JOBS IN KENYA::MINISTRY OF FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR A NATIONAL COORDINATOR ON REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM
DEFORESTATION AND DEGRADATION (REDD+)
NATIONAL REDD+ COORDINATION OFFICER
Reports To: Conservation Secretary
Background
The Government of Kenya has received support from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF)
under the World Bank towards preparing activities Reducing Emissions through Deforestation and
Degradation (REDD+ Readiness) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for employment of a National
REDD+ Coordination Officer.
REDD+ Readiness activities refer to a set of activities needed to develop a National Strategy and
Implementation Framework to support REDD+ implementation as a Climate Change mitigation process.
In support of these efforts, a REDD+ Readiness Preparation Proposal (RPP) has been prepared which
proposes a number of strategy priority areas and actions to design and test REDD+ measures.
These activities include: a management and consultative approach that will provide the basis of all
activities, (legal, socio-economic environmental and financial arrangements) for subsequent REDD+
implementation; the approach to design Kenya’s Carbon Emissions Reference Scenario; the means for
monitoring the emissions and the approach to assess and subsequently monitor social and environmental
impacts on REDD+ strategies.
Implementation of RPP to deliver the strategy, a reference emission scenario and monitoring system, will
be undertaken over a period of the next three years.
The Kenya REDD+ Readiness efforts will be steered by an Inter-Sectoral National REDD+ Steering
Committee (NRSC) based at the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife Headquarters at Teleposta Building.
The strategy formulation process will be coordinated under a National REDD Coordination Office
managed by the National REDD Coordination Officer (NRCO). The Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife now
seeks to engage the services of a competent Expert to serve as the NRCO.
Scope:
The scope of this assignment is to ensure successful implementation of Kenya’s RPP and to catalyze the
national REDD+ process in building the national capacity to support REDD+ implementation.
Major Tasks
The NRCO will provide:
Management Support:
The NRCO will provide management support to the National REDD+ Technical Working Group on the
implementation of the REDD+ Readiness programme including: planning and budgeting of activities,
elaborating Terms of Reference for various tasks preparing in consultation with relevant stakeholders);
assist in administering contracts, overseeing budgets, monitoring activities, ensuring due consultation and
participation of the Civil Society and REDD+ stakeholders, and representing the programme in key
REDD+ events, among others as required.
Technical Assistance on REDD+:
The NRCO shall be a qualified professional with technical competence relevant to the REDD+ process to
provide technical assistance and policy advice to Government, the REDD+ Task Forces/Committees and
Civil Society Stakeholders on REDD+ matters.
The main aim is to build capacities, ensure technical quality of the process, ease understanding of key
data and results, and generate consensus among key stakeholders. The Officer should be competent and
familiar with the processes involved in REDD+ strategy including development of a Reference Emission
Scenario and a Monitoring System.
REDD Coordination Support:
The NRCO will support the coordination and advancement of the National REDD+ process. He/She will
also be responsible for coordination of work carried out by the various Task Forces that will be
established to deliver specific components of the strategy. The NRCO will assist in the harmonisation
between the different technical, financial and operational efforts towards REDD+ in the country.
Specific tasks include, but are not limited to:

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