Training Consultant on SCP and Waste at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Specific tasks and responsibilities

Ludgarde Coppens, The Head Of The SDGs And Environment Statistics Unit (UNEP/ Early Warning And Assessment Division), The Consultant Has The Responsibility To Conduct The Following Activities

Under the direct supervision of Ms.

• Prior to country mission, the consultant has the responsibility to:
• 1 Prepare an inception report outlining a comprehensive desk review of the national context for SDG indicators 12.2.1; 12.2.2; 12.4.2 and 12.5.1, including data availability and requirements, list and contacts of key stakeholders to engage with;
• 2 Develop a step-by-step document and calculation/working sheets for each SDG indicator, including necessary information on the source of data, responsible entity and embedded formulae to calculate the indicators
• 3 Develop appropriate technical material to be presented in countries, in English, in collaboration with UNEP, by using existing technical resource materials.
• In-country mission, the consultant has the responsibility to:
• 1 Convene relevant stakeholders and conduct a hands-on training using the prepared technical material in collaboration with UNEP and relevant national entities;
• 2 Guide government officials in identifying appropriate data and calculating relevant indicators.
• Upon completion of the country mission, the consultant has the responsibility to:
• 1 Prepare mission report, in English, with the following criteria, among others:
• Inception report and assessment of the situation
• Activities undertaken in each country, including presentations, list of government officials and entities engaged with
• Obtained results
• Lessons learnt and best practices.
• Annexes: all prepared material relevant to the mission.

Qualifications/special Skills

• A Master’s degree in Environmental Science is a required. A doctoral degree is desirable.
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible training experience on environmental and sustainable development issues is required.
• Experience in the UN system and in a government/intergovernmental setting is desirable.
• Proven expertise and experience in working with countries to enhance their technical and statistical capacities.
• Proven expertise and experience in working on sustainable consumption and production for sustainable development.

Languages

• English and French are the two working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in English (both oral and written) is required. Fluency in Arabic, French or Russian is desirable.