Job Opportunity at Iucn

*About IUCN
• IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations.
It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together.
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It is a leading provider of conservation data, assessments and analysis.
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• Position Available:
Regional Programme Leader, Asia
• BACKGROUND
• The Science and Strategy Group (SSG) is considered one administrative entity, and has evolved from the previous Ecosystems and Livelihoods Group, Asia construct.
It brings under one umbrella all component thematic programmes in IUCN.
Guided by the IUCN vision of 'a just work that values and conserves nature', the Asia Regional Office (ARO) coordinates a network of 15 country/field offices, a team of 250+ professional and support staff members, and a project portfolio of over US$20 million annually; it also oversees and supports the Oceania regional office based in Suva, Fiji.
• JOB DESCRIPTION
• The Regional Programme Leader (RPL), a member of the senior management team for Asia, is expected:
1) to spearhead the strategic development and steering of the regional programme, 2) to coordinate Regional Office support to and oversight of country programmes, and 3) to promote IUCN's value proposition and One Programme across the region.The RPL has overall responsibility to provide technical leadership and programme management for the Asia region - as leader for a team of technical and management support staff, and as manager for an integrated programme unit at the Regional Office.

The regional programme unit:
1) Serves as integrated multi-disciplinary platform for stock-taking and advancing programmatic knowledge and practice, 2) Facilitates establishment of thematic/cross-thematic hubs for promoting knowledge products and tools, 3) Coordinates regional and multi-country projects and initiatives, 4) Provides strategic expertise and capacity building support to country programmes, 5) Coordinates regional portfolio management and operations support including for large-scale initiatives with GEF and GCF, and 6) Facilitates project development, resource mobilisation and business development.
Specific duties include:

1.
Programme Development and Management
• Leads the development of the Asia regional programme agenda and strategy, towards contributing to IUCN's overall intersessional programme.
• Serves as a chief scientific and technical expert for the region, to direct and oversee its programme areas and strategic themes.
• Spearheads results-based programme planning and implementation, and associated matters for intra and inter-unit/office coordination.
• Manages programmatic collaboration with the Secretariat's global Centers and other regional offices.

2.
Technical Support and Capacity Building
• Coordinates the provision of scientific guidance and technical support for staff, in strengthening the regional team's overall capacity to deliver programmatic results.
• Leads initiatives and projects to foster continuous innovation in the regional programme agenda and strategy.
• Directs the regional team in establishing and maintaining communities of practice, knowledge hubs and in-house learning platforms.
• Guides regional, subregional and country units to build and nurture high-performing technical teams through strategic talent management and workforce review-planning.

3.
Partnership and Representation
• Supports the Regional Director in developing and expanding strategic linkages with institutions and alliances in the region which are strategically important for programme development and management.
• Coordinates with the Regional Manager, Memberships to designate and support regional focal points for IUCN global commissions, national and regional membership committees, and other relevant Union entities.
• Serves as a regional focal point for external partnership platforms established to support multilateral environmental conventions a