Technical Specialist (Forest-Positive Policy Analysis)

The Technical Specialist (Forest-Positive Policy Analysis) will coordinate with government focal points to map national land-use, agro-forestry tenure and commodity practices and conduct a gap analysis to assess readiness for forest-positive and deforestation-free market alignment. The role supports sustainable forest landscape management and commodity production decoupled from deforestation in Cambodia's agriculture-forest frontier landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Develop a detailed work plan for the consultancy, including methodology, timeline, and stakeholder engagement approach
• Collect and assess relevant international, national policy, institutional, and local tenure related instruments & practices
• Focus on instruments related to forest-positive and sustainable production systems and country’s readiness in deforestation free-based instruments, focusing on land tenure considerations
• Complement desk research with national repositories, past assessments, and key stakeholder interviews
• Map responsible institutional entities
• Assess availability of data, documents, and systems to support due diligence
• Take stock of traceability efforts and systems for the targeted commodities
• Identify key tenure, policy and institutional gaps, overlaps, and challenges targeting agricultural and community forestry land practices
• Propose actionable short- and medium-term solutions to strengthen the enabling environment & policy coherence
• Prepare Detailed Report Outline and draft Policy Gap Assessment Report summarizing key findings and recommendations
• Organize and facilitate a validation meeting with key stakeholders, present findings and gather technical inputs
• Revise and finalize the report based on feedback
• Perform related duties as required

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in forestry, agriculture policy, tenure, economics or related matters
• At least 5 years of professional experience in a relevant field related to environmental, agriculture-forestry nexus and tenure, natural resources and/or forestry policy in Cambodia
• Good knowledge of the international context related to forests, and of the major international and regional environmental instruments
• Working knowledge of English
• National of Cambodia
• Work experience in more than one location or area of work
• Demonstrated capacities to draft texts/reports
• Very good sense of organization and ability to meet tight deadlines
• Ability to prioritize tasks
• Ability to work in a harmonious and effective way in a multicultural team
• Ability to work closely with national institutions and governmental entities

Skills

• Forestry Policy Analysis
• Agriculture-Forestry Nexus
• Natural Resource Management
• Environmental Policy
• Land-Use Mapping
• Agro-Forestry Tenure
• Gap Analysis
• Sustainable Forest Management
• Deforestation-Free Commodity Production
• Report Writing
• International Environmental Instruments
• Policy drafting
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Multi-cultural Team Collaboration
• Task Prioritization

Languages

English