Environmental Affairs Specialist

Consultant Environment

Overview

Strengthen delivery of UNEP regional science-policy sub-programme in Africa.

You have:

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in environmental management/governance/policy related fields, sustainable development related fields is required.
• A minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in environmental policy development and associated natural resource and ecosystem management is required.
• Experience in the UN system’s reform process, including the UN Resident Coordinator System (UNRC) and Regional Collaborative Platforms (RCPs) is required.
• Experience and good grasp of UN 2.0 and UNEP's ‘New Delivery Model Policy’ is desirable.
• Within the five year required, a minimum of two (2) years or more of experience in UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks is desirable.
• Fluency in English is required.

Contract

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Result of Service

Strengthened delivery of UNEP regional science-policy sub-programme mandate in the Africa region as per the corporate Medium-Term Strategy, Delivery Model Policy, and science-policy related initiatives, programmes, projects and other interventions;

Work Location

Nairobi

Expected duration

9 months

Duties and Responsibilities

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 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. UNEP’s Regional Office for Africa plays a vital role in the implementation of UNEP global programmes in the African region by initiating, coordinating, and catalysing regional and sub-regional cooperation and action in response to environmental challenges and emerging issues. This position is located in the UNEP’s Regional Office for Africa (ROA) at the Nairobi duty station, The Office empowers governments, partners, and other stakeholders to foster the delivery of the environmental agenda in the Africa region in the context of the global community’s 2030 Agenda, Paris Climate Action, and Africa’s Agenda 2063. This is presently accomplished through UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategy (2022-2025) and biennial programme of work, as well as New Delivery Model Policy. Under direct supervision of the Regional Coordinator for ROA, the incumbent will be mainly responsible for supporting the delivery of the UNEP’s programmatic areas of interventions in support of UN Country Teams including in the form of Common Country Analyses (CCA), UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), the UNEP’s UN Country Team Focal Point framework, technical support to AMCEN Secretariat and horizon scanning for emerging policy and political evolution in Africa region to inform regular political and policy briefs for strategic engagement by the Regional Director. The incumbent will carry out the following functions: • Review, analyse, and evaluate progress and identifies trends, using various research methodologies and sources of information, including the Regional Office reporting against the corporate biennial programme of work and budget, and the New Delivery Model Policy. • Support regional contextualization of policy development by identifying gaps and issues to be addressed and proposing and tracking corrective actions; prepares, or oversees preparation, of various written outputs, such as background analyses, reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc. • Support UNCTs and other country partners to suitably integrate environmental dimensions of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in national development planning, prioritization, and programming processes. • Participate in the development and maintenance of environmental data and statistics platforms and repositories for enriching environmental facets of Common Country Analyses (CCA) and UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) processes. • Conduct outreach activities; conduct of training workshops and seminars; make presentations on assigned topics/activities, especially relating to CCA and UNSDCF. • Research and analyses science-policy related issues, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of assessments or other research activities and studies, that may be requested by UNCTs from time to time. • Support the preparation and services consultative and other meetings, workshops, conferences, etc.: develops agendas, identifies and liaises with participants, prepares relevant documents and presentations at regional level, prepare meeting reports and readouts. • Support the production of briefing notes, speeches, regional political briefs that highlight key environmental developments in the region. • Targeted information products supported with graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting. • Prepare strategic policy and political briefs for strategic engagement with members states by the Regional Director and the Executive Office. • Provide pertinent input to administrative processes in particular budgetary and funding matters (programme preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget, etc.

Qualifications/special skills

Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in environmental management/governance/policy related fields, sustainable development related fields is required. • A minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in environmental policy development and associated natural resource and ecosystem management is required. • Experience in the UN system’s reform process, including the UN Resident Coordinator System (UNRC) and Regional Collaborative Platforms (RCPs) is required. • Experience and good grasp of UN 2.0 and UNEPs ‘New Delivery Model Policy’ is desirable. • Within the five year required, a minimum of two (2) years or more of experience in UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks is desirable.

Languages

Fluency in English is required.

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

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