Sustainable Development Officer (Complex Settings)

The Sustainable Development Officer supports the United Nations Development Coordination Office in guiding resident coordinators and offices on sustainable development in complex settings, including crisis and mission contexts. The role involves developing databases, drafting technical papers, attending meetings, and supporting cross-pillar collaboration between development, humanitarian, and peacebuilding efforts.

Responsibilities

• Develops sustainable development databases and qualitative information required for recurrent or ad-hoc assignments.
• Drafts inputs for technical papers and analytical studies on sustainable development issues, including challenges and opportunities in complex and mission settings.
• Formulates, identifies and analyses proposals on sustainable development issues.
• Attends international, regional, and national meetings for consultations with colleagues in other institutions dealing with sustainable development issues, including UN development, humanitarian and peacebuilding counterparts.
• Assists in the organization and servicing of expert group meetings, seminars, etc. on sustainable development issues.
• Prepares speeches and other inputs for presentations by senior staff on sustainable development issues, including briefings and key messages for DCO leadership.
• Prepares inputs for reports to High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and other intergovernmental bodies, inter-agency or expert groups.
• Follows intergovernmental meetings, prepares summary reports and provides substantive support as needed.
• Participates in missions on sustainable development issues relating to complex countries.
• Organizes training seminars/workshops on sustainable development issues with a focus on complex countries and cross-pillar collaboration.
• Monitors, backstops and assesses the implementation of capacity building projects in sustainable development.
• Performs other duties as required, including administrative tasks.
• Undertakes on-the-job and other training activities both internally and externally.
• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in sustainable development, economics, public policy, public administration, finance, natural resources management, engineering, law, social sciences 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 five years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, policy-oriented work in a broad range of sustainable development issues is required.
• A minimum of 2 years' experience in engaging with development, humanitarian, and peacebuilding cross-pillar work is desirable.
• A minimum of two years' experience in drafting briefing papers, reports, and guidance documents is desirable.
• Experience working on development, humanitarian and peacebuilding cross-pillar issues in a complex setting is desirable.
• Experience working in the United Nations system or a comparable international organization is desirable.
• English language proficiency at UN Level II in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Skills

• Sustainable Development
• Project Management
• Programme Management
• Policy Analysis
• Cross-pillar Collaboration
• Development Coordination
• Briefing Paper Drafting
• Report Writing
• Guidance Document Drafting
• Database Development
• Technical Paper Drafting
• Humanitarian Engagement
• Peacebuilding Engagement
• United Nations Experience
• Public Policy
• Natural Resource Management

Languages

English