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The UN-REDD Programme is the United Nations Collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in developing countries. The Programme was launched in January 2012 to assist developing countries prepare and implement national REDD+ strategies, and builds on the convening power and expertise of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Developing Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As a partner country of the UN-REDD Programme, Sri Lanka is committed to developing the necessary capacity to implement REDD+ according to the components of REDD+ readiness jointly identified by UN-REDD and the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) of the World Bank. The national programme will thus contribute to ensuring that Sri Lanka is prepared to effectively participate in the REDD+ mechanism resulting from the UNFCCC negotiations, by focusing on key initial elements of REDD+ readiness.

The office of the FAO Representative in Sri Lanka is looking for a team of highly motivated individuals to fill the below vacancies for the Programme Management Unit (PMU) of the above Project;

• Programme Manager
• Communication Officer
• Administrative Assistant
• Finance Assistant
• Project Secretary

Qualifications     :              As indicated in the respective Terms of Reference.

Languages           :            Fluency in English and Sinhala or Tamil.

Duty Station       :               Colombo.

Qualified candidates are invited to send a CV to the FAO Representative, UN Compound, 202, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka under confidential cover, indicating the position applied to reach this office on or before 15^th March, 2013. Only those candidates under active consideration will be contacted.

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