Responsibilities

• Supporting delivery of services to member states on UNEP’s water priority areas as articulated in the ED’s Report to UNEA6 and UNEA 6/13 Water Resolution. Provide water-ecosystem substantive and technical expertise to design, develop and deliver large-scale projects and programmes enabling land-sea coherence and sectoral integration.
• Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes and projects; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and proposes corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; identifies and tracks follow-up actions.
• Researches, analyzes and presents information related to freshwater ecosystems and their conservation, protection, restoration and sustainable management and gathered from diverse sources. • Assists in policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies.
• Undertakes survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
• Prepares various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc.
• Provides substantive support to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., to include proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations, etc.
• Undertakes outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
• Participates in or lead field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc.
• Coordinates activities related to budget and funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget, etc.).
• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Performs other duties as required.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in in ecology, conservation biology or water resources management or a field related to water and environmental management. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in in water resources management, conservation, environmental management or related area is required.
• Experience in designing large-scale programmes and proven project management is required.
• Experience in delivering technical support to countries on issues related to or including integrated water resources management, sustainable land management, water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus, and nature-based solutions is desirable. Experience in writing proposals for fundraising and drafting reports is desirable.
• Experience working with stakeholders, in the UN system or international organizations on water resources management is desirable.
• A minimum of two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.