Vacancies at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The main duties and responsibilities are:

• Develop a project tracking management mechanism in IPMR from the point of project approval to project closure updating it regularly.  
• Provide technical support to the IPMR help desk by promptly addressing issues brought to the attention of the help desk by project managers and other users of IPMR data and preparing and maintaining a records log of support requested by project managers and needs addressed by the help desk on a weekly basis.  
• Provide quality assurance support for project data entered and submitted for approval in IPMR by project managers, to ensure that organizational guidance and policies are adhered to with the aim of improving data quality and use.  
• Extract and analyze UNEP’s entire project portfolio using IPMR data models and Power Bi for use in determining various corporate compliance ratings such as project monitoring and reporting, Geography and SDG tagging and project closures.  
• Provide technical inputs and recommend corrective actions to ensure data reliability through documenting data extraction methodologies, data standardization parameters and optimization of data use across multiple UNEP platforms such as Open Data and IATI.  
• Review and provide technical inputs to relevant project templates and their application in IPMR such as the project document and operational closure templates.
• Conceptualize and deliver relevant training and capacity building to UNEP project managers on various aspects of IPMR, such as monitoring and reporting, project creation and closure. This includes preparing draft background documentations and presentations and consequently presenting them.  
• Communicate with the Umoja team in New York on future advancement of features in IPMR and b) through their ticketing system, register technical issues affecting use of IPMR for their resolution. Upon rollout of new features and guidance from Umoja team, provide technical training to UNEP project managers and other IPMR data users
• Review and provide technical inputs to Quarterly Business Review (QBR) reports on project data, specifically on tracking statistics of UNEP’s different project portfolios such as GEF, GCF, OzonAction, Programme of Work.
• Extract data and undertake analysis upon request to respond to audit and evaluation queries pertinent to IPMR data.  The individual contractor will report to the Head of the Programme Monitoring and Reporting Unit, Policy and Programme Division.

Qualifications/special skills

• A High school Diploma is required.
• The years of experience is reduced by two for candidates who possess a Bachelor's degree in statistical analysis, information technology, computer science, or project management.
• A minimum of five (5) years relevant work experience in data and project management is required.  
• Experience in the use of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is required.      
• Previous experience in IPMR and related data models will be an added advantage.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position fluency in oral and written English is required.

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Under the supervision of the Head of Multimedia, the Video Producer will perform the following duties:  

• Photography for official events, meetings, bilateral meetings and headshots as required: Capture high-quality photographs during official events, conferences, and bilateral meetings.
• Ensure timely delivery of edited photographs to the Communication Division for dissemination on the DAM, Flickr and other channels as required
• Adhere to the established UNEP branding and visual guidelines in all photographs taken.
• Video production collaboration and support
• Resize and reversion video products for Campaigns and Divisional service orders
• Manage translation process and add captions to video exports to achieve UNEP’s accessibility and multilingual mandates
• Video message recording for the Executive Office:
• Record video messages from the Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director for various purposes, including announcements, campaigns, and special events.
• Script preparation and ensure the necessary equipment is set up for recording.
• Edit video messages as required, including adding subtitles or captions.
• File management
• Manage the upload of multimedia files to UNEP's YouTube account, Dropbox, Flickr and Digital Asset Management System (DAM)
• Organize and maintain a structured filing system for easy retrieval and reference of multimedia files.
• Ensure proper tagging, labeling, and metadata entry for all files.
• Executive Office Support

Qualifications/special skills

• High School Diploma is required.  
• Training in Video production, media studies or another relevant field is required.
• At least seven years of experience working in multimedia production, film making and/or video for high-quality platforms. Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and other Creative Suite software is required Prior experience shooting video and still photography on DSLR cameras and audio recording experience is desirable.
• Familiarity with 360 films and short-form video productions for social media use is desirable Prior experience in the international arena, familiarity with the work of the UN is desirable.