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Job Description

2102897
National Forest Monitoring Specialist
Posting Date 27/Oct/2021
Closure Date 11/Nov/2021, 5:59:00 AM
Organizational Unit: FAINS
Job Type Non-staff opportunities
Type of Requisition: NPP (National Project Personnel)
Grade Level: N/A
Primary Location Indonesia-Jakarta
Duration: 11 months
Post Number: N/A
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of your personal device

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Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply
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Organizational Setting

The Government of Indonesia Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) has asked for FAO technical support to enhance
Indonesian capacity on National Forest Inventory and Monitoring systems (NFMS) needed to implement and better report on climate
change including REDD+ and other improvements to forest data for management. This project will develop and undertake activities
and require detailed technical forestry knowledge and the ability to coordinate with the MoEF staff in Bahasa Indonesia to plan and
implement the work. The National Forest Monitoring Expert will work with other project personnel to provide technical support on
forest inventory data collection, analysis, reporting and training to deliver project activities. The project will be managed through the
FAO office in Jakarta with technical support from FAO technical staff from the Forestry Department in Rome and other organizations
where appropriate and with guidance from the Project Steering Committee.

Reporting Lines

Under the overall managerial administrative leadership of the FAO Representative in Indonesia, direct supervision of the National
Project Manager (NPM), in coordination with the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA), and technical backstopping of the Forestry
Department and FAO forestry experts, the National Forest Monitoring Specialist will provide the technical assistance and support to
DG-PKTL in the areas of compiling forest inventory data, capacity development, institutional strengthening, planning workshops and
implementation of the project activities.

Technical Focus

Provision of technical expertise on forest monitoring and inventory data, outcomes to include report detailing improvement to forest
inventory systems, input on redesign forest inventory, and improvement to the forest monitoring processing data, tool, systems and
output products.

Tasks and responsibilities

- Work with the Data and Capacity Needs Expert and other project staff, consult national key partners and technical partners on
needs and potential improvements to Indonesia's forest and land monitoring systems and prepare an inception reportand
workplan and submit it to CTA and NPM.
- Work with the CTA and NPM and MoEF team, to develop redesigned NFI and spatial data systems.
- Assist the CTA and the NPM and provide inputs on forest inventory field plot design and data to prepare work-plans for
implementation of the project activities following a participatory approach where professionals, scientists, and stakeholders from

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different sectors are involved.
- Assist project and national staff to collect, manage, process, validate, analyse field plot, emission factors and combine with remote
sensing or model data.
- Assist project and national counterparts to develop improved data and methods for producing results from field inventory and
spatial data, land use change maps for generating estimates including carbon assessments and data used for FREL, REDD+
results based payments and climate change reporting.
- Work closely with national personnel and international experts and provide inputs for the training programme for the national staff
involved in the project and assist MoEF DG-PKTL in implementing it.
- Participate in implementing the training programme to government staff including field crews and database personnel through
planned workshops and courses.
- Assist DG-PKTL and others in planning and servicing workshops throughout the project and securing wide participation of
stakeholders from the different sectors.
- Work with professionals from different sectors and scientists, and in close collaboration with the CTA, NPM, and consultants, to
reach a consensus on the NFI design and long-term monitoring plans.
- Provide technical and logistcal support for fieldwork including training of field crews, initial and periodic support in the field with
equipment, forms and data collection devices etc. and support from the office.
- Provide technical guidance to field crews during surveys and set up quality control systems for data collection and interpretation of
variables and definitions. Teams to be primarily supervised during fieldwork by MoEF. Assist in organizing and filing field crew
data outputs including digital data storage.
- In close collaboration with CTA, NPM and Web and forest database management expert, assist in developing a redesigned MoEF
national forest database, and technical guidance on entering/storing the field data by MoEF staff, preparing functions for data
processing and be part of the data processing together with the Biometrician.
- Assist in the design and supervise collection of field and other data for carbon stock and change assessments. Assist in data
analysis and reporting findings.Participate in and contribute to preparing project progress reports.

Assist in any other tasks under the project at the instruction of the CTA and NPM.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

Education: A university degree in Forestry, environment, natural resource management or related field.

Indonesian nationality and fluency in Bahasa Indonesian and English required.

At least 5 years or more work experience in handling data for forest or natural resource management.

Well developed skills in forest inventory data collection methods, analysis of forest data and compilation of summary results and
statistics.

FAO Core Competencies

Results Focus
Teamwork
Communication
Building Effective Relationships
Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

Extent and relevance of experience in the forest inventory and monitoring in Indonesia, including data processing, tools, and its
systems and analysis on the relationship between field data and remote sensing data for forest monitoring.
Extent and relevance of experience in the capacity development
Extent and relevance of experience in development of project design and implementation;

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing)
Incomplete applications will not be considered. If you need help please contact: Careers@fao.org
Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted
Please note that FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education
Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/
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