Environment Officer

Context

• Assignment is renewable on an annual basis (1 July – 30 June) up to a maximum of 4 years. Contract renewals are granted based on Mission mandate, availability of budget, operational necessity and satisfactory performance.
• Duty station can change in the course of an assignment based on operational necessity; UN Volunteers may be required to work and travel anywhere in the area of operations of the host organization, including in remote locations.

Task description

• Under the supervision of the Director of Mission Support and the Chief of Environment Unit, the Environment Officer will be responsible for managing the Environmental activities in the sector of responsibility and for coordinating and managing actions on environmental and cultural issues in the mission, establishing, implementing, monitoring and revising as necessary the mission’s Environmental Management System (EMS). The duties listed below are part and parcel of this task on the Mission’s EMS:

Policy and Guideline:

• Support the Director of the Mission Support and the Chief Environment Unit in reviewing and/or development and implementation of the mission’s environmental policy and Guideline (including directives, audit follow-up, Mission Environmental Action Plan, Standard Operating Procedures, etc.);
• Conduct environmental assessments and surveys of operations in the mission, including Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA);
• Liaise with Military at camps to assure recommended actions are completed.
• Provide environmental support and guidance to clients within the mission.
• Produce the mission’s Environmental Baseline Study (EBS), if no such study has been done, or update existing EBS as necessary.
• Implement the Environmental Action Plan in the sector of responsibility.
• Produce the Environmental Emergency Preparedness Plan with relevant offices.
• Oversees and monitor the execution of all environmental actions and preventives measures in the sector of responsibility.

Environmental Action Planning and Performance (eAPP) – Implementation:

• Lead, coordinate and monitor the implementation of the environmental Action Planning and Performance (eAPP) including data collection and reporting in sector of responsibility.
• Conduct regular environmental inspections and risk assessment.
• Maintain a record of environmental issues and actions thereon at the mission, including, for example, a list of potentially hazardous installations within the mission (e.g. petrol station, warehouse storing flammables) in cooperation with fire marshals or other staff at the mission designated to deal with emergencies.
• Investigate complaints or reports of pollution, contamination, health hazards and other environment-related incidents.
• periodic reports on environmental issues at the mission, to the Chief Environment Unit including policy compliance status reports as required for DOS.
• Recommend to the Chief Environment Unit to undertake such measures as may be required to prevent or mitigate environmental problems.
• Advise relevant officers or offices on environmental issues arising from the assessments, studies and plans, including environmental information relevant to the operations of the mission.

Awareness and Training:

• Promote awareness on environmental issues.
• Provide an environmental briefing