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PURPOSE

• Manage a complex, multi‑partner program involving government, EU, UNCDF, private sector, and financial institutions, ensuring coordinated and effective delivery.
• Translate sustainable forestry, bioeconomy and restoration objectives into practical, high‑impact, and bankable business and investment models.
• Provide strategic oversight across workstreams, including technical leadership, financial management, compliance, and results‑based performance.
• Drive innovation and opportunity identification in forestry, restoration finance, and climate‑related investment pipelines to expand program impact and sustainability.

ENGAGEMENT

• Build and maintain strong partnerships with government agencies, private-sector actors, financial institutions, and development partners to ensure coordinated delivery and alignment with national priorities.
• Serve as the primary technical and operational focal point for engagement with the EU Delegation, UNCDF, and other consortium partners.
• Represent GGGI in Steering Committees, technical working groups, monitoring missions, and donor coordination meetings.
• Foster coherent collaboration across consortium partners to ensure complementarity, transparency, and efficient joint implementation.
• Promote a team culture aligned with GGGI’s values of Trust, Transparency, Respect, and Partnership.

DELIVERY

• Oversee end-to-end implementation of the Forestry & Restoration Challenge Fund, ensuring delivery against agreed objectives, timelines, and budget.
• Oversee results-based management systems, including indicator tracking, logical framework updates, and annual work planning.
• Ensure compliance with EU contractual obligations, including reporting, visibility, documentation requirements.
• Identify, monitor, and manage program risks, irregularities, and implementation challenges, and implement timely mitigation measures.
• Ensure the successful completion of deliverables outlined in the Contribution Agreement.
• Provide effective team management, ensuring GGGI’s core values are integrated into daily operations and that staff wellbeing is promoted.
• Mainstream environmental and social safeguards, poverty reduction, gender equality, and social inclusion across all outputs and outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with national legal frameworks and alignment with national strategies, Agenda 2030, and NDC frameworks.
• Support donor monitoring missions, evaluations, and audits, ensuring continuous audit readiness.
• Contribute to the development of a robust and sustainable pipeline of forestry, restoration, and climate finance initiatives.