboration.
• Maintain and strengthen partnerships with strategic stakeholders in the region for expansion and improved delivery.

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