[Hiring] Forest Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) Expert @Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Role Description

FAO Indonesia seeks to engage a Forest Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) Specialist for an eleven-month period to provide technical and strategic advisory support services across the relevant FAO-supported forest monitoring initiatives and to strengthen coherence between national and subnational monitoring approaches.

The assignment will contribute to strengthening the NFMS across three complementary dimensions:

• Policy and institutional/governance arrangements
• Technical methodologies, tools and data systems
• Application of forest monitoring information for policy, planning and decision-making

Qualifications

• Advanced university degree from an institution recognized by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/UNESCO in Forestry, Forest Resources Management, Remote Sensing, Environmental Science, Natural Resources Management, Climate Change, Geography, or another closely related field.
• At least 10 years of relevant professional experience in forest monitoring, National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS), SIMONTANA, National Forest Inventory (NFI 2.0), remote sensing, forest carbon accounting, REDD+, and MRV.
• Working knowledge of English and Bahasa Indonesia.
• National of Indonesia or resident of the country with valid work permit.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in supporting the development or implementation of national forest monitoring systems (SIMONTANA), forest inventories (NFI 2.0), or forest monitoring methodologies.
• Advanced knowledge and demonstrated experience in forest and land monitoring, MRV and remote sensing/geospatial approaches.
• Demonstrated experience in developing or reviewing FREL/FRL and REDD+ MRV related technical methodologies and documentation, preferably in Indonesia or other tropical forest context.
• Proven experience working with government institutions and international organizations on forest monitoring, climate change, or natural resource management programmes.
• Experience facilitating technical consultations, workshops, and multi-stakeholder engagement processes, with strong ability to provide technical advice and translate complex monitoring/MRV requirements into practical recommendations and documentation.
• Previous experience with FAO or other UN agencies is an asset.

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