Post of Duty: The Bahamas

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About this position:

We are looking for an experienced, knowledgeable, and motivated Organizational Strengthening Consultant. As Organizational Strengthening Consultant you will provide expert services and technical assistance to the Bank, the Government of the Bahamas and conservation stakeholders for protected areas management more specifically The Bahamas Protected Areas Fund (BPAF) for the implementation of its Action Plan working closely with the Executive Director and Board of Directors.

The Inter-American Development Bank is providing support to The Bahamas for the achievement of its policy ambition for expansion of its systems of protected areas with specific focus on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Specific technical assistance is being provided to key government agencies and strategic conservation organizations to conduct capacity assessments and development of suitable actions plans for institutional strengthening and greater effectiveness and efficiency for conservation and management of protected areas, to this end, support is being provided for the implementation of BPAF Action Plan. The Bahamas Protected Areas Fund was enacted in 2014 as National Conservation Trust Fund to ensure sustainable financing for scientific and policy research, education, conservation, and management of protected areas, and to provide grant financing to government departments and conservation organizations for implementation of protected areas management plans and conservation activities.

You will work for the Climate Change Division (“CSD/CCS”), which is part of the Climate Change and Sustainability Sector (“CSD”). This team is responsible for advising IDB management and developing policies, strategies, operational guidelines, and programs on issues relevant to the sector, as well as related areas. In addition, CSD carries out relevant sector research, analytical work, sector practices and case studies on climate change and sustainability. As a division of CSD, CSD/CCS provides support: (i) in the mainstreaming of climate change in the actions and operations of the IDB group and (ii) in the mainstreaming of climate change in the regional countries of the IDB group through support to the ministries of environment, planning, and economy and finance of the region. Both axes share the objective of strengthening climate policy at the subnational, national, and regional levels.

What you’ll do:

• Facilitate services and activities defined in The Bahamas Protected Areas Fund Action Plan to support the strengthening of the organization.
• Revise or draft new programmatic guidelines, including an update of the BPAF grant making framework, operating manuals and procedures, and operational documents to incorporate the new areas of activity, some specific activities of this process include but are not limited to:

1. 1. Map the BPAF operational processes, including identification of roles and responsibilities, planning and decision-making, work plans, and management systems and software in place.
   2. Prepare recommendations to strengthen BPAF operational processes, including reviewing and amending, as necessary, the BPAF Operational Manual, Grants Framework, and related procedural documents. This will include the identification and pricing of appropriate systems and software to be adopted by BPAF to strengthen planning and decision-making.
   3. Develop an Operational Manual for the potential funding programs, including map of potential operational and decision-making processes (according to i. and ii.), development of templates and incorporation of investment management conditions.
   4. Develop TORs/Job Descriptions for human capacity strengthening of BPAF, within the context of supporting a funding program.

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