Circular Economy Specialist

United Nations - UN United Nations Environment Programme

Consultant Closes 26 Mar 2026 7 days left

Overview

The consultant will provide technical contributions on sustainable management of resources and circular economy, design and coordinate capacity development activities, and support global and regional dialogues and partnerships.


Key Responsibilities
  • Compilation of 10 best practices/business cases of CE.
  • Design and co-create a series of webinars on CE, with at least 2 conducted.
  • Organization of two dialogues or join activities between GACERE and regional platforms.
  • Drafting of sections related to GACERE's outcomes, outputs, activities, and indicators in the new GGKP/GACERE project document for 2026-2029.
  • Provide technical support to other GACERE work plan activities, including organization of meetings, PPT, and briefings.
Required Experience
  • A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in sustainable development, green or circular economy; resource efficiency, sustainable consumption and production.
  • Demonstrated experience on sustainability in high impact sectors such as textiles/fashion, food systems.
  • Technical knowledge on circularity, sustainable consumption and production in high impact sectors (textile, food systems) and proven analytical skills and demonstrated experience in these areas.
  • Experience in project management, development of partnerships with government and private sector.
  • Experience working with international organizations, multi-cultural setting and with multi-stakeholder partnerships.
  • Experience in coordinating and facilitating collaborative workshops and capacity building activities is desirable.
  • Two years or more of experience in data analytics or related areas is desirable.
Qualifications
  • Post Graduate Degree (Masters level or above) in environmental science, international affairs, sustainable engineering, or related field.
  • A first-level university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Other Details
Languages Required
• Fluency in English is required.
Languages Preferred
• Knowledge of other UN languages are desirable.
Contract Duration
6 months
Work Modality
Home-based
Remuneration
Not specified
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