Youth & Education Consultant at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Tasks and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Associate Expert, Youth, Education and Advocacy Unit, the consultant will do the following work:

• Support the delivery of the Tide Turners Project in the Pacific region. The work will include the following:
• Customize the Tide Turners toolkit for regional delivery.
• Launch the programme in the selected phase 1, 2, and 3 countries.
• Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the programme in the target countries.
• Work with implementation partners (such as governments and sports) to support the rollout of the Tide Turners Plastics Challenge Project in the Pacific Region. The work will include the following:
• Operate as the focal point for the partners.
• Finalize partnerships and design the programme deliverables with the partners.
• Support the delivery partners in the implementation of the programme.
• Ensure the development of the required legal instruments and support the process of allocation of funding.
• Support the Training of Trainers for on-ground Tide Turners activities.
• Support the communications of the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge project in the Pacific region. The work will include the following:
• Update and implement the project communications strategy and plan.
• Develop key messaging for the programme.
• Include Tide Turners messaging & communications activities to SPREP comms/marketing strategy for Sol2023.
• Develop communications materials with GEF ISLANDS communications consultants with support from CCKM.
• Create and support national Tide Turners Campaigns.
• Host and organize events.

Qualifications/special Skills

• An advanced university degree (Masters’ degree or equivalent) in communications, political science, business administration, environmental management or a related field is required.
• A Bachelor’s university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, or related area, including 1 year at an international level is required.
• Knowledge on the project region: Work experience in the Pacific SIDS is required
• Project design: A strong track record of designing youth/training related projects that secure buy-in and generate results is required.
• Project management: Ability to deliver highly complex projects of a global nature efficiently and effectively is an asset.
• Communications: Ability to bring a diverse group of individuals and partners together to agree on a collective programme of work as well as able to write high quality reports and proposals is an asset.
• Education & Youth: Experience of working with youth and youth organizations with insight as to how to work with such institutions around the tasks described in the job (Desirable).
• Innovation: Ability to think creatively about how to evolve pre-existing programmes to have maximum impact. (Desirable)
• Experience from International organizations: Work experience from the UN or similar organizations (Desirable)
• In addition, the consultant should have excellent English language writing skills, be computer literate in standard software applications; be able to work independently; and have good interpersonal skills.

Languages

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