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  • GEF Project Data and Information Collection Facilitator_ Palau Administrative Assistant – Temporary Job Opening (Tjo)

    GEF Project Data and Information Collection Facilitator_ Palau Administrative Assistant – Temporary Job Opening (Tjo)

    Specific tasks and responsibilities

    Collect information, documents and data for developing the proposal from key beneficiaries and stakeholders of the project.
    Support the organization of workshop/meetings with beneficiaries and stakeholders for the consultants developing the project proposal.

    Qualifications/special skills

    A first level degree in one of the following fields is required: project management, engineering, environment, law, business administration, economics, public affairs, development, finance, or a related discipline is required;
    Minimum of Seven (7) years of overall professional experience in projects related to climate change, environment or development is required.
    Experience in working with national governments is desirable;
    Knowledge on ongoing sustainable transport initiatives and actors (government & non-government, development partners, etc.) is desirable
    Experience in working for multilateral or bilateral funding entities in the field of climate change, environment or development is desirable
    Good communication skills to manage/interact with government representatives and people inside and outside of the project team is desirable.

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  • Finance and Budget Assistant Evaluation Consultant for Terminal Evaluation of the UNEP Project Accelerating the Shift to Sustainable Public Procurement and Monitoring Progress

    Finance and Budget Assistant Evaluation Consultant for Terminal Evaluation of the UNEP Project Accelerating the Shift to Sustainable Public Procurement and Monitoring Progress

    Responsibilities

    Budget preparation and Consumption:
    May act as Certifying Officer on behalf of and in the absence of the Finance and Budget Officer.
    Provides support with respect to the review, analyses and preparation of the medium-term plan and its revisions.
    Prepares supporting documents (narrative and supporting tables) with respect to finalization of cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements.
    Assists managers in the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions.
    Undertakes research and provides support to the Finance & Budget Officer with respect to budget reviews of relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies.
    Monitors expenditures and compares with approved budget; prepares adjustments as necessary.
    Prepares budget consumption document based on assigned roles.
    Reviews requisitions for goods and services to ensure correctness in line with approved budget
    Assists in preparation of budget performance submissions and finalization of budget performance reports, analyzing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.
    Monitors and assist with reporting
    Verifies accuracy of input data, ensuring consistency of data in previous allotments to new allotments issued.
    Co-ordinates with other finance and budget staff on related issues during preparation of budget reports.

    General Support:

    Keeps up-to-date on documents/reports/guidelines that have a bearing on matters related to programme, ensuring compliance with donor and other recommendations and decisions as well as with United Nations policies and procedures. 2) Drafts or prepares correspondence to respond to enquiries in respect to relevant financial and budget matters.
    Maintain and keep up-to-date files including electronic copies.
    May be responsible for providing guidance, training and daily supervision to other general service staff in their area of responsibility.
    Assists with the collection and analysis of data as well as preparation of data presentations and reports for information sharing, responding to queries, knowledge management, planning and decision making.
    Assists with visualizations and updating information material such as web pages or brochures.
    Performs other related duties, as assigned.

    Education

    High school diploma or equivalent is required.

    Work Experience

    A minimum of seven (7) years of relevant work experience in finance, budget, accounting, administrative services or related area is required.
    The minimum years of relevant experience is reduced to five (5) years for candidates who possess a first-level university degree or higher.
    Experience working in an international organization is desirable. Experience in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems is desirable.
    One (1) year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

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  • Expert for KIP Preparation Public Information Officer (Head Writer)

    Expert for KIP Preparation Public Information Officer (Head Writer)

