Within delegated authority, the Sustainable Development Officer will be responsible for the following duties: ? Monitors and analyzes project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and sustainable development issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties and project counterparts; ensures follow-up actions. ? Performs, designs and oversees consulting assignments, in collaboration with clients, (e.g. Member States), by planning and facilitating workshops on sustainable natural resources management and climate resilience, through interactive sessions and assisting in developing action plans clients will use to manage change. ? Researches, analyzes and maps sustainable natural resources management and climate resilience and presents information gathered from diverse sources through narrative and geospatial tools. ? Develops draft policy recommendations on sustainable development issues, and particularly on climate change as it relates to water, land and biodiversity resources, including the review and analysis of climate-related indicators, issues and trends, preparation of impact assessments and vulnerability assessments, or other climate-related research activities and studies. ? Designs geospatial data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets climate projections, identifies problems/issues and prepares conclusions. ? Organizes and prepares written outputs on climate change issues, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc. ? Provides substantive backstopping to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., including proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations on sustainable natural resources management and climate change issues. ? Provides substantive support on climate change issues to regional and global intergovernmental bodies and expert groups. ? Participates in or takes the lead in specific inter-agency or expert task forces or working groups either internally or with outside parties, including providing technical guidance and support to team members and junior staff. ? Initiates and coordinates outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities. ? Leads and/or participates in large, complex field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc. ? Coordinates activities related to the updating and monitoring of digital knowledge platforms and contributes to project submissions, progress reports, and prepares related documents. ? Prepares speeches and other inputs for presentations by senior staff on climate change trends and impacts. ? Designs, manages and monitors the implementation of capacity building and technical assistance activities on the geospatial analysis of climate change issues. ? Performs other duties as required. ? Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables, maps reports and data portals using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.

Requirements: 

Education

Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in climate change, sustainable development, economics, public policy, public administration, finance, natural resources management, engineering, law, social sciences or related field is required. A first-level degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in the specified fields of studies with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Job – Specific Qualification

A Ph.D. is desirable 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 seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, policy-oriented work in a broad range of sustainable natural resources management issues related to climate change is required. A minimum of two (2) years of experience in geospatial data analytics is required. A minimum of three (3) years of experience working in the Arab region on climate change is required. Demonstrated experience applying geospatial tools (ArcGIS or QGIS) and extensions/plugins, as well as the use of netCDF data formats, is required.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Arabic is also a working language of ESCWA.