Result of Service

Value chain mapping o Map current value chain initiatives to identify their focus areas, target audiences, and green and circular economy knowledge generation, management and application methods. o Identify collaboration opportunities with, and between, value chain stakeholders to improve experience exchange and knowledge sharing, and resource efficiency application by SMEs through I-GO tools. o Identify and operationalize collaboration opportunities with UNEP’s sectoral teams and GGKP’s other steering committee members on value chains and SMEs, and review and engage with existing and potential GGKP knowledge partners from a perspective of value chains & industry. 2. Stakeholder Engagement: o Develop and implement a private sector engagement strategy that focuses on high-impact value chains, collaboration with global business organisations, and opportunities to co-create circularity capacity-building programmes using GGKP’s knowledge base & tools. o Coordinate the Circular Economy Leaders’ Community and related capacity building activities to maintain peer-to-peer exchange with and between value chain stakeholders, including governments, development organizations, private sector actors, and NGOs. o Organize capacity building workshops for private sector and development/non-governmental organisations to improve implementation of circularity actions by SMEs within key value chains. o Organise online engagement events with SMEs and multinational corporations (MNC) to address the challenges and opportunities in the transfer of resource efficiency information. 3. Knowledge application: o Review opportunities for business support organisations (e.g. National Cleaner Production Centres) to become GGKP regional/national knowledge centers of reference on sustainable value chains and industries and establish a related operating framework. o Support pilot projects with I-GO tools to test the transfer of resource efficiency knowledge within target supply chains, working with SMEs, MNCs and development organisations.

Work Location

Geneva

Expected duration

12 months

Duties and Responsibilities

As an established global knowledge brokerage, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) is a global community of policy, business, and finance professionals and organisations committed to collaboratively generating, managing, and sharing knowledge on the transition to an inclusive green and circular economy. The GGKP is led by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the World Bank. The mission of GGKP is to empower government decision makers, companies and financial institutions with evidence-based knowledge that can best support them to contribute effectively to the green and circular economy transition. GGKP provides its best practice knowledge brokerage services through its three core platforms, the Green Policy Platform, the Green Industry Platform, and the Green Finance Platform, as well as its online interactive community space, the Green Forum. In addition to its three platforms and the Green Forum, GGKP also provides targeted knowledge management, communication and stakeholder engagement services for global projects funded under the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The core focuses of GGKP as a knowledge brokerage are: ● Using world-class knowledge management, communication and application systems and tools to provide practitioners, policymakers, and other experts with opportunities to access, share, and apply green and circular economy policy analysis, guidance, information, and data. ● Identifying major knowledge gaps in green and circular economy theory and practice and addressing these gaps by promoting collaboration and coordinated research. GGKP supports the enhancement of circular economy knowledge generation, management and sharing globally. To achieve this objective GGKP aims to ensure a clear alignment between those stakeholders that, 1) produce knowledge, 2) provide enabling policy environment and financial supports, and 3) those that are the end-users of the same. A core aspect of this project is therefore to enhance knowledge and experience exchange between value chain stakeholders. A consultant is sought to support GGKP in its engagement with value chain stakeholders to help improve exchange of experience and sharing of knowledge, and provide SME intermediaries with adapted tools and knowledge to address the specific needs of their SME networks.

Qualifications/special skills

An advanced (Master’s) degree or equivalent in Sustainable Development, Business Administration, International Affairs, Engineering, or closely related area is required. A bachelor’s degree may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree in combination with two years of additional work experience. A minimum of five years related work experience that includes working closely with business support organisations, SMEs, and development organizations is required. Experience with organizing online workshops and webinars is required. Familiarity with development and application of SME resource efficiency tools is an advantage. Experience of working in an intergovernmental organization is required.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.