Experto(a) en desarrollo integral, cuidado ambiental y gobernanza
Category | Grade:Volunteer | UNVDeadline:5 Aug 2026Job ID:1784888021271012Posted on:28 Jul 2026
Overview
Provides technical and strategic support to UNDP projects advancing environmental stewardship, territorial governance and sustainable livelihoods in Colombia, coordinating institutions, assessing risks, monitoring delivery and embedding human-rights, peacebuilding and inclusive approaches.
Department: Peace Area – Justice and Crisis Response
Languages
Required: Spanish
Minimum Experience
10 years
Estimated Salary
Not available
Responsibilities
- Review the technical and programmatic design of assigned projects and recommend improvements
- Support formulation, implementation and monitoring of environmental stewardship and territorial-governance activities
- Prepare technical inputs, monitoring matrices, reports, presentations and decision materials
- Coordinate public institutions, international partners, civil society, communities and territorial governments
- Identify risks, institutional gaps and delivery bottlenecks and recommend mitigation
- Facilitate technical forums and exchanges on territorial development, inclusion and environmental care
- Document lessons, good practices and recommendations from implementation
- Embed human-rights, differential, do-no-harm and peacebuilding approaches across project activities
Requirements
- Professional specialisation in environmental, rural-development, public-policy, legal, economic, biological, geographic, social-science or international-relations fields relevant to the assignment
- Minimum ten years of professional experience formulating, implementing, monitoring or evaluating environmental policy, programmes or projects
- Demonstrated experience managing environmental and sustainable-development projects
- Knowledge of ecological restoration, biodiversity conservation, strategic ecosystems and sustainable territorial management
- Experience developing or implementing environmental, rural or climate policy
- Experience coordinating public institutions, international cooperation, communities, academia and territorial actors
- Knowledge of project planning, monitoring, evaluation and results-based management
- Fluency in Spanish
Skills
Environmental Project ManagementSustainable Rural DevelopmentBiodiversity ConservationEcological RestorationEnvironmental GovernanceClimate PolicyStakeholder CoordinationResults-Based ManagementRisk AnalysisTechnical ReportingPeacebuildingStrategic Negotiation
Additional info
- National United Nations Volunteer assignment for 92 days
- Monthly Volunteer Living Allowance: COP 8,515,500
- Recurring field missions are required under UNDSS security protocols
- Volunteer is responsible for arranging personal housing in Bogotá
- Life, health and permanent-disability insurance are included
- Extension depends on funding, operational need and satisfactory performance, although renewal is not planned