About United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

TheUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)is the leading global environmental authority that sets the world’s environmental agenda, promotes coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. Established in 1972, UNEP works with governments, civil society, businesses and other UN entities to address critical environmental challenges including climate change, ecosystem degradation, chemicals and waste management, and environmental governance. UNEP’s mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

Job Summary

This consultancy provides an opportunity to contribute specialized expertise to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s mission in environmental protection, climate action, and sustainable development. Working in Switzerland, you will apply your professional skills to address complex challenges in environmental protection, climate action, and sustainable development and support the organization’s programmatic objectives. This role offers the flexibility of consultancy work while contributing to meaningful international development outcomes with global impact.

Key Details

• Job Title:Chemicals Monitoring Coordination Assistant
• Grade:CON
• Location:Geneva, Switzerland
• Department:United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Contract Type:Consultancy
• Salary Range:$50,000.0 – $120,000.0 USD annually

Qualifications

• Academic Qualifications: Masters degree or equivalent in a field related to chemistry, environmental/atmospheric/earth sciences, environmental engineering or similar is required.
• Academic Qualifications: Two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the university degree.
• Academic Qualifications: At least five (5) years of progressively responsible experience, with emphasis on international chemicals and waste management, including management of persistent organic pollutants and mercury is required.
• Academic Qualifications: Demonstrated expertise on environmental monitoring, toxic chemicals and environmental health is required.
• Academic Qualifications: A comprehensive understanding of international and regional regulations related to persistent organic pollutants, mercury, the Stockholm and Minamata conventions, including familiarity with UNEP guidelines and tools, is required.
• Academic Qualifications: Experience in project management, in particular the management of projects involving various partners and stakeholders and benefitting developing countries or countries with economies in transition, is required.
• Academic Qualifications: Experience in data management and interpretation is desired.
• Academic Qualifications: Experience of the United Nations system or a similar international organization is an asset.
• Language: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
• Language: For this position, fluency in written and spoken English is required; Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable..

Skills

• Organize stakeholder consultations to kickstart implementation of the GCMP programme and its global coordination project, including preparing working documents, giving presentations and chairing sessions, and coordinating with meeting participants as needed.
• Support the establishment and coordination of the scientific advisory committee for the GCMP and delivering regular progress updates.
• Support organizing an international interlaboratory assessment on analysis of persistent organic pollutants and mercury in abiotic and biotic matrices and in test solutions, including facilitating coordinating meetings, liaising with partners and tracking progress, preparing legal agreements, budgets and workplans, convening consultations for the selection of data generators, among others.
• Provide technical support in developing and finalizing guidelines, analytical protocols, standard operating procedures and training workplans and materials for the monitoring of persistent organic pollutants and mercury in abiotic and biotic matrices.
• Support global coordination on sampling and generation on persistent organic pollutants and mercury in abiotic and biotic matrices in GCMP programme regions, including liaising with regional executing agencies on the procurement and shipment of samples, establishing a digital tool to track sampling progress, and providing timely support to partners as needed.
• Provide technical support for the development and finalization of a set of strategies on stakeholder engagement and stakeholder response mechanism according to UNEP and GEF guidelines, knowledge management, and gender integration and communication plans to contribute to the inclusive and successful implementation of the Global Chemicals Monitoring Programme across its six child projects.
• Support the establishment of a Community of Practice to facilitate knowledge sharing and information exchange on global monitoring of chemicals.
• Initiate the programme monitoring framework and develop programme indicators.
• Provide inputs for the preparation and finalization of legal agreements and associated documents.
• Support regular coordination with the BRS and Minamata Convention secretariats and ensure smooth collaboration. Output expectations:
• Stakeholder consultations to kickstart implementation of the GCMP programme and its global coordination project.

Benefits

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