Programme Officer, P4

The Programme Officer will lead the implementation of the Energy Transition for Green Growth and Prosperity programme within the Energy Connectivity Section of the Energy Division. The role involves programme development, monitoring, policy coordination, research, outreach, and budget management to support sustainable and inclusive development in the Asia-Pacific region.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements the Energy Transition for Green Growth and Prosperity programme; leads, monitors and analyzes programme development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions.
• Performs consulting assignments, in collaboration with the project steering group, by planning and facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions and developing the annual activity plan the project steering group will use to manage the change.
• Provides secretariat support to a high level advisory group of experts set up to oversee the analytical outputs of the programme.
• Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources.
• Coordinates policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies.
• Generates survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identify problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
• Organizes and prepares written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, dealing with themes including but not limited to energy transition, green industrial transformation, social development, macroeconomic stability, power grid interconnection, artificial intelligence, green finance and carbon markets.
• Provides substantive backstopping to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., to include proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations, etc.
• Initiates and coordinates outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
• Leads and/or participates in large, complex field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc.
• Coordinates activities related to budget funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget, etc.).
• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, management, economics, energy, engineering, sustainable development, climate change or a related field is required.
• A relevant first-level university degree in the above fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is an advantage.
• A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, project or programme administration, assignments related to regional cooperation, policy analysis, energy, sustainable development, finance for development or related area is required.
• Experience in delivering complex multi-stakeholder projects involving regional and international cooperation in the governmental and international organizations is required.
• 2 years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
• Experience in the United Nations Common System or in international organizations similar to those in the UN Common System is desirable.
• Experience managing large scale programmes with multiple donors is desirable.
• Experience in working in the Southeast Asia region on energy-related issues is desirable.
• Fluency in English is required.
• French is desirable.
• Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.

Skills

• Project Management
• Programme Management
• Policy Analysis
• Energy Sector Experience
• Sustainable Development
• Climate Change
• Data Analytics
• Business Analytics
• Budget Management
• Regional Cooperation
• Multi-stakeholder Project Delivery
• International Cooperation
• Donor Management
• Research
• Outreach Activities
• Energy Transition Analysis
• Monitoring and Evaluation

Languages

English, French