Policy Associate

Volunteering Legal Environment

Overview

Support policy development on ozone protection and climate action

You have:

• Minimum 3 years of experience of working in the field of environmental and public policy, and/or law and/or programme management in the environmental field.
• Experience working in the UN or other international development organizations is an advantage.
• Excellent research, drafting and reporting skills.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Working knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.
• Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, among others), email, and internet.

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

This post is in the Secretariat for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Ozone Secretariat) at the Nairobi duty station. Project results will lead to enhanced capacity of the Ozone Secretariat in dealing with compliance and policy issues, support parties’ efforts in implementing the Montreal Protocol and enhance collaboration with partners in the area of climate action and environmental protection.

The results will be legal and policy research, support to the intergovernmental process, including the work of the Implementation Committee under the Non-Compliance Procedure for the Montreal Protocol and during the global meetings of the parties to Protocol. Results will also include a set of policy and communication tools such as policy toolkit on energy efficiency, atlas on sustainable cold chain and communication products on sustainable lifestyles and cooling, among others.

Under the supervision of the Programme Officer for Monitoring and Compliance the specialist volunteer is expected to perform the following tasks: • Undertake research on issues related to the legal provisions of the Protocol and their implementation; • Provide substantive support to the Secretariat team supporting the Implementation Committee for the preparation of Committee meetings; • Coordinate the development of an online toolkit of policy options for promotion of energy efficiency in the refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump sector, which will be part of a policy toolkit for sustainable cooling to be developed in coordination with a number of partners;
• Coordinate the expansion of the existing online exhibition on sustainable cold chains into an atlas of sustainable cold chain solutions with inclusion of new entries in consultation with partners (FAO and Cool Coalition), validation of entries with the partners or proponents of sustainable cold chain solutions, coordination of the expanded layout with the Ozone Secretariat’s web designer among other tasks;
• Contribute to the development and fundraising for the sustainable cooling and lifestyles communication campaign; • Perform other duties as required, including servicing of the Montreal Protocol’s global meetings.

• Accountability • Planning and organising • Professionalism

Minimum 3 years of experience of working in the field of environmental and public policy, and/or law and/or programme management in the environmental field;  • Experience working in the UN or other international development organization is an advantage; • Excellent research, drafting and reporting skills; • Accuracy and professionalism in preparing and editing documents, including official documents for meetings; • Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing; • Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development; • Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel; • Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, among others), email, and internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment; • Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines;

-Fluency in English is required. -Working knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.

The Republic of Kenya is an equatorial nation on the coast of East Africa, neighbouring Soma-lia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Indian Ocean. Kenya has two levels of Gov-ernment; National Government and 47 sub-national Governments called Counties. Counties are further divided into sub-counties. Kenya is a multi-party state with Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. Kenya’s popula-tion of more than 40 million is growing at an annual rate of 2.2%. The country’s GNP per capita estimated at purchasing power parity (PPP) is $975, and the GNP is growing at an average rate of 0.1% annually. More than 26% of Kenya’s people live below the international poverty line of $1 per day. Kenya’s main food crops are “maize, wheat, pulses, roots and tubers.” (FAO).

Nairobi is a modern metropolitan city where most basic goods and services, health facilities, public transport, telecommunication and banking services and educational facilities are readily available. The city is widely connected through its main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the smaller Wilson Airport. Air transport is also available to many up-country desti-nations. The city is home to some 3,000 UN personnel mainly attributed to the fact that it serves as the headquarters for both the UN HABITAT and UNEP.

The socio-economic and cultural background of the immediate society the UNV would be living and working in is diverse and prevailing security conditions at the place of assignment is mod-est. The topographic and climatic features of the assignment location is highland cool and warm tropical climate.

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