Playing for the Environment at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

 Tasks and Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of the Chief, Youth, Education & Advocacy Unit, the consultant's duties will include the following work:
Green Game Jam 2024: Develop and deliver the Green Game Jam for 2024, including:

• Secure at least 40 studios to join;
• Develop a research plan to support this initiative;
• Host an Awards ceremony for 2024.

Research: With Alliance members, oversee the research agenda for 2024 which would include:

• Host a working group of Universities keen to support this;
• Secure a research partner for the Green Game Jam

Comms and Community: Work with the Alliance members to strengthen their commitment and engagement with the initiative to ensure the following:

• Clear benchmarks on quality of commitments;
• Regular check-ins on progress;
• Ensure that the website is representing the needs of the initiative;
• Events: Deliver 4 events a year in support of Playing for the Planet.

Qualifications/special skills

• Master’s degree in communications, international relations, political science, commerce or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience in the field of decarbonisation / entertainment industry is required.
• Entertainment industry: Experience of working in the entertainment and communications sector in the area of gaming for at least 7 years and with insight as to how to work with such entities around the tasks described in the job is required.
• Project management: Able to deliver highly complex projects of a global nature efficiently and effectively is required.
• Innovation: Ability to think creatively about how to evolve pre-existing programmes to have maximum impact essential.
• Communications: Able to bring a diverse group of individuals and partners together act on a common agenda, web design capability as well as able to write high quality texts and proposals is required.
• Project design: A strong track record of designing projects that secure buy-in and generate results. Desirable.
• Writing: Strong writer of stories and proposals that support the work desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in oral and written English is required

Deadline : Dec 30, 2023