Programme Management Officer

The Programme Management Officer at UNEP leads work on private finance policy and regulation to promote sustainable finance and a stable financial system. The role involves formulating outreach strategies, providing technical assistance, managing programmatic and administrative tasks, and advising senior management on strategies and policies related to sustainable finance.

Responsibilities

• Lead UNEP's work on private finance policy and regulation, including outreach to major financial institutions, policy makers and multilateral policy platforms to direct private finance into transitioning high impact sectors and support a sustainable financial system.
• Formulate and implement outreach strategies to policy makers and multilateral platforms including financial sector institutions, Ministries of Finance, central banks, and real economy policy makers.
• Lead analytical and technical assistance to countries on sustainable finance policy frameworks and other related frameworks in partnership with international programs and finance institutions.
• Support operationalization and interoperability of policy frameworks to facilitate cross-border private financial flows and uptake by the finance industry.
• Ensure coordination and complementarity with private finance initiatives and UNEP Finance Initiative.
• Coordinate with Economic and Fiscal Policy Unit for a coherent UNEP approach to public and private financing of the transition.
• Lead and develop UNEP's analytical, outreach and advocacy efforts on financial policy as enablers of environmental and financial system sustainability.
• Strategize, develop and implement analytical, outreach and advocacy activities on economic and financial policies for environmental sustainability.
• Spearhead recommendations to align financial and finance-related policy frameworks with climate, nature and pollution outcomes.
• Oversee programmatic and administrative tasks including budget preparation, reporting, staff performance evaluation, recruitment, and results-based budgeting.
• Manage, guide and train staff under supervision and foster teamwork and communication.
• Mobilize resources to implement substantive programmes ensuring high-quality outputs and compliance with mandates.
• Advise Branch Chief, Division Director, Deputy Director and Senior Management on strategies and policies related to substantive work programmes.
• Assist in preparing Branch work programmes, determining priorities and allocating resources.
• Consult with international/regional/national institutions and provide programmatic and substantive reviews and reports.
• Coordinate and oversee preparation of reports for inter-governmental bodies such as Economic and Social Council and General Assembly.
• Collect and analyze data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's or Doctorate degree, or equivalent) in finance, resource economics, environmental economics or international economics, international relations, sustainable development or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree (Bachelor's degree or equivalent) with two (2) additional years of relevant work 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 desirable.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional work experience involving sustainable finance, environmental/resource economics, finance and economic policy, of which five years should be at the international level is required.
• Experience in coordinating multi-stakeholder groups to meet a common objective in the sustainable finance and private finance policy space is required.
• Experience working with the private finance sector, including with banks, institutional investors is desirable.
• Experience in developing work programs for a variety of private or public stakeholders are desirable.
• A minimum of two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
• A publication record in peer-reviewed journals is desirable.
• English is required at UN Level III for reading, writing, listening and speaking.
• Either French or Chinese (Mandarin) or Arabic is desirable at UN Level II for reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Skills

• Sustainable Finance
• Environmental Economics
• Resource Economics Knowledge
• International economics
• Finance Policy Development
• Economic Policy Development
• Data Analytics
• Business Analytics
• Programme Management
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Private Finance Sector Engagement
• Technical Assistance
• Program Work Plan Development
• Publication in Peer-reviewed Journals
• Outreach Strategies

Languages

English, French, Chinese (Mandarin), Arabic