SENIOR PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT OFFICER, P5

Overview

Leads and directs UNEP’s environmental response and recovery interventions in fragile and crisis-affected countries and regions. Coordinates rapid response in environmental emergencies to address Member States’ requests for environmental assistance and recovery.

Tasks Summary

• Takes the lead and directs UNEP’s environmental response and recovery interventions in fragile and crisis-affected countries and regions.
• Leads and coordinates rapid response in environmental emergencies.
• Plans and oversees the management of activities undertaken by the response and recovery team.
• Carries out programmatic/administrative tasks, including programme planning, implementation and evaluations, preparation of budgets, reporting on budget/programme performance.
• Identifies programmatic priorities, problems, and issues to be addressed and proposes corrective actions.
• Liaises with relevant parties, including crisis-affected countries and UN partners.
• Leads field missions to crisis-affected countries.
• Ensures implementation of gender mainstreaming guidelines.
• Directs research on the environmental impacts of conflicts and disasters.
• Lead strategic partnership development and resource mobilisation efforts.
• Undertakes survey initiatives; guides design of data collection instruments; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses.
• Supervises preparation of various written outputs.
• Directs substantive support to consultative and other meetings and conferences.
• Manages outreach activities; designs and conducts training workshops, seminars, makes presentations.
• Coordinates activities related to budget and funding.
• Leads team members' efforts to collect and analyze data.
• Serves as an effective spokesperson in crisis response situations.
• Establishes collaboration and partnerships with key officials.
• Ensures effective utilisation, supervision, and development of staff.

Experience Requirements

• A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in programme management in environmental management is required.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in political analysis, environment security, or international relations in conflict or disaster affected situations is required.
• A minimum of five years of experience in United Nations field operations, special political missions, or similar international organizations or non-governmental organizations or contexts in an emergency, conflict, disaster, post-disaster or post-conflict setting is required.
• Experience supervising and managing diverse teams is required.
• Work experience at international level or within the United Nations System in assessing and responding to environmental issues in complex crisis-affected situations is desirable.
• Experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Qualification Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Masters degree or equivalent) in, environmental science and management, political science, international development, law, economics or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.

Other Details

Languages Required: English is required.

Languages Preferred: French is desirable.

Contract Duration: 6 months with a possibility of extension

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