Responsibilities
- Develops strategies and supports implementation of
institutional frameworks for UNEP to support the work of the UN Country
Teams, working with the UN Development Coordination Office, its regional
offices, UNEP regional and divisional offices and other related UN
entities.
- Drafts policies and strategies for the integration of the
environmental dimension of sustainable development into UNCT planning and
programming processes, including Common Country Analyses and UN
Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks.
- Facilitates knowledge management and collaboration across UNCT
focal points and the UNCT engagement network.
- Develops, implements and evaluates assigned projects and
programmes; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and
implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies
problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions;
liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions.
- Researches, organizes and prepares written outputs e.g. draft
background papers, analyze sections of reports and studies, inputs to
publications.
- Coordinates policy development, including review and analysis
of issues and trends, work closely with Divisions, Regional offices and
Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) to offer to Member States
support in the development of relevant environmental policies, laws and
norms to achieve the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs at the local, national,
regional and global levels using integrated approaches.
- Coordinates the development and communication of strategic
partnerships.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and
provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data
visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making,
presentation and reporting.
- Performs other relevant duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Requirements
Education
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in
international relations, environmental policy/science, business
administration, project planning and management, or related disciplines,
is required.
- A first level university degree in combination with two
additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of
the advanced university degree.
- Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs
in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is
desirable.
Work Experience
- A minimum of seven years (7) of progressively responsible
experience working in policy, activities related to sustainable
development, programme planning, policy development and review , project
implementation, monitoring and evaluation; or related area, is required.
- Experience working with the UN or other international
organizations is desirable.
- Working experience on 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development
Goals is desirable.
- Experience in regional/country level environmental programming
and planning is desirable.
- Experience in the use of environmental, social, and economic
data and information to draft policy briefs and other reports for decision
making is desirable.
- Experience working with inter-governmental and/or inter-agency
organizations is desirable.
- A minimum of two (2) years or more of experience in data
analytics or related area is desirable.
How To Apply
