RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the overall supervision of the Regional Director, the Regional Programme Coordinator is responsible for the strategic development, steering and monitoring of the IUCN PACO Programme, which consists of Programme activities (projects) in most of the 25 countries in the region. The Programme Coordinator reports to the Regional Director but is also responsible for maintaining programmatic links with global thematic programmes and other regional programmes in IUCN.

SPECIFIC DUTIES

Programme Planning and Monitoring:

• Ensure the effective implementation of IUCN global policies and procedures regarding project identification and approval protocols in the region.
• Coordinate the production of monitoring information to support adaptive management and ensure timely compliance with internal and donor monitoring and reporting requirements, especially for the annual performance reports.
• Ensure the implementation of a regular planning cycle, the use of a common set of methods and tools and standards for planning in IUCN, including performance criteria for the IUCN PACO programme.
• Coordinate PACO contribution to IUCN Intersessional Programme and oversee the preparation of annual workplans by regional Thematic Programmes and Country programmes Lead the PACO Programme Development and oversee the review of Project activities (PR Groups in countries, review of Project Concepts and Proposals, allocation of project numbers, etc.
• Oversee the development of new initiatives and responses to emerging issues.
• Oversight of monitoring and evaluation activity regarding programme implementation
• Assist Finance in regular monitoring of the region’s budgets and advise managers and the Regional Director on progress and problems associated with programme and budget delivery and assist them in solving these problems.

Programme Oversight

• Oversee development and sustainability of the Project pipeline at all levels (jointly with Finance).
• Overall quality assurance of project implementation
• Donor relations as related to programme implementation
• Support Organisational Development related to Programmatic structures within the PACO.
• Supervision of Country and regional Thematic Heads
• Identify needs for technical support / capacity building. Analyse these needs and make recommendations to the relevant managers and the Regional Director.

Reporting

• Oversee the preparation and submission of periodic reports, particularly Annual Reports by all PACO Programmes.
• Provide regular updates to the Regional Director and PACO management on changes and trends in relation to IUCN’s programme and the regional and global context
• Maintain a regional consolidated list of current and developing projects.

Institutional Support

• Participate in PACO Regional management structures and other Regional groups, task forces and committees as required. Participate in Global IUCN bodies such as Programme Planning Group (PPG) and others that fall within the scope of Programme Coordination.
• Support the evolutionary development of the Strategic Planning Team (SPT) and contribute to the delivery of its products and the achievements of its joint results
• Represent IUCN PACO in meetings and events as requested by the Regional Director;
• Provide support to the Regional Director in partnering with national and regional IUCN Member Committees to prepare and implement IUCN Inter sessional Programme.
• Provide technical assistance to the programmes and projects for scientific issues, and ensure compliance with IUCN's scientific positions and policies

Capacity Building

• Oversee the coordination of capacity building initiatives in programme and project management aspects in accordance with the needs of the programme and project staff specifically in areas of project planning, needs assessments, monitoring and evaluation, programme and project reviews, budget formulation and reviews, etc.