UNEP: Ecosystems Management - Senior Programme Officer

Jan 22, 2014 | United Nations Environment Programme

Senior Programme Officer - Ecosystems Management

Organizational Setting and Reporting

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations system's designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. UNEP is looking for Senior Programme Officers to coordinate one of the following six sub programmes: Environmental Governance; Disasters and Conflicts; Chemicals and Waste; Resource Efficiency; Ecosystems Management and Environment under Review. These six positions cover six of the thematic sub-programmes of UNEP's programme of work and are located in: Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (2 Posts) (Chemicals & Waste and Resource Efficiency); Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (2 Posts) (Disaster & Conflicts and Ecosystems Management); Division of Environmental Law and Conventions (1 Post) (Environmental Governance); and Division of Early Warning and Assessment (1 Post) (Environment under Review).

Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Director and within delegated authority the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:

Takes the lead on UNEP programming related to the management of the relevant sub-programme, in coordination with all other UNEP divisions and regional coordinators for the sub-programme, and in response to national needs and cross-border and sub-regional requirements, and in support of relevant activities of the UN system, as applicable; Ensures the coherence of UNEP initiatives across divisions and regional offices related to the sub-programme; Takes the lead in developing UNEP's strategy for extra-budgetary resource mobilization related to the sub-programme and in identifying priorities for the allocation of available resources for UNEP's activities in this area; Ensures coherence between the work of UNEP's divisions and regional environmental coordinators for the sub-programme and that of entities of the UN system within each region, as well as with other relevant regional entities and civil society; Participates in UNEP's project review committee analyses of projects related to the sub-programme to ensure consistency with the decisions and guidance of UNEA and its subsidiary body; monitors implementation and evaluation of activities related to the sub-programme undertaken by divisions and regional offices in UNEP, in consultation with UNEP's Office for Operations, identifying priorities for action, problems and issues to be addressed and proposing corrective actions; Reviews UN initiatives on the sub-programme, in coordination with relevant bodies of the UN system through established inter-agency coordination mechanisms; Acts as resource person in preparation for and assists at substantive CPR debates related to the sub-programme, upon request; Ensures implementation of gender mainstreaming guidelines by assessing the implications for men and women of planned actions on the sub-programme. This includes legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels.