See the link here for further information: http://www.burung.org/
*International and National Consultants for biodiversity project**
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*About Burung Indonesia*
*Burung Indonesia* (BirdLife Indonesia Association) is the Indonesian
partner of BirdLife International - a global partnership of conservation
organizations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats, and global
biodiversity.
01-02-2010
*REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST*
*International and National Consultants for biodiversity project*
*Burung Indonesia* (BirdLife Indonesia Association) is preparing a
biodiversity project to strengthen production forest management in Indonesia
through the development of non-timber income sources. A targeted assessment
to develop a biodiversity-friendly forest management will be carried out to
cover financing, marketing, legal, carbon trade, institutional, social and
environmental context of management for environmental services and forest
products.
Burung Indonesia invites qualified individuals to submit their interest for
the following positions by sending CV to: on 9 February
2010 at the latest.
Please be advised that this is an invitation to express interest. Burung
Indonesia is not in the position to provide any information to the
interested individuals regarding selection process. Selection of consultant
will be made after the vacancies are announced.
1. *Team Leader/Lead Writer (International)*
*Purpose: *To lead project design, studies, and consultations to ensure
the deliver of project documents.
*The main tasks will include: *identifications of lessons learned/good
practice in sustainable forest management; industry needs analysis; site and
partner selection process; coordination of special studies; stakeholder
consultations; project design and costing.
*Qualification: *Masters or PhD in natural resource/forest/environment
management or other related fields with good knowledge of sustainable forest
management and good capacity in social, regional development or governance
issues.
2. *Forest environmental services specialist (International)*
*Purpose: *To provide analysis on the opportunities for environmental
services development.
*The main tasks will include: *compile lessons learned and analyze
success factors; identify opportunities for environmental services
development; input to project design.
*Qualification: *Masters or PhD in Forest resource economics with good
record of experience on environmental services research or project.
3. *Forest carbon assessment and trade specialist (International)*
*Purpose: *To identify and lead the development of procedures required to
have MRV-able forest carbon credit employing high tier standards that
includes plan for community consultation and benefit sharing among
stakeholders
*The main tasks will include:* forest carbon policy and business review;
inform site selection and project design; contribute to business model
design.
*Qualification: *Masters or PhD in related field with experience in
forest carbon assessment and good knowledge on forest carbon trading.
4. * Forest Carbon financing expert (International)*
*Purpose: *To identify options to finance forestry sector mitigation
through currently available mechanisms.
*The main task will include:* identify financing options for forestry
sector mitigation; inform the development of business models.
*Qualification: *Masters in finance or other with proven experience on
forest carbon financing, preferably both fund and market based mechanisms.
5. *Benefit Cost Analyst (International)*
*Purpose:* To provide analysis on the cost and benefits of the project.
*The main tasks will include:* identify and assess potential benefits of
the project, the valuation of the benefits of the project, and the
development cost analysis for the project.
*Qualification: *Masters or PhD in law with good record of experience on
partnership, financial and investment legal or policies in management of
production forest.
6. *Social assessment specialist (National)*
*Purpose: *To ensure that the project will be socially acceptable by key
stakeholders.
*The main tasks will include: *Map and assess social issues around
selected sites including access of vulnerable groups/indigenous peoples to
nature resources; identify threats and opportunities for project
implementation; contribute to project stakeholder engagement strategy.
*Qualification: *Masters in social or anthropology science with good
records of experience in developing social safeguards, community or
stakeholders assessment and familiar with participatory facilitation
process.
7. *Forest products business development specialist (National)*
*Purpose: *To ensure that the project will be able to assist/facilitate
the development of multiple forest products in project sites.
*The main tasks will include: *Compile lessons learned and analyze
success factors; identify opportunities for forest products development;
input to project design.
*Qualification: *Bachelors or Masters in forest resource economics with
relevant of experience on non-timber forest product development.
8. *Forest business model and financing expert (National)*
*Purpose: *To ensure that the project will be able to facilitate the
development of alternative business model based on multiple forest products
and services.
*The main tasks will include:* Analysis of alternative business models in
production forest; contribute to lessons learned study and project design.
*Qualification: *Masters or PhD in finance/economics with relevant of
experience on forest resource economics, forest business models design as
well as cost and benefit research for sustainable management forest.
9. *Indonesian law and policy expert (National)*
*Purpose: *To ensure that project design is informed with financial,
business and other laws and policies related to production forest
management.
*The main tasks will include:* Inform project strategy design with
analysis of financial, business and other laws and policies relevant to
production forest management.
*Qualification: *Bachelors or Masters in law with good record of
experience on forestry, financial and investment legal or policies works.
10. *Free Prior Informed Consent Facilitator (National)*
*Purpose: *To inform the various parties of the project purpose and
encourage them to participate in the design and implementation of the
project.
*The main tasks will include:* Facilitate free prior informed consent
(FPIC) consultation process at each site (includes community)*.*
*Qualification: *Bachelors or Masters in social or anthropology science
with good record of experience on community or stakeholders participatory
facilitation process.
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Robert Gosford
Crikey.com
The Northern Myth blog
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/
Alice Springs, NT
Australia
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