Circular Economy Specialist at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

• In this context, UNEP is looking for an expert on circular economy to supports GACERE work plan, in particular to:
• Provide technical contributions on sustainable management of resources and circular economy including carrying out research on best practices and business cases of circular economy;
• Design and coordinate capacity development activities on CE principles and co-benefits, as well as circularity in sectoral value chains;
• support global and regional dialogues and partnerships between GACERE, and regional alliances (African Circular Economy Alliance (ACEA) and the LAC Circular Economy Coalition (LAC-CEC), among others) and other relevant partners such as the IRP, EMF, etc.

Qualifications/special skills

• Post Graduate Degree (Masters level or above) in environmental science, international affairs, sustainable engineering, or related field.
• A first-level university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of seven years work experience of progressively responsible experience in sustainable development, green or circular economy; resource efficiency, sustainable consumption and production, and demonstrated experience on sustainability in high impact sectors such as textiles/fashion, food systems is required.
• Technical knowledge on circularity, sustainable consumption and production in high impact sectors (textile, food systems) and proven analytical skills and demonstrated experience in these areas are required.