Under the overall supervision of the Project Coordinator and in cooperation with all other consultants under Montenegro’s Early Action Support project, the National Consultant – Editing will ensure that the updated NBSAP is fully edited in both English and Montenegrin. This includes formatting the document in Montenegrin and English languages, proofreading and editing in both languages, and stylistic alignment of the outputs delivered by all Early Action Support project consultants. The National Consultant – Editing will be responsible for the following:
- Editing the updated NBSAP, including formatting the document in Montenegrin and English languages, proofreading and editing in both languages, and stylistic alignment of the outputs delivered by all Early Action Support project consultants.
- Collaborating with all consultants and the National Project Coordinator for Montenegro’s Early Action Support project to ensure a fully edited and finalized NBSAP in both languages.
Duties and Responsibilities
The United Nations Environment Programme is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. Under its Western Balkan portfolio, it facilitates the implementation and execution of numerous projects pertaining to climate change, biodiversity protection, land degradation, and other environment-related aspects.
The consultant will be engaged for the purposes of providing expertise to a project implemented in Montenegro focused on the preparation of an updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP), to align with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), executed with support from UNEP’s Early Action Support programme team in Nairobi, Kenya. UNEP’s Early Action Support programme team is currently supporting the execution of the GEF-funded project implemented in Montenegro focused on the preparation of the update of Montenegro’s NBSAP.
The NBSAP and biodiversity frameworks in Montenegro are not fully aligned with the KMGBF. Furthermore, lessons learned from the last round of updating NBSAPs indicate that challenges persist in terms of non-alignment of national targets with global targets, lack of a financing plan for NBSAP implementation, inadequate implementation due to delays in updating NBSAPs, as well as inadequate monitoring. Alignment will help catalyze the implementation of the KMGBF and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its protocols. There are now only six years remaining for Parties and the global community to achieve the agreed KMGBF targets.
Within this context, the UNEP and the Government of Montenegro are implementing this project, with the specific objective to fast-track readiness and early actions to implement the KMGBF. The project provides financial and technical support to GEF-eligible Parties to the CBD in their work to review and align their national targets, NBSAPs, policy frameworks, monitoring frameworks, and finance with the KMGBF.
Under the overall supervision of the Project Coordinator and in cooperation with all other consultants under Montenegro’s Early Action Support project, the National Consultant – Editing will ensure that the updated NBSAP is fully edited in both English and Montenegrin. This includes formatting the document in Montenegrin and English languages, proofreading and editing in both languages, and stylistic alignment of the outputs delivered by all Early Action Support project consultants. The National Consultant – Editing will be responsible for the following:
- Editing the updated NBSAP, including formatting the document in Montenegrin and English languages, proofreading and editing in both languages, and stylistic alignment of the outputs delivered by all Early Action Support project consultants.
- Collaborating with all consultants and the National Project Coordinator for Montenegro’s Early Action Support project to ensure a fully edited and finalized NBSAP in both languages.
Qualifications/Special Skills
- Minimum qualification of completion of high school diploma or equivalent is required. An academic degree in English language and literature, or a similar field, is highly desirable.
- For the advertised post, a minimum of at least three years of experience in the areas of editing, proofreading, and English language translation is required.
- Familiarity with software related to document formatting is required.
- Familiarity with graphic design is desirable.
- Experience in working in a diverse project team and combining different outputs is required.
Languages
For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English and Montenegrin is required.