Programme Management Officer United Nations Environment Programme Experience: Atleast 7 years Nairobi, Kenya Apply By: 14-08-2024

Org. Setting and Reporting

The United Nations 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. The Policy and Programme Division (PPD) is a center of excellence for strategic guidance and programmatic policy for UNEP. PPD enables UNEP’s strategic and programmatic direction, ensuring organization-wide coherence and effectiveness in implementation and continuous improvement. This position is located in the Development Coordination Unit (DCU) of the Policy and Programme Division at the Nairobi Duty Station. DCU facilitates coherent and effective policy support and approaches across UNEP for enhanced implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda within the UN system increasing the uptake of environmental policy issues by UN entities at country level. Under the direct supervision of the Head of the Development Coordination Unit, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:

Responsibilities

• Develops strategies and supports implementation of institutional frameworks for UNEP to support the work of the UN Country Teams, working with the UN Development Coordination Office, its regional offices, UNEP regional and divisional offices and other related UN entities.
• Drafts policies and strategies for the integration of the environmental dimension of sustainable development into UNCT planning and programming processes, including Common Country Analyses and UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks.
• Facilitates knowledge management and collaboration across UNCT focal points and the UNCT engagement network.
• Develops, implements and evaluates assigned projects and programmes; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions.
• Researches, organizes and prepares written outputs e.g. draft background papers, analyze sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications.
• Coordinates policy development, including review and analysis of issues and trends, work closely with Divisions, Regional offices and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) to offer to Member States support in the development of relevant environmental policies, laws and norms to achieve the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs at the local, national, regional and global levels using integrated approaches.
• Coordinates the development and communication of strategic partnerships.
• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Performs other relevant duties as assigned.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in international relations, environmental policy/science, business administration, project planning and management, or related disciplines, is required. A first level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work 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.

Work Experience

• A minimum of seven years (7) of progressively responsible experience working in policy, activities related to sustainable development, programme planning, policy development and review , project implementation, monitoring and evaluation; or related area, is required. Experience working with the UN or other international organizations is desirable. Working experience on 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals is desirable. Experience in regional/country level environmental programming and planning is desirable. Experience in the use of environmental, social, and economic data and information to draft policy briefs and other reports for decision making is desirable. Experience working with inter-governmental and/or inter-agency organizations is desirable. A minimum of two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is a desirable. Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of “fluent” in all four areas (read, write, speak, understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of “confident” in two of the four areas.

Source: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/238421?language=en