Cooling Specialist

Result of Service Support to Cool Coalition secretariat on the timely production of Global Cooling Stocktake Report and on the delivery of workplan objectives to mobilize transformative action on cooling towards COP28.

Work Location Paris

Expected duration 13 months

Duties and Responsibilities The Cooling specialist will be engaged in the overall implementation of the Cool Coalition Workplan and Strategy 2022-23 and contribute to the achievement of its goals and targets towards COP28 by supporting the production of the global cooling stocktake report as well partnership and advocacy activities to facilitate knowledge exchange and joint action towards on cooling.

The incumbent will be responsible for the following specific tasks:

Research Coordination and Management Work collaboratively in the research team, UNEP regional offices, and partners to primarily manage the production of the Global Cooling Stocktake including: - Participate in the day-to-day management of the Global Cooling Stocktake production process, including setting and monitoring of milestones, timeline, contracting etc.; - Coordinate production of specific Global Cooling Stocktake chapters with authors and advisors, including facilitating collaboration between authors, special advisors, and contributors; developing chapter outlines; identifying/incorporating trends; carrying out critical review of texts, figures, tables, and additional chapter contents, etc.; - Research and analysis: identify research needs; modelling needs; coordinate UNEP’s internal research; establish and manage data collection (surveys, interviews, etc.) and the modelling strategy; - Identification of new contributors, experts, multipliers, and strategic partners; support the development of the Cool Coalition expert community; - Interact with Cool Coalition countries and partners on cooling research and data (e.g. IEA, IRENA, World Bank, industry associations, NGOs, regional renewable energy, and energy efficiency centres, etc.); - Coordinate peer review and support timely engagement with Coalition Steering Committee members, the Advisory Group, and the Coalition members at large, UNEP Chief Science Advisor and Senior Management Team; - Coordinate editing and design process with Communications officer, authors and production teams. - Support the Communication Officer on planning for the report launch

Partnership and Advocacy towards COP28 - Support drafting and roll out of Cool Coalition partners engagement strategy to deliver on the COP28 strategy dovetailed with the agreed workplan - Support Cool Coalition engagement in the UNFCCC Global Climate Stocktake process and linking of Cooling Stocktake - Preparation of background documents, meeting preparations and logistics, and summary minutes, and follow up activities with Executive Committee and Steering Committee members as related to the global stocktake and cop28 engagement - Facilitate 1 Cool Coalition Working Group with support from the working groups’ leads partners. As such engage, with lead international technical experts, partner organizations and donors to mobilize transformative action towards COP28 - Support COP28 campaign, including events facilitation, briefings, run of show, and PowerPoint preparations etc.

Qualifications/special skills An advanced university degree (Masters or equivalent additional experience) in environmental studies, economics, political science or engineering. At least 5 years of professional experience with energy efficiency and climate policies, programmes and technologies related to refrigeration, air conditioning and related cooling solutions. Prior experience in analysis and research preferably within a cooling context is desired. Experience working with emerging economies is a plus.

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.