NBSAP Update Specialist
Position Summary
Requirements - Skills, Qualifications, Experience
Report to: Project Manager/Project Director
Contract Type: Individual Consultant
Duration: 89 days intermittently from late June to November 2025
Scope of Work
The local consultant will work closely with the project PMU and in close collaboration with local consultants, relevant partners and the international expert engaged under this project. This partnership is essential to ensure that all technical activities—including stakeholder engagement, gap analysis, policy alignment, target setting, action planning, capacity assessment, resource mobilization, and monitoring frameworks—are co-developed by integrating both international best practices and Cambodia’s national context, priorities, and institutional realities.
As the national counterpart such as Department of Biodiversity and key line ministries, the local consultant will provide critical inputs on national policies, institutional arrangements, data sources, stakeholder landscapes, and local implementation challenges. The consultant will actively contribute to joint technical discussions, co-lead stakeholder consultations where appropriate, and ensure the effective coordination of activities across government agencies, local partners, and development stakeholders.
This co-development approach aims to strengthen the ownership, legitimacy, and sustainability of the updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP), ensuring that Cambodia’s national priorities are fully aligned with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework while complying with CBD reporting and implementation standards.
- Education:
- At least Master’s degree in biodiversity conservation, environmental science, natural resource management, environmental policy, biodiversity-related costings and expenditure or a closely related field. PhD degree on the required field is an asset.
- Experience:
- At least 10 years of relevant professional experience in biodiversity planning, environmental policy, protected areas management, climate change research or conservation project implementation;
- Demonstrated experience working with national biodiversity strategies, action plans, or related frameworks (e.g., NBSAP, CBD, SDGs, KM-GBF);
- Proven experience in stakeholder engagement, particularly with government agencies, civil society, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs), and/or the private sector;
- Familiarity with national policy and institutional landscapes related to biodiversity, environment, and sustainable development in Cambodia; and
- Prior experience contributing to international environmental commitments or biodiversity reporting is an asset.
- Competencies:
- Highly organized person in terms of priorities, quality outputs production, strict deadlines and efficient time management;
- Ability to maintain overview in complex work situations, self-starter;
- Ability to gather and process needed data and information;
- Excellent interpersonal skills to network among the national team and beyond to other national institutions;
- High ability to writes clearly, adequate, professional correspondence in the required fields;
- Sharing of knowledge and willingness to provide support to others who request advice or help;
- Working toward creative solutions by analysing problems carefully and logically; and
- Maintaining professional relationships with project manager, director, PMU, and all stakeholders/actors.
- Language Requirements:
- Fluency in writing and communications in Khmer and English.
Gender Mainstreaming in NBSAP Targets
Position Summary Expectations - Duties, Responsibilities
Reports to: Project Manager/Director
Contract Type: Individual Consultant
Duration: 12 days intermittently from late June to August 2025
Scope of Work
The main objective of this assignment is to enable gender mainstreaming within the NBSAP consultation process and provide targeted recommendations on how to develop gender-responsive indicators aligned with NBSAP targets. Specifically, the assignment will:
- Ensure gender perspectives are meaningfully integrated into stakeholder consultations and feedback processes for the NBSAP update.
- Provide expert input on designing gender-responsive indicators and actions within the NBSAP targets, consistent with national gender commitments and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
- Strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Environment (MoE) and partners to apply gender-sensitive approaches in NBSAP implementation and monitoring.
- Review the current NBSAP draft and consultation processes to assess how gender considerations are being addressed;
- Provide technical advice and comments to ensure gender perspectives are effectively integrated into consultation materials, discussions, and stakeholder engagement activities;
- Collaborate with the Ministry of Environment (MoE), UNDP, and relevant stakeholders to identify entry points for gender mainstreaming across NBSAP targets and actions;
- Develop practical recommendations for designing gender-responsive indicators aligned with NBSAP targets and national/international commitments;
- Participate in consultation meetings, workshops, or technical working groups to present gender-related inputs and facilitate stakeholder feedback;
- Deliver a short report summarizing gender integration gaps, opportunities, and proposed gender-responsive indicators for inclusion in the updated NBSAP; and
- Be part of the launching updated NBSAP preparation.
- Education:
- Advanced degree in gender studies, environmental policy, biodiversity conservation, or a related field.
- Experience:
- At least 5 years of experience in gender mainstreaming, preferably within natural resource management or biodiversity projects;
- Strong understanding of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF), CBD commitments, and Cambodia’s national gender and biodiversity policies;
- Proven experience designing gender-responsive indicators and providing technical inputs to policy or planning processes; and
- Excellent facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders including government, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs), and civil society.
- Competencies:
- Highly organized person, sets priorities, produces quality outputs, meets deadlines and manages time efficiently;
- Ability to maintain overview in complex work situations;
- Ability to gather and process data and information;
- Excellent interpersonal skills to network among the national team and beyond to other national institutions;
- Ability to write clearly professional correspondence;
- Commitment to sharing knowledge and providing support to others who request advice or help;
- Commitment to working toward creative solutions by analysing problems carefully and logically.
