Training Consultant at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Specific Roles and responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Head of the SDG and Environment Statistics Unit (UNEP/Early Warning and Assessment Division), the consultant will;

Country activities:

Prior to country mission, the consultant will:

• Prepare an inception report outlining a comprehensive desk review of the national context for indicators, including data availability and requirements, list and contacts of key stakeholders to engage with.
• Develop a step-by-step document and calculation/working sheets for specific indicators, including necessary information on the source of data, responsible entity and embedded formulae to calculate the indicators.
• 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 will:

• Convene relevant stakeholders and conduct a hands-on training using the prepared technical material in collaboration with UNEP and relevant national entities.
• Assist government officials in identifying appropriate data and calculating relevant indicators.

Upon completion of the country mission, the consultant will:

Prepare mission report, in English, with the following criteria, among others:

• Activities undertaken in each country, including list of government officials and entities engaged with
• Obtained results
• Follow-up actions needed
• Annexes: country inception report, all prepared material relevant to the mission, list of participants, etc.
• Online follow-up with countries on questions or clarifications required from countries.

Reporting activities:

• Guidelines report for Measuring Circular Economy
• Final report on countries activities, including lessons learnt, best practices and annexes including all prepared material relevant to the countries missions.

Qualifications/special skills

• A Master’s degree in Environmental Science is required. A doctoral degree is desirable.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible training experience on environmental and sustainable development issues is required.
• Proven expertise and experience in working with countries to enhance their technical and statistical capacities is required.
• Experience in the UN system and in a government/intergovernmental setting is desirable.
• Proven expertise and experience in working on circular economy, sustainable consumption and production, and waste for sustainable development is desired.

Deadline : Jun 7, 2024