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- GEF Risk Management Specialist
- Peatlands Initiative SAMPeat Management Consultant- Global Peatlands Initiative
- Global Peatland Initiative Terminal Evaluation Consultant
- Regional Consultant for the Development of CEO Endorsement Request Package for Caribbean CBIT Project
- Intern, Management of Chemicals and Waste
- Method of Application
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience5 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldProject Management 
Specific tasks and responsibilities
- The consultants will be expected to deliver as follows:
- Develop and implement measures for managing and reducing risk of the portfolio;
- Undertake research to identify ways to enhance the risk management of the Unit’s portfolio of GEF mitigation projects;
- Develop a proposal for a risk management log/system in Microsoft Teams, for construction by the Unit’s data team.
- Develop and implement measures to visualize and graphically represent portfolio risk for facilitating decision-making;
- Develop flowcharts for the risk management of high, medium and low-risk GEF projects.
- Develop a traffic light system for rating the risk of each of the portfolio’s medium- and full-size GEF mitigation projects
- Identify opportunities for using the Integrated Planning, Management and Reporting (IPMR) solution system to manage risk and inform senior management of portfolio risk;
- Prepare quarterly reports for senior management on the portfolio’s risk level, level of risk of individual projects and actions taken to reduce risk;
- Provide technical inputs to Task Managers on high risk projects to prepare and implement individual project risk management plans;
- Prepare and give presentations to the Unit on case studies in managing risk of GEF projects;
- Provide summaries on UNEP and GEF policies on risk management.
Qualifications/special skills
- Advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: engineering, law, business administration, environmental management, policy, economics, development, climate or development finance, architecture, urbanism, or a related discipline;
- A first level degree with additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
- Minimum five years of experience in managing projects related to climate change, environment, or development is required;
- Experience working with GEF projects is required;
- Experience in working with national governments of developing countries is desirable;
- Job TypeContract
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience2 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldConsultancy  , Project Management 
Specific tasks and responsibilities
- Under the direct supervision of the Coordinator of the Global Peatlands Initiative (GPI), the consultant will support the ongoing IKI-funded GPI project and the development of the IKI-funded SAMPeat project with the following specific duties:
- Compile environmental data and coordinate peatland monitoring and policy support in Peru and Colombia. The task involves compiling, organizing, and refining environmental data and information for Peru and Colombia, prioritizing sources such as UNEP’s World Environment Situation Room, verified independent sources, official national data, and other contributions from the GPI.
- The focus is on statistics, subnational indicators, and cartographic information, particularly for monitoring, mapping, and peatland conservation and restoration activities. Special attention will be given to data related to Peru’s and Colombia’s progress in Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and the inclusion of peatlands in updating Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the UNFCCC.
- The information must be documented with metadata and relevant for country analyses, aligned with UNEP guidance. The work also includes acting as a liaison between the GPI project objectives and the Environment Ministries of Peru and Colombia, based on project concept notes and outcomes.
- Prepare and assist in drafting technical documents on the implementation of Peru’s NDCs concerning the conservation and sustainable management of Amazonian peatlands. Additionally, provide support for the preparation of other strategic documents for both Peru and Colombia to advance the integration of peatlands into national plans and public policy processes, including NDCs, NAMAs, and NAPs.
- Coordinate with and provide information to the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership national facilitator in Ecuador and Colombia for the inclusion of peatland conservation in the NBSAPs in the country office with the objective of raising the country’s environmental agenda, and raise the peatland profile and their conservation in particular. (10% of the consultants’ time).
Qualifications/special skills
- First level university degree preferably with a specialization in environmental sciences, conservation biology, sustainable management, or related areas is required. A minimum of two (2) years of progressive experience in the field of environmental conservation, scientific research or science to policy work is required.
- Experience working on peatlands and/or ecosystems as a topic is required. Experience with the UN system especially with UNEP and on this issue is highly desirable. Skills and experience in networking, outreach, and engaging with multiple parties is desirable. Experience in peatlands work and coordinating research agendas, conducting analysis and possessing excellent drafting skills for scientific reports is desirable.
- A minimum of two (2) years of progressive experience in the field of environmental conservation, scientific research or science to policy work is required. Experience working on peatlands and/or ecosystems as a topic is required.
- Experience with the UN system especially with UNEP and on this issue is highly desirable. Skills and experience in networking, outreach, and engaging with multiple parties is desirable. Experience in peatlands work and coordinating research agendas, conducting analysis and possessing excellent drafting skills for scientific reports is desirable.
- Job TypeContract
- QualificationMBA/MSc/MA
- Experience5 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldConsultancy  , Project Management 
Specific duties:
- Provide evidence of results to meet accountability requirements • Review project findings, based on sound evidence and analysis (verifying information from different sources), and clearly document them in a Review Report.