    At the same time, the global programme management services ensure that the Executive Committee receives timely, accurate, relevant and high-quality project proposals, financial and substantive reports, and information about the implementation of actions on the ground. At the 93rd ExCom and in line with the request of the Government of Kenya submitted through UNEP as lead implementing agency, ExCom approved funds for the preparation of the KIP of Kenya. With the objective of establishing the basis for the preparation of the KIP, UNEP requires a consultant to guide the conducting of national HFCs surveys and preparation of the KIP project in Kenya UNEP’s Business Plan for the years of 2023-2025 (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/91/25) is endorsed by the ExCom-91.
    Through the activities identified in this Business Plan, UNEP will assist the countries with implementing their HCFC phase-out responsibilities including preparing for the 2025 target and the total phase out, strengthening the government institutions in Article 5 countries responsible for implementing and reporting on their national strategies to comply with the Montreal Protocol, and sustaining Article 5 countries’ compliance with ozone depleting substance (ODS) phase out targets already met. The project services include preparation and implementation of HCFC Phase out Management Plans (HPMPs) Stages I, II, and III, Institutional Strengthening projects, preparation of KIP (HFC) phase down plans, and other technical assistant programmes.
    In this regard, the OzonAction expects the submission of very complex projects to ExCom-95 (a peak load for submissions). Therefore, the OzonAction requires support by a consultant to provide the technical assistance during national HFC surveys, drafting of survey reports, drafting of KIP project and during projects review process for complying with ExCom guidelines/policies.
    This position is home-based. During the assignment, the consultant will work under the direct supervision of the Montreal Protocol Regional Network Coordinator of Anglophone Network of Ozone Officers.

    Qualifications/special skills

    Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in engineering or environmental science or related area is required.
    A first university degree with a combination of two years professional and academic qualifications may be accepted in lieu of the advance degree.
    A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in engineering, environmental science, or related field Knowledge of technical issues of ozone depleting substances, experience in the implementation of Montreal Protocol activities and experience in data collection, review and management of HFCs or related substances is an added advantage

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  • Evaluation Consultant for Terminal Evaluation of the UNEP/GEF Project Continuing Regional Support for the POPs Global Monitoring Plan Project Concept Design Consultant-Tuvalu

    Evaluation Consultant for Terminal Evaluation of the UNEP/GEF Project Continuing Regional Support for the POPs Global Monitoring Plan Project Concept Design Consultant-Tuvalu

    Inception phase of the Evaluation, including: preliminary desk review and introductory interviews with project staff;
    draft the reconstructed Theory of Change of the project;
    prepare the evaluation framework;
    develop the desk review and interview protocols;
    draft the survey protocols (if relevant);
    develop and present criteria for country and/or site selection for the evaluation mission;
    plan the evaluation schedule;
    prepare the Inception Report, incorporating comments until approved by the Evaluation Manager.
    Data collection and analysis phase of the Evaluation, including: conduct further desk review and in-depth interviews with project implementing and executing agencies, project partners and project stakeholders;
    where appropriate and agreed) conduct an evaluation mission(s) to selected countries, visit the project locations, interview project partners and stakeholders, including a good representation of local communities.
    Ensure independence of the Evaluation and confidentiality of evaluation interviews.
    regularly report back to the Evaluation Manager on progress and inform of any possible problems or issues encountered and; keep the Project Manager informed of the evaluation progress.
    Reporting phase, including: draft the Main Evaluation Report, ensuring that the evaluation report is complete, coherent and consistent with the Evaluation Manager guidelines both in substance and style;
    liaise with the Evaluation Manager on comments received and finalize the Main Evaluation Report, ensuring that comments are taken into account until approved by the Evaluation Manager;
    prepare a Response to Comments annex for the main report, listing those comments not accepted by the Evaluation Consultant and indicating the reason for the rejection; and; (where agreed with the Evaluation Manager) prepare an Evaluation Brief (2-page summary of the evaluand and the key evaluation findings and lessons).
    Managing relations, including: maintain a positive relationship with evaluation stakeholders, ensuring that the evaluation process is as participatory as possible but at the same time maintains its independence;
    communicate in a timely manner with the Evaluation Manager on any issues requiring attention and intervention. The Evaluation Consultant shall have had no prior involvement in the formulation or implementation of the project and will be independent from the participating institutions.
    The consultant will sign the Evaluation Consultant Code of Conduct Agreement Form. The Evaluation Consultant will be selected and recruited by the UNEP Evaluation Office through an individual consultancy contract. Comprehensive terms of reference will be shared with the consultant separately.

