Project Coordinator - Invasive Alien Species (NBSAP)

About the role

The UNDP Country Office in Tajikistan, through its Climate Change, Energy and Environment (CCEE) Cluster, is recruiting a Project Coordinator for a project supporting the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) update and implementation, with a focus on invasive alien species (IAS) under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The project strengthens the scientific, technical and policy basis for preventing, monitoring and managing IAS, including a national IAS database and the country's first State Programme and Action Plan on IAS. The coordinator works under the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist on Climate Change, Energy and Environment and the overall guidance of the Deputy Resident Representative.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate project activities with national counterparts, scientific institutions and stakeholders, and liaise with bodies such as the National Biodiversity and Biosafety Centre, the National Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Agriculture, forestry agencies, customs, civil society and academia.
• Coordinate the development and validation of the National IAS Catalogue and Database, and the testing and validation of standardized IAS risk assessment protocols.
• Coordinate the development of the multi-sectoral National IAS Programme and Action Plan, ensuring alignment with the NBSAP, the KMGBF and national policies.
• Facilitate technical assessments, field data collection, consultations and analytical work, and support stakeholders in reviewing methodologies, assessments, databases and policy documents.
• Organize workshops, technical studies and other activities on time and to quality standards, and ensure technical working groups meet regularly.
• Carry out outreach to relevant stakeholders and prepare synthesis reports, policy briefs, press releases and briefing notes for government, donors and UNDP.