- Commitment to maintaining professional relationships with supervisors, and project-related actors, and stakeholders.
- Language Requirements:
- Fluency in writing and communications in Khmer and English.
Spatial Planning Integration in NBSAP Targets/Indicators
Position Summary Expectations - Duties, Responsibilities
Reports to: Project Manager and Director
Contract Type: Individual Consultant
Duration: 25 days intermittently from June-August 2025
Scope of Work
The consultant will support the Ministry of Environment (MoE) and UNDP in strengthening the integration of spatial planning into the updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). Specifically, the consultant will:
- Conduct a comprehensive review of existing reports, guidelines, tools, and related documentation on spatial planning, including but not limited to the Land Use Master Plan (LUMP), Essential Life Support Areas (ELSA) mapping, and relevant pilot projects such as the Mondulkiri Provincial Spatial Plan;
- Assess achievements, gaps, and overlaps in the integration of spatial planning into Cambodia’s biodiversity and natural resource management agenda, identify lessons learned and good practices of relevance to scaling under the NBSAP framework;
- Develop a set of indicators to measure progress and effectiveness of spatial planning integration within the updated NBSAP, ensuring these indicators align with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) targets and Cambodia’s national sustainable development goals and climate resilience objectives;
- Identify key policy challenges and institutional barriers that may hinder the effective integration of spatial planning into biodiversity conservation, including gaps in institutional mandates, technical capacity, data availability, coordination mechanisms, or governance structures;
- Provide actionable recommendations on harmonizing MoE and UNDP efforts to ensure coherence, efficiency, and scalability in applying spatial planning tools and approaches under the updated NBSAP; and
- Contribute to stakeholder consultations, workshops, or technical meetings as required, to validate findings, indicators, and recommendations and ensure alignment with national priorities and stakeholder expectations.
- Under the overall supervision of the Ministry of Environment (MoE) and in close coordination with UNDP, the consultant will:
- Review reports, guidelines, spatial plans, and technical tools of line ministries, especially MoE and UNDP related to spatial planning, biodiversity conservation, and natural resource management in Cambodia;
- Analyze legal and policy frameworks (e.g., Code of Environment and Natural Resources, Legal Instrument, Land Use Master Plan guidelines etc.) to assess spatial planning provisions;
- Assess achievements, gaps, and overlaps in the past and on-going spatial planning efforts by government ministries, UN Agencies, development partners;
- Identify good practices, scalable approaches, and lessons learned from relevant spatial planning projects and pilot initiatives;
- Develop a set of robust indicators to monitor and measure the integration of spatial planning into the updated NBSAP;
- Ensure that developed indicators align with KM-GBF targets, national biodiversity goals, and cross-sectoral planning objectives;
- Identify key policy challenges, institutional gaps, governance barriers, and capacity constraints that affect effective spatial planning integration into biodiversity conservation;
- Provide institutional and policy recommendations to strengthen spatial planning governance under the NBSAP framework;
- Engage with key stakeholders (e.g., government agencies, technical working groups, development partners, civil society) to validate findings and collect inputs;
- Participate in technical consultations, workshops, or meetings as required;
- Prepare a comprehensive report summarizing findings, including the spatial planning assessment, developed indicators, identified challenges, and actionable recommendations;
- Provide technical inputs to ensure recommendations are integrated into the updated NBSAP and aligned with Cambodia’s biodiversity and development strategies, programmes and priorities; and
- Be part of the launching updated NBSAP preparation.
- Education:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in environmental science, spatial planning, natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, geography, environmental policy, or a related field.
- Experience:
- At least 7 years of professional experience in biodiversity conservation, spatial planning, land-use planning, or natural resource management;
- Demonstrated experience conducting policy and institutional assessments, preferably related to biodiversity or spatial planning;
- Proven experience developing monitoring indicators or performance frameworks in the context of environmental or biodiversity strategies; and
- Familiarity with Cambodia’s environmental policy landscape, national biodiversity strategies, and relevant international frameworks (e.g., CBD, KM-GBF) is a strong advantage.
- Competencies:
- Highly organized person, sets priorities, produces quality outputs, meets deadlines and manages time efficiently.
- Ability to maintain overview in complex work situations, self-starter;
- Ability to gather and process data and information;
- Excellent interpersonal skills to network among the national team and beyond to other national institution;
- Ability to write clearly professional correspondence; and
- Sharing of knowledge and willingness to provide support to others who request advice or help;
- Working toward creative solutions by analysing problems carefully and logically; and
- Maintaining professional relationships with supervisors, and project-related stakeholders and actors.
- Language Requirements:
- Fluency in writing and communications in Khmer and English.
