Environmental Inspection Specialist

The Environmental Inspection Specialist supports UNODC's INPOED project in Brazil by coordinating state-level action against environmental crime in the Amazon. The assignment engages government and justice-sector counterparts, builds partnerships, organises technical activities and dialogues, monitors delivery risks, and prepares policy, technical and progress reporting for evidence-based environmental governance.

• Support state-level INPOED project activities in the Amazon region
• Engage senior state and local institutional counterparts
• Build cooperation among government, justice, environmental and Indigenous organisations
• Support technical activities, training, workshops and multi-stakeholder dialogues
• Monitor delivery progress and identify political or institutional risks
• Propose corrective measures for timely results
• Collect and analyse data and prepare technical, policy and progress reports

• Experience in stakeholder engagement, government relations, public-policy dialogue or institutional coordination
• Ability to build strategic partnerships and facilitate inter-agency cooperation
• Experience in the Amazon or similarly complex operational environments
• Experience in project implementation and coordination

• Experience in law enforcement, natural-resource management or criminal justice related to environmental crime
• Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder initiatives
• Experience preparing policy briefs, strategic analyses or recommendations for senior government stakeholders

• Environmental governance
• Government relations
• Public policy dialogue
• Institutional coordination
• Environmental crime prevention
• Project implementation

• Volunteer assignment via UNV
• National UN Volunteer assignment with regular travel to Amazon project areas