Vacancies at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Responsibilities

• Participates in the development, programming, testing, debugging and implementation of new application systems releases, modules and functionalities.
• Develops, tests and implements simple computer application systems and programs using UN established standards for IT technologies, programming languages and tools.
• Serves as team member in the planning, specification, design, development, implementation and support of computer application systems; independently liaises with users to define and specify requirements.
• Installs computer application systems software and hardware according to specifications; monitors computer applications systems using appropriate monitoring tools and produces monitoring reports.
• Prepares technical and user documentation for deployed computer application systems, as well as training materials and conducts technical presentations.
• Maintains functional specifications for computer application systems, programs and procedures developed and/or modified.
• Provides support for deployed computer application systems including version management, data recovery and deployment to users' offices; performs ongoing reviews with users and developers and responds to users' requests.
• Drafts correspondence and communications, including work plan revisions and other related issues, as well as prepares unit contributions for a variety of periodic reports.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Work Experience

• A minimum of seven (7) years progressively responsible experience information systems analysis and programming, systems administration and maintenance is required. The minimum years of relevant experience is reduced to five (5) years for candidates who possess a first level University degree.
• Experience in software development and technical writing is required. Experience in Power Platform development (Canvas, DataVerse, and Power Flows) is required
• Work experience in mobile application development and cloud-based container platforms, Azure or AWS administration and DevOps is desirable.
• One (1) year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

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The consultant will work under the direct supervision of the Head of the Nature Frameworks Support Unit, in coordination with the Programme Management Officers working on the EAS and NBSAP Update and 7th National Reports projects, and will be responsible for the following:

• In coordination with the programme team, provide dedicated technical support to countries for integrating policy coherence considerations into NBSAP updates and implementation. This work will include roll-out of survey/assessments of whole-of-government (WoG) and whole-of-society (WoS) approaches, including interviews with national stakeholder group representatives.
• Organize and deliver virtual peer-to-peer sessions for countries to exchange and learn from each other's experiences, to inform WoG and WoS implementation of NBSAPs.
• Based on the work carried out with countries, prepare recommendations for countries to apply effective WoG and WoS approaches, as well as criteria for countries to assess and apply effective WoG and WoS approaches.
• Provide substantive inputs for development of dedicated communications and outreach material related to the actions above, including case studies demonstrating what countries are doing to advance policy coherence in their NBSAP update and implementation, and analysis of policy alignment with key development sectors impacting biodiversity, prepared for SBI-6 and COP17, for dissemination in various UN languages.
• Prepare a final report summarizing actions undertaken, deliverables achieved, and lessons learnt during the period of consultancy.

Qualifications/special skills

• An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent degree) in environmental sciences, environmental law, natural resources management or a related social science with a combination of five years of qualifying experience in the field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in supporting implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at multiple levels (international, regional, and national) is required.
• Experience in country and stakeholder engagement on biodiversity issues, including supporting development and implementation of national action plans on environment and biodiversity is required.