Sustainable Development Officer, Regional Liaison, Arab States Region, P3

The Sustainable Development Officer serves as a liaison for the Arab States Region based in New York, supporting the Development Coordination Office's senior management in intergovernmental and interagency fora, providing executive support, and facilitating communication between headquarters and the Regional Office. The role involves research, analysis, briefing preparation, and supporting sustainable development initiatives aligned with the 2030 Agenda.

Responsibilities

• Prepare briefing notes, key messages, mission packs, and meeting readouts for senior leadership, including for complex development, crisis and transition settings.
• Research and analyze quantitative and qualitative information on regional and country-level sustainable development trends, cross-border dynamics and emerging risks.
• Identify regional trends or patterns and generate insights through data visualization and other UN 2.0 approaches to support evidence-informed planning, decision-making and reporting.
• Prepare speeches, talking points, and advocacy messages tailored to Member States, Resident Coordinators, United Nations country teams and regional partners.
• Conduct horizon scanning to identify emerging risks, opportunities and cross-border implications for the Arab States region, and maintain situational awareness of UN operations in UN HQs inter-agency settings.
• Monitor and analyze relevant intergovernmental and inter-agency processes, preparing timely summaries, recommendations and analytical inputs to support engagement and follow-up with Member States.
• Provide substantive and technical support to preparatory processes for senior leadership visits, meetings and engagements related to the Arab States region.
• Facilitate timely two-way information flow between headquarters and the Arab States Region, including communication of country demand, regional perspectives, corporate guidance and agreed follow-up.
• Provide substantive inputs to selected Resident Coordinator Office and UN Country Team processes, including strategic planning exercises and other regional or country-level processes.
• Contribute to the systematic exchange of regional knowledge, analysis, expertise and good practices between Regional Offices, Resident Coordinator Offices and Headquarters on sustainable development priorities and integrated support to the RC system.
• Contribute to knowledge-sharing and capacity-development activities on sustainable development and regional priorities.
• Perform other duties as required, including administrative tasks.

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 a related field.
• A first-level university degree in combination with 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 five years of progressively responsible experience in sustainable development, public policy, development cooperation, policy analysis or related area is required.
• Experience with inter-agency and/or intergovernmental collaboration in the development sector is required.
• Experience of initiating and developing partnerships is required.
• Experience in sustainable development issues of the Arab States region is desirable.
• Experience of integrating gender equality and other inclusion dimensions (youth, disability) is desirable.
• Experience in the United Nations system or a comparable international organization is desirable.
• Field experience in development cooperation is desirable.
• English is required at UN Level III proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
• Arabic is desirable at UN Level II proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Skills

• Sustainable Development
• Policy Analysis
• Development Cooperation
• Interagency Collaboration
• Partnership Development
• Data Analytics
• Business Analytics
• Natural Resource Management
• Gender Equality Integration
• Inclusion Strategies Design
• Research and Analysis
• Briefing Material Preparation
• Executive Support
• Development Sector Expertise
• United Nations System Knowledge
• Field Experience in Development

Languages

English, Arabic