Consultant - Event Management- Level C

Environment

Overview

Support Indigenous Peoples engagement for Stockholm+50 event

You have:

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in communications, public policy, international affairs, natural resource management, development, environment, or related area is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in programme and project management is required.
• Prior experience in organizing International meetings and events is required.
• Prior experience in managing projects and programmes at international level is desirable.
• Knowledge of project/programme monitoring tools and online platforms is desirable.
• Prior experience working with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities is desirable.
• Fluency in oral and written English is required.
• Fluency in at least one other UN working language (Spanish or French) is required.
• Knowledge of additional UN languages would be highly desirable.

Result of Service The services of the consultant will result in the following:

• The meaningful engagement of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) will occur through effective inclusion and participation; .

• IPLCs will be included in the preparatory phase through the regional and national consultations organized by UNEP and partners as well as in the plenary and leadership dialogues of the Stocokholm+50 international meeting.

• The perspectives, commitments and opportunities for action towards a healthy planet are identified by IPLCs from the seven indigenous regions recognized in the UN System, and presented at Stockholm+50.

  Work Location Home Based

  Expected duration 4 months.

  Duties and Responsibilities Organizational Setting:

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. This position reports to the project manager in the UNEP New York Office of the Ecosystems Division of UN Environment Programme.

Five decades after the Stockholm Conference made the link between environment and poverty; thirty years after Rio chartered sustainable development; and seven years after the world adopted the 2030 Agenda, Stockholm again welcomes the world in 2022. Anchored in the Decade of Action, the theme of the international meeting is “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity.” It will be an occasion to raise awareness on the importance of protecting our planet and drive action towards achieving sustainable development for the well-being of current and future generations, further recognize the interconnections between humans and nature, and centerstage the value of a healthy planet for all.

Stockholm+50 will complement the important spaces that have been created for discussing and resolving climate, nature and pollution challenges. Its central value added goes beyond aggregating the insights and decisions from these political processes: it represents a chance to think and act beyond the silos of individual challenges towards a systemic approach, one that builds on existing initiatives and agreements and that takes them one step forward – marking a milestone on how we conceive and deliver on human well-being, capabilities and freedoms by focusing on the needs of the human environment in the 21st century.

Based on the UN General Assembly Resolution 75/326, the meeting will consist of plenary sessions and three leadership dialogues, complemented by various stakeholder engagement activities. Importantly, these dialogues and consultations will also inform possible follow-up actions resulting from the international meeting, which may be in the form of legacy initiatives designed to help countries accelerate progress on sustainable development priorities and move “from commitment to action”.

The engagement of civil society and a variety of stakeholders will also be at the heart of Stockholm+50. This concept focuses on one of the priority engagement, of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs). National and regional stakeholder consultations will be organized to give voice to as many stakeholders as possible and to ensure a bottom-up mapping of key elements and actions needed to safeguard the human environment. This will be implemented in various forms, from direct participation at the preparatory and international meetings as well as through informal groups to support the Leadership Dialogues and stakeholder consultations.

UNEP requires support from a consultant who will provide support to the programme officer who will manage the IPLC engagement track throughout the preparatory phase and the meeting in Stockholm in June.

The objective of the consultancy is to support the engagement of IPLC in S+50 throughout the preparation process with focus on the organisation IPLC engagement in national and regional consultation processes.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the overall supervision and guidance of the project manager, the consultant will be expected to carry out the following tasks:

1. Coordinate the IPLC engagement in national and regional dialogues:

• Work with colleagues in UNEP, UNDP, and other UN agencies to ensure inclusion of IPLC in national and regional dialogues;
• Reach out to, consult and work with IPLC leaders to identify organizations and individuals for inclusion; and
• Document the IPLC engagement in national/regional dialogues and feature them for communication/outreach purposes.
• Preparation of briefing notes for the consultations and reports on outcomes of the discussions and key messages.

2. Coordinate the organization of IPLC consultations in the 7 sociocultural regions of IPLCs;

• Liaise with IPLC networks to identify potential partners and participant base for each of the 7 IPLC regions;
• Send invitations to the consultations, and communicate with the participants and resource persons;
• Provide guidance on the identification of resource persons as well as development of the meeting agenda, participants list, background and presentation materials;
• Coordinate logistics for the online meeting, including facilitation of participation by IPLC representatives; and
• Produce draft reports from each of the meeting and support the development of the final summary report.
• Produce draft policy briefs for IPLCs participants at S+50.

3. Provide coordination of IPLC participation at Stockholm+50:

• Identification of IPLC delegation to Stockholm+50 for each of the 7 regions, and generate a list of representatives receiving travel support;

• Contribute to the planning and organizing of an IPLC side event at Stockholm+50, working with partners to develop agenda; and

• Explore the opportunities for the involvement of IPLC speakers at plenary, Leadership Dialogues and other side events at Stockholm+50.

4. Work with the project manager on tasks related to the IPLC engagement at Stockholm+50, which may include:

• Contributing to the production of messaging materials for the Stockholm+50 website, social media, press releases and other means.
• Contribute to the production of IPLC messages through curation of videos, including previously produced materials;

• Coordinate the reaching out to IPLC networks of the Rio Conventions, UNESCO, the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

  Qualifications/special skills Academic Qualifications: Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in in communications, public policy, international affairs, natural resource management, development, environment, or related area is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Experience: - A minimum 7 years of experience in programme and project management is required.

• Prior experience in organizing International meetings and events is required.
• Prior experience in managing projects and programmes at international level is desirable. - •Knowledge of project/programme monitoring tools and online platforms is desirable.

• Prior experience working with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities is desirable. Language: - Fluency in oral and written English is required. Fluency in at least one other UN working language (Spanish or French) is required. Knowledge of additional UN languages would be highly desirable.

  No Fee THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

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