    Qualifications/special skills

    A first level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in environmental sciences, natural sciences, chemical engineering, sustainable development or other relevant area is required.
    An advanced degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in the same areas is desirable.
    The years of experience is reduced by 2 for candidates who possess a master’s degree in the related field.
    A minimum of nine (9) years of technical / evaluation experience preferably including evaluating large, regional or global programmes and using a Theory of Change approach s required.
    A good/broad understanding of Chemicals and Waste Conventions is desirable. Knowledge of the UN System and specifically the work of UNEP is desirable.

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  • Consultant–UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Senior Finance and Budget Assistant Senior Programme Management Assistant

    Consultant–UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Senior Finance and Budget Assistant Senior Programme Management Assistant

    • Be responsible for the update and finalization of the UN Decade’s Resource Mobilization Strategy and its action plan, as well as related documentation and briefs.
    Be responsible for the preparation and follow-up to resource mobilization meetings, conferences, consultative workshops in close coordination with the Decade’s Coordination Group (UNEP and FAO) and key partners.
    Support resource mobilization activities for the World Restoration Flagships and UN Decade’s Action Plan and develop related applications, budgets and other documentation as appropriate, engage into the communication in coordination with relevant colleagues and partners.
    Provide inputs to the planning and framing of the UN Decade’s activities, including for its second half (2026-2030).
    Develop reports, notes, web stories, and other follow-up documents to the related meetings and events.

    Qualifications/special skills

    Academic Qualifications: An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in environmental affairs, climate change and nature conservation, economics, business administration or a related field is required.
    A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
    At least 3 years of professional experience in mobilizing investments and working with private sector, Environment Social and Governance (ESG) or programme management is required. Experience in developing strategies and implementation plans for organizations is essential.

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  • National Consultant – National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) Editing Senior Administrative Officer Consultant for Go-blue Project Management and Coordination

    National Consultant – National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) Editing Senior Administrative Officer Consultant for Go-blue Project Management and Coordination

    The National Consultant will be responsible for the following: Editing the updated NBSAP, including formatting of the document in Montenegrin and English languages, proofreading and editing in both languages, and stylistic alignment of the outputs delivered by all Early Action Support project consultants.
    Collaborating with all consultants and the National Project Coordinator for Montenegro’s Early Action Support project, to ensure a fully edited and finalized NBSAP in both languages.

    Qualifications/special skills

    Minimum qualification of completion of High school diploma or equivalent is required. An academic degree in English language and literature, or a similar field is highly desirable.
    For the advertised post, a minimum of at least three years of experience in the areas of editing, proofreading and English language translation is required.
    Familiarity with software related to document formatting is required.
    Familiarity with graphic design is desirable.
    Experience in working in a diverse project team and combining different outputs is required.

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  • Administrative Assistant Senior Finance and Budget Assistant – Temporary Job Opening (TJO) Senior Programme Management Officer

    Administrative Assistant Senior Finance and Budget Assistant – Temporary Job Opening (TJO) Senior Programme Management Officer

    Responsibilities

    Human Resources Management
    Initiate, review, process and follow-up on actions related to the administration of the unit’s human resource activities, e.g., recruitment of staff and consultants, placement, promotion, relocation, performance appraisal, job classification reviews, separation of staff members, training etc., ensuring consistency in the application of UN rules and procedures.
    Respond to enquiries and provide information and advice to staff regarding their entitlements, administrative procedures, processes and practices, conditions of service, duties and responsibilities, and entitlements under the Staff Rules and Regulations.
    Oversee the maintenance of vacancy announcement files and keeps track of status of vacancy announcements. Reviews and processes personnel actions through IMIS.
    Monitor staffing table and prepare relevant statistical data/charts. General Administration
    Draft routine correspondence to respond to enquiries in respect to relevant administrative, financial audit, personnel matters. 

    Education

    High school diploma or equivalent is required.

