Senior Technical Advisor, Environmental Crimes, USAID Natural Resource Security and Governance (NRSG) – Save Forests and Biodiversity Project

Job Description

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We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of Senior Technical Advisor, Environmental Crimes for an anticipated USAID Natural Resource Security and Governance (NRSG), Save Forests and Biodiversity Project. The five-year project seeks to strengthen environmental resilience by reducing environmental crimes and unsustainable environmental practices, developing the natural resource sector, and strengthening natural resource governance. This position is subject to project award and funding.

Position Description:

The Senior Technical Advisor, Environmental Crimes will support the Technical Director in ensuring that the Project’s environmental crimes component is successfully delivered throughout the life of the project. S/he will play a key role in delivering the project’s commitment to tackling and reducing environmental crimes and unsustainable environmental practices. The role will have an element of enhancing the capacity of frontliners in and establishing incentives for environmental law enforcement, building on the capacity building activities of past USAID activities and the Philippine government. S/he will lead the initiatives in strengthening the legal, policy and regulatory frameworks for natural resource management, and promoting the widespread application of environmental and social safeguards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitoring and assisting with the provision of reporting on key activities that leads to environmental crimes and actively promoting initiatives that will address and reduce environmental nuisance.
• Collaborate with other team members and engage with local government units, individuals and community groups to address environmental crimes in achieving the project’s goals.
• Carrying out a range of engagement and enforcement duties to crack down environmental crimes.
• Assisting with the maintenance and development of Environmental Crimes related Systems and Controls.
• Documentation of Policies and Procedures.
• Providing advice and guidance to team in relation to Environmental Crimes Related matters.

Minimum Requirements:

• Master’s degree or its international equivalent in environmental governance, public policy, biodiversity conservation, protected area management, climate change or other relevant discipline.
• 8-10 years of technical experience working on public policy, environmental crimes and environmental governance in Philippines and/or Southeast Asia.
• Practical experience working on environmental crime enforcement (investigation, prosecution and prevention) and liaising with key international and domestic stakeholder groups including government entities, judicial systems, international development and enforcement organizations, civil society groups, among others. Capacity building a plus.
• Demonstrated understanding of the drivers of transnational conservation crimes and the existing strengths and weaknesses of regional mechanisms for coordination and collaboration to combat these crimes.
• Demonstrated understanding of the gaps to effective environmental crime enforcement and sanctioning domestically and at a transnational/regional level.
• Recent experience working with stakeholders on environmental crime related projects in Philippines and/or Southeast Asia.
• Experience reviewing and analyzing environmental policy/laws/legal frameworks
• Experience with sub-national level capacity building of government agencies.
• Proven experience facilitating dialogue across public and private sector stakeholders.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English; knowledge of Filipino preferred.

This job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.

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About the Organization

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in Health, Education, Nutrition, Environment, Economic Development, Civil Society, Gender, Youth, Research and Technology– creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 60 countries, all 50 U.S. states and all U.S. territories.