Available Positions at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Specific tasks and responsibilities:

• For the development of each CEO endorsement request packages:
• Define and submit a detailed methodology and work plan in consultation with the other consultants with clear delegation of responsibilities, under the coordination of the GEF Senior Consultant.
• Undertake baseline/situational analysis for the full-size project (FSP), identifying Key barriers and gaps; key stakeholders and institutional arrangements; recent, on-going and planned baseline projects, activities, budgets and goals; co-financing.
• This will especially focus on the use of the IPCC Inventory Software and its interoperability with the UNFCCC ETF reporting tool; related needs of developing countries for estimating and reporting national inventories, tracking mitigation actions and preparing BTRs for submission to the UNFCCC, current technical limitations of the Software infrastructure, including in terms of user-friendliness and capacity, compatibility with operative systems (Windows OS, MacOS, Linux) and interoperability, available knowledge products; undertake an incremental cost-analysis concerning output 1.2.
• Contribute to the stakeholder analysis and consultations, in collaboration with UNEP and UNDP consultants, including consultations with the private sector and civil society organizations;
• Ensure the development of output 1.2 on development and improvement of the IPCC Inventory software and ensure its findings are meaningfully integrated into the project’s strategy, theory of change, and results framework in collaboration;
• Ensure the design of appropriate project knowledge management processes and platforms, ensuring appropriate linkages to existing mechanisms and knowledge sharing in project landscapes.
• More specifically: Input to first draft CEO endorsement package concerning deliverables of output 1.2. “IPCC TFI gender-responsive knowledge products, including an updated IPCC Inventory Software, are available to developing countries and practitioners”, as well as baseline analysis and related information in different sections, including: the project summary, log-frame, eligibility criteria, baseline scenario with key barriers and relevant transparency initiatives, alternative scenario with description of project scope and deliverables, theory of change (ToC), stakeholder engagement plan, risks, institutional arrangements and coordination, gender action plan, knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, financial tables, GEF and co-finance budget, work plan, indicators, results framework, procurement plan, supervision plan, and updated SRIF. 

Qualifications/special skills

• Academic: An advanced university degree in engineering, economics, environmental sciences, management, or a related discipline is required
• A first-level degree with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• A minimum of two (2) years of experience in software development and improvement is required.
• Experience working with the IPCC Inventory Software and the UNFCCC ETF reporting tool is required.
• Experience in developing, assessing, evaluating or managing projects in the field of climate change, renewable energy, environment or development, is required.
• Experience in developing, assessing, evaluating or managing projects in the field of climate change, renewable energy, environment or development, is required.
• Experience in drafting project proposals and assessing project documents, including concepts, progress reports, work plans, and financial documents (budgets and expenditure reports) is required.
• Experience working with GEF or UNEP projects is desirable.
• Experience in working for multilateral or bilateral funding entities in the field of climate change, renewable energy environment or development is -desirable.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Legal Officer of Law Division’s Frontiers in Environmental Law Unit, the consultant will:

• Organize consultations for strategy development
• Coordinate the planning and logistics for consultations aimed at developing implementation strategies for UNEP's Core Human Rights Principles for Private Conservation Organizations and Actors.
• Engage with key stakeholders, including representatives from private conservation organizations, human rights experts, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities to ensure an inclusive consultation process.
• Document and synthesize feedback from consultations to inform strategy recommendations.
• Support multistakeholder platform coordination
• Facilitate and coordinate the multistakeholder platform dedicated to implementing the Core Human Rights Principles, fostering cross-sector engagement.
• Develop and maintain engagement materials to keep stakeholders informed.
• Assist in scheduling, organizing, and documenting platform meetings, preparing agendas, and tracking action points to ensure smooth coordination.
• Stakeholder engagement and outreach Conduct outreach and manage relationships with diverse stakeholders to strengthen buy-in for the Principles, focusing on the inclusion of rights holders, including Indigenous Peoples.
• Collaborate with human rights experts and other stakeholders to gather insights and recommendations that will enhance the implementation strategies.
• Reporting and documentation
• Prepare a detailed final report summarizing activities, outcomes, and recommendations based on consultations and platform engagements.
• Provide periodic updates to the Law Division’s Frontiers in Environmental Law Unit on progress, challenges, and key milestones.
• Other relevant assignments
• Undertake relevant additional tasks, as requested by the Legal Officer, including supporting fundraising efforts.

Qualifications/special skills

• An advanced level law degree from a university or institution of equivalent status with specialization in environmental law, or human rights law, including natural resources management, environmental assessment, environmental policy, or environmental justice.
• A minimum of fifteen years of experience, and at least 10 working on the intersection between human rights law and environmental law. Prior experience working on conservation and human rights; and procedural rights
• Prior experience working with intergovernmental bodies. Working experience in engaging and effective communications with diverse organizations and audiences interacting and coordinating large networks/groups.