    Job – Specific Qualification

    Relevant training in human resources, administration or related area is desirable.

    Work Experience

    A minimum of seven (7) years of relevant work experience in administrative services, finance, accounting, audit, human resources or related area is required.
    The minimum number of years of relevant experience is reduced by two (2) years for candidates who possess a first-level university degree.
    1 year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

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  • Communication Intern

    Communication Intern

    Duties and Responsibilities

    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. UNEP’s Ecosystems Division works with international and national partners, providing technical assistance and advisory services for the implementation of environmental policy, and strengthening the environmental management capacity of developing countries and countries with economies in transition. This position is in the UNEP Ecosystems Division, Administrative Services, in the Nairobi duty station. Under the supervision of the Chief Administration & HR Unit,, the incumbent will perform the following functions. The communication intern will be responsible for the following duties:
    Assist in the communications and knowledge management plan, specifically enhancing the Division’s Induction manual and updating the Division’s intranet.
    Support in developing and publishing communications material through various channels.
    Support updating Intranet platforms regularly.
    Collect, write and edit content received from Branches/Units.
    Collect stories on the results of the partnership.
    Support in creating, designing, and producing factsheets, presentations, social media cards, web stories, technical highlights, videos, infographics, visuals and other supplementary communication products for the Division’s intranet.
    Other duties to support the work of the AS and its partnerships as requested by supervisors.

    Qualifications/special skills

    Applicants must, at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements:

    Are enrolled in a master’s or in a Ph.D. programme; or Are enrolled in the final year of a bachelor’s programme; or Are within one year after graduation from a Bachelor’s, master’s or Ph.D. programme. in the field of communications, public relations, languages, Information Technology, Graphic Design, or equivalent.
    In addition: Demonstrate pleasant interpersonal skills.
    Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
    Have a keen interest in the work of the United Nations and has a personal commitment to the ideals of the UN Charter.
    Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.

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  • Data and Information Management Assistant

    Data and Information Management Assistant

    To use SQL, Python and related statistical languages to manipulate complex datasets in order to facilitate maintaining of accurate information on project performance, financial performance, human resource performance, audit and evaluation performance.
    Contribute to the preparation of monthly Programme Delivery Reports to be issued to heads of Offices and Regions, and Sub-programme coordinators.
    Contribute to the preparation of Quarterly Business Review reports and related material to be issued to the Senior Management Team.
    To optimize data transformation process performance through automating current analysis process by facilitating the use of advanced analytical tools for data storage and manipulation. Information Management.
    Work closely with personnel in Policy and Programme Support Unit, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Coordination Office, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) Coordination Office to aid with project reporting and related operations.
    Work closely with personnel in Gender Unit to aid with project gender alignment reporting and related operations.
    Work closely with the Finance and Budget personnel in the Corporate Services Division to aid with financial reporting and related operations.
    Work closely with Human Resource Section in the Corporate Services Division to aid with human resource reporting and related operations.
    Work closely with Strategic Planning Unit personnel in the Policy and Programme Division to gather audit reporting data for the timely reporting of compliance.
    Manage gathering of UNEP evaluations data from the Evaluation office for timely reporting of compliance.
    Work closely with the Business Intelligence Unit in Corporate Services Division to manage gathering of data required for financial reporting, grants management reporting and implementing partners reporting and related operations.
    Support Quarterly Business Review team to ensure implementation of best practices in data management to ensure the integrity of data and the quality of data processes. Business Systems Development.
    Planning, designing, developing, implementing and maintaining accurate database of UNEP’s Quarterly Business Review database.
    Conduct data integrity and availability tasks through routine administration, operation and monitoring of systems.
    Work closely with UNEP’s Enterprise Solutions Section DevOps team to support migration of legacy databases to the UNEP Enterprise Data Warehouse. Training.
    Train co-workers and/or clients on the Quarterly Business Review data collection process to aid in their understanding of the sources of information.
    Train co-workers and/or clients on managing their Quarterly Business Review composite index scores.

