UN Environnement recherche un Consultant en conception de systèmes alimentaires à Nairobi, Kenya.
Duties and Responsibilities
The UN 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. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. UNEP’s Ecosystems Division works with international and national partners, providing technical assistance and capacity development for the implementation of environmental policy, and strengthening the environmental management capacity of developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
The Youth, Education, and Advocacy Unit supports the advocacy needs across the Ecosystems Division, this includes working with key flagship projects such as the Food Taskforce. This project will be supporting the needs of this team with design work in advance of key meetings in 2023.
Reporting: The consultant will report to the Chief of the Youth, Education and Advocacy Unit, Sam Barratt.
Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationships:
The consultant will be located in UNEP / Ecosystems Division, Youth, Education & Advocacy Unit and the incumbent will report to the Chief, Youth, Education and Advocacy Unit.
Qualifications/special skills
Master’s degree in communications, international relations, political science, commerce or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
A minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience in the field of decarbonisation / entertainment industry.
Project management: Able to deliver highly complex projects of a global nature efficiently and effectively.
Innovation: Ability to think creatively about how to evolve pre-existing programmes to have maximum impact.
Communications: Able to bring a diverse group of individuals and partners together act on a common agenda, web design capability as well as able to write high quality texts and proposals as required.
Project design: A strong track record of designing projects that secure buy-in and generate results. (Desirable)
Writing: Strong writer of stories and proposals that support the work (Desirable)
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in oral and written English is required.
Application process
Closing date : 16/07/2023