Consultant on TEEB AgriFood National Implementation at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Specific duties include the following.

• Steer and lead communication between implementing partners Strathmore University and the Kenyan government at national and county levels.
• Support the policy stakeholder engagement to strengthen the policy relevance of the project (eg Steering Committee participation) including the study scope, the definition of scenarios and the key performance indicators which will be measured.
• Develop a strategy for engaging policy makers and for mainstreaming TEEBAgriFood analytical results into applicable policy processes in each study County, and at the Federal level, including identifying key government focal points and other stakeholders who should be consulted.
• Review interim and final TEEBAgriFood study deliverables and offer guidance for how the results are/are not relevant for County and National policy priorities.
• Consult with key high-level Kenyan government stakeholders to determine options for policy mainstreaming of the Mau Forest Complex, Loita Hills, and Cherangani TEEBAgriFood studies. These consultations should begin with the Project Steering Committee and include discussions at Deputy Secretary level in the Ministries or equivalent.
• Prepare a TEEBAgriFood policy mainstreaming report to include the following elements:
• Based on government stakeholder consultations, how the findings in the TEEBAgriFood project in these counties can contribute to key policy priorities of the Kenyan government, including but not limited to priorities for natural resource management, rural development, gender empowerment, national biodiversity strategy and action plans (NBSAPs), food security, and sustainable agriculture.
• How implementing the study recommendations can contribute to Kenya’s obligations and objectives under key international policy commitments and initiatives, including but not limited to, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification;
• Make recommendations for communicating project approach and results; contribute to the communications strategy that has been developed for the TEEBAgriFood Kenya applications.
• Develop a multi-agency workplan for creating a monitoring framework for the revised NBSAP.
• Provide technical support on a review of opportunities for achieving policy coherence with the GBF, focusing on the food and agriculture sectors.

Qualifications/special skills

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent), preferably with a specialization in environmental governance, environmental management, law, social anthropology, environment and development, sustainable development, economics, applied economics, biology, agriculture, or related fields is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of two years’ experience working with different branches of the Government of Kenya, including at senior level, on issues pertaining to agriculture and the environment is required.