Senior Consultant - Low carbon and climate resilient buildings and construction

The Senior Consultant will support the implementation of UNEP’s portfolio on low-carbon and climate-resilient buildings, focusing on Africa and South and South-East Asia. The role involves technical, coordination, and project implementation support for country-level activities related to climate-resilient and resource-efficient buildings, circular construction materials, thermal comfort, and sustainable urban cooling solutions.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day coordination of project activities.
• Assist in organizing meetings, workshops, webinars, consultations, and stakeholder engagements.
• Prepare meeting agendas, minutes, presentations, and follow-up actions.
• Support coordination with governments, implementing partners, consultants, and stakeholders.
• Assist in monitoring implementation of project activities and work plans.
• Track project deliverables, timelines, and reporting requirements.
• Support review, quality control and compilation of technical and administrative outputs from partners and consultants.
• Maintain project documentation and filing systems.
• Conduct background research on sustainable buildings, sustainable construction materials, embodied carbon, circularity, and climate resilience buildings.
• Support preparation of technical briefs, concept notes, summaries, and knowledge products.
• Assist in data collection and analysis related to buildings and cooling activities.
• Assist in documenting project activities, events, and success stories.
• Support outreach and stakeholder engagement efforts for Buildings and Cooling initiatives and GlobalABC activities.
• Facilitate communication and coordination with national and local governments, partners, experts, and stakeholders.
• Support engagement with GlobalABC working groups and other relevant networks and initiatives.
• Assist in coordinating consultations and stakeholder workshops.
• Support preparation of progress reports, activity reports, meeting summaries, and donor reporting inputs.
• Assist in tracking project indicators and maintaining monitoring tools.
• Support compilation of lessons learned, best practices, and project impacts.
• Assist in organizing capacity-building activities, training sessions, and knowledge exchange events.
• Support logistics and coordination for regional and international events.
• Maintain databases, contact lists, and knowledge management resources.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Masters or equivalent) in architecture, civil engineering, industrial or mechanical engineering, environmental science, economics, or a similar field preferably with relevant specialization in sustainable buildings and construction, resource efficiency, circularity, climate change, energy efficiency sector, and related field.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in project management and technical assistance at the national and/or city level on sustainable building and construction and related policies is required.
• Understanding of context Africa and South Asia related to sustainable buildings and construction, cooling, private sector value chain of building materials and multistakeholder consultation.
• Exposure to buildings and construction sectors, climate change, and energy efficiency policies are desirable.
• Knowledge of UN processes through exposure to working with UN agencies are desirable.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is essential.
• Excellent communication and writing skills are a must.
• Good knowledge of the building and construction sector and related sustainability issues is required.
• Ability to apply research skills in day-to-day work.
• Strong analytical work and ability to proactively seek and identify relevant information and solutions.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks with energy and commitment to due completion.
• Is conscious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results.
• Shows persistence and flexibility when faced with difficult problems or challenges.
• Works collaboratively with colleagues across institutions to achieve organizational and strategic goals.
• Develop clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies.
• Identifies priority activities and assignments, adjusts priorities as required, allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work, monitors and adjust plans and actions as necessary, uses time efficiently.

Skills

• Sustainable Building Design
• Climate-Resilient Construction
• Project Management
• Technical Assistance
• Resource Efficiency
• Circular Construction Materials
• Energy Efficiency Measures
• Climate Change Policy
• Building Sector Knowledge
• Research Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Multistakeholder Consultation
• Urban Cooling Solutions
• Private Sector Value Chain
• UN Processes
• Communications Skills
• Writing Skills

Languages

English