Overview
The Associate Programme Management Officer will manage and engage in technical and scientific discussions in the field of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) development and application, and contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes and projects to enhance the use of life-cycle approaches.
Key Responsibilities
- Manages and engages in technical and scientific discussions with global experts in LCA development and application.
- Presents the work of UNEP and the Life Cycle Initiative in LCA at conferences.
- Ensures smooth functioning and resolves IT development and operations related to LCA data hosting.
- Carries out basic research on LCA projects, collecting and analyzing life-cycle data.
- Contributes to the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes and projects using life-cycle approaches.
- Monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation.
- Reviews documents and reports related to life-cycle approaches.
- Identifies problems and recommends corrective actions.
- Liaises with relevant parties and tracks follow-up actions.
- Contributes to the preparation of written outputs such as background papers, analytical notes, and reports.
- Contributes to the organization of consultative meetings and conferences.
- Undertakes outreach activities and participates in training workshops and seminars.
- Helps coordinate activities related to budget funding and preparation of related documents.
- Contributes to data collection and analysis, identifying trends and providing insights using data visualization methods.
- Performs other duties as required.
Required Experience
- A minimum of two years of progressively responsible experience in project management on applying life-cycle approaches to Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), circular economy or related area is required.
- Work experience in applying Life Cycle Assessment ( LCA) data management and formats and schemas (JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD); ecospold) is required.
- Work experience in using at least one of the major software packages (SimaPro; GaBi; OpenLCA; Brightway) is required.
- Professional training in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), with work experience in high-impact sectors (e.g. buildings and construction; mobility; textiles; chemicals; packaging; extractives; food) is required.
- Work experience in conveying results from life-cycle approaches to policymakers and / or in the context of international organisations is desirable.
- 1 year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable (none if successful YPP or P1 with a related degree).
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Sustainability assessment of production and consumption systems or Industrial Ecology or related field is required. A first-level university degree in the relevant field in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience maybe 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.