- Identify what contributed to the achievement of the project’s results, going beyond the assessment of “what” the project performance was and make a serious effort to provide a deeper understanding of “why” the performance was as it was.
- Work closely with the GPI team to identify key strategic questions of interest to UNEP and the GPI team where the project is believed to have made a substantive contribution.
- Liaise with the UNEP Project Manager on any procedural and methodological matters related to the Review, and plan meetings with stakeholders, organize online surveys, obtain documentary evidence and any other logistical matters related to the assignment.
- Promote operational improvement, learning and knowledge sharing
- Promote improvement through results and lessons learned among GPI key partners: UNEP, FAO, Greifswald Mire Centre (represented by partners DUENE e.V. and Michael Succow Foundation), UNEP-WCMC, CIFOR, David Suzuki Foundation, among others.
- Identify lessons of operational relevance for future project formulation and implementation, especially for future phases of the project.
- Reflect on learning by UNEP staff and key project stakeholders, considering how reflection and learning can be promoted, both through the review process and in the communication of review findings and key lessons. • Clear and concise writing is required on all review deliverables.
Qualifications/special skills
- A Masters degree in environmental sciences, international development or other relevant political or social sciences area is required.
- A minimum of 5 years of technical / evaluation experience is required preferably including evaluating large, regional or global programmes and using a Theory of Change approach.
- A good/broad understanding of the triple planetary crisis Climate Change, biodiversity loss and pollution is desired
- Job TypeContract
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience2 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldConsultancy  , Project Management 
Specific tasks and responsibilities:
- For the project’s CEO, the national consultant will work closely with the international consultant, providing technical inputs on climate transparency and climate change issues as needed. The national consultant will also be responsible for the following tasks:
- Preparing and implementing the stakeholder engagement plan, including: a. Identifying all stakeholders to be engaged in the process and their level of engagement;
- Organizing activities (workshops and meetings) with stakeholders and reporting on these, including those held during the in-country mission of the lead GEF consultant;
- Preparing the stakeholder consultation report to be included in the CEO endorsement document.
- Obtaining baseline information, including, but not limited to: a. Relevant national and sub-national policies and regulations;
- Key stakeholders and institutional arrangements; c. Recent, on-going and planned initiatives of relevance to the topic of the project; d. Co-financing; e. Financial mechanisms.
- Providing input on the barriers and gaps that the project should address;
- Providing input on the risks to successful project execution, including as related to safeguards;
- Facilitating Ministry and other national stakeholder revision and validation of the project baseline, problem tree, project skeleton, theory of change, and other sections of the project document.
- Supporting the Ministry with preparing, requesting and following-up on co-financing letters;
- Providing inputs for the drafting of the CEO endorsement document, including a gender analysis and action plan.
- Providing input to respond to UNEP, GEF Consultant, Government and GEF reviews.
- Translating the CEO endorsement document to the country's national language, if required by the country.
- Leading and implementing communication activities to promote the project with key stakeholders during the design phase.
Qualifications/special skills
- ACADEMIC - Advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: environmental studies, renewable energy, environment, economics, development, engineering, finance and administration, international cooperation or a related discipline is required;
- A first level degree with additional two (2) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree;
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience in working in the field of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean is required;
- Experience working in the Caribbean region, knowledge of the institutional setting and framework, public policies, and experience working with institutional actors, is required. • Experience in working with or for multilateral or bilateral funding entities in the field of climate change, energy, environment or development is desirable.
- Experience in developing projects or policies related to climate change mitigation or adaptation is desirable;
- Experience in designing and implementing stakeholder consultation processes for projects and/or public policies is desirable;
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldInternships / Volunteering  , Project Management 
Duties:
- Support the preparations for the resumed third session of the ad hoc open-ended working group on a science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution (OEWG 3.2) - Assist in awareness raising/information sharing activities, such as drafting of web content, fact sheets etc.
- Assist with other related tasks as appropriate.
- Topic 2 – SPP stakeholder database, with the following duties: - Support the development of an SPP stakeholder database.
- Assist in managing and monitoring the SPP stakeholder database.
- Assist with other related tasks as appropriate.
- Topic 3 - Data integration platform on chemicals and pollution, with the following duties:
- Support the development of a data integration platform on chemicals and pollution, including conducting desk research, data collection and information completion and integration. - Collaborate with existing platforms working on similar topics or with similar objectives
- Assist with other related tasks as appropriate.
Qualifications/special skills
- UNEP is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development with the United Nations System and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
- be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher),
- be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor's equivalent).
- Preferred Area of Study in environmental sciences, data analysis, engineering, computer science or a related field is required. Fully proficient computer skills and use of web-based platforms and relevant software e.g. word processing, PowerPoint, excel, internal databases, Internet etc. Preference may be given to Master's candidates.
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