    Qualifications/special skills

    A high school diploma is required. The years of experience will be reduced by two years for candidates who possess a bachelor’s degree specializing in computer science or equivalent. Additional training and a technical or vocational certificate in information technology or other related areas are required.
    At least 2 years of work experience at the national or international level in application software systems analysis, design and development and data management is required.
    High level of proficiency in at least four of the following: Jira, Confluence, PHP, Python, JavaScript, MySQL databases, Power Apps, Teams, SharePoint Online.
    Experience working in teams, including coordination of junior members, and in engaging with clients. Working with multi-cultural teams would be an advantage.
    Experience in developing workflow automation and service request tracking solutions would be an advantage.

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  • Communications Consultant – UNEP GEF C&W Unit Finance and Budget Assistant – Temporary Job Opening (Tjo)

    Communications Consultant – UNEP GEF C&W Unit Finance and Budget Assistant – Temporary Job Opening (Tjo)

    Specific duties and responsibilities:

    Communication Strategy:
    Conduct consultations with internal & external stakeholders to finalize the draft communications strategy
    Develop annual plan and calendar of events and communication requirements in line with the UNEP and GEF policy requirements and expectations, e.g. press release for all new projects, high visibility at key international events, use of GEF and UNEP logos and alignment with brand and visibility policies etc.
    Produce guidance and SOPs for key communications workflows 2 Communications
    Task Force: The consultant will, in collaboration with the communications UNV:
    Support the operations of the newly revamped “communications task force”.
    Assist the identification of a series of communities of practice from across the portfolio.
    Support meetings of the Task Force and Communities of Practice to facilitate group discussions.
    Use the Communities of Practice to identify future webinar / panel events linked to 2.3 below.
    Review and provide support to communication strategies of FSP and MSP projects across the portfolio, including support to development of communications inputs to project proposals and oversight and quality control of communications activities of projects under implementation.
    Webinar and events series: Geneva is the central hub for Chemicals and Waste work globally. It hosts the Secretariats of the BRS and Minamata Conventions, the GFC Secretariat, the UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch, WHO, IPCC Secretariat, UNITAR and other key stakeholders in the C&W World. As such Geneva is a focus of international meetings where the unit often organizes meetings, events, and expert group discussions forums. A number of key project executing partners (GGKP, KRU unit in C&H Branch, WHO) are based in Geneva which provides an opportunity to explore opportunities for more integrated planning to events where the work of the unit can be showcased. The consultant will therefore support the following activities:
    Guide Communications UNV in organization of events linked to major inter-governmental meetings, organize events, including identify key speakers, publicize events, facilitate events.
    Develop a programme of webinar events focusing on key topics, including the GEF 9 strategy development
    Provide metric analysis of the events in terms of numbers of participants per event (min 500 as target), geographic distribution, stakeholder distribution, gender distribution.
    Provide a lessons-learnt analysis on how events can be used more effectively in future.
    Support the unit Senior Task Manager in organization and delivery of localized events such as Programme development meetings, consultations with BRS / Minamata Sec, joint meetings with WHO and other partners and, internal briefings to UNEP units and Divisions.
    Monitoring and Progress Controls Reporting lines: The consultant will be under the direct supervision of the GEF Portfolio Manager. The consultant will work in close collaboration with the Communications UNV based in Nairobi and for day-to-day administrative issues be supervised by the Senior Task Manager (P4) in the GEF unit. The detailed Communications Calendar will include deliverables by month.
    The workplan will be reviewed jointly with the Portfolio Manager and Communications UNV on a monthly basis. Report on the delivery of the workplan will be prepared at the end of each calendar month in combination with the monthly progress report to monitor and identify issues.

    Qualifications/special skills

    A bachelor’s degree in communications/science communication or other relevant area is required.
    An advanced degree in the same areas is desirable.
    At least two (2) years of working experience in communications and awareness raising on environmental pollution topics at international level is required.
    At least five (5) years of working experience in the same areas is desirable.
    Awareness of multi-lateral process is required. Experience in intergovernmental processes is an advantage.

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