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The IUCN Protected and Conserved Areas (PCA) Team has a long heritage in the Union, with a headquarters-based core team and regional staff, and a closely coordinated programme of activities with the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). The PCA Team is part of the Centre for Conservation Action. This work is supported by several donors and partners, including the European Development Fund of the European Union, through the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States in the BIOPAMA Programme, the German International Climate Initiative through investments to achieve the objectives of the Convention on Biodiversity, the European Commission through the BEST Initiative, and by several private organisations, including the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The BEST Initiative groups four grant-making facilities addressing biodiversity conservation and climate challenges of the EU’s Outermost Regions and associated Overseas Countries and Territories: BEST 2.0, BEST 2.0+, LIFE4BEST and the most recently awarded BESTLIFE2030.

DELIVERABLES

The Programme Officer, BESTIFE2030 ensures the technical implementation in line with the BESTLIFE2030 project description, and in close collaboration with the BESTLIFE2030 team at IUCN and at partner organisations. They lead tools and processes for the efficient design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of grants’ projects. The position ensures good coordination with the Regional Hubs (partners and sub-contractors) for the technical delivery of the grants’ cycles.

SPECIFIC DUTIES
• Support and lead in the implementation of the processes related to call for proposals design, evaluations of proposals, grant agreements signature, grants’ implementation and completion, capacity development and field monitoring missions, including through the preparation of guidance notes and templates.
• Coordinate the technical input for designing the BESTLIFE2030 thematic focus of calls for proposals, considering the programmatic, and policy priorities.
• Ensure the monitoring, validation and closing of grantees’ projects.
• Manage the grants’ management portal development and maintenance.
• Design, manage and review materials that support programme’s implementation, e.g. Operational Manual for the grants’ management, and provide technical inputs, as appropriate.
• Help develop and maintain the M&E framework for the grants, that contributes to IUCN’s impact and results, including assisting with updating the LIFE KPI Web Tool.
• Ensure that social, environmental and climate safeguard policies are met in all BESTLIFE2030 operations.
• Supports the capitalisation and knowledge management from the grants’ results.
• Contribute to the development of IUCN’s streamlining of grant-making, through the experience of the BEST portfolio.
• Participate in project development and other complementary tasks of the IUCN PCA team
• Manage service providers.

The above job description contains the main duties and responsibilities for this position.
However, in an organisation such as IUCN, staff members are expected to show flexibility in their approach to work and be willing to undertake other tasks that are reasonably allocated to them but which are not part of their regular job description. Where any task becomes a regular part of an employee's responsibilities, the job description will be changed in consultation with the employee, their line manager and the Human Resources Management Group

SALARY

The gross annual salary range for this position is between EUR 51'738 and EUR 62'086. Additional benefits include luncheon voucher ‘Ticket Restaurant’; transport refund of EUR 49,00 per month,group insurance (life, disability and pension fund); accident and disability insurance 'accidents de travail'; duty travel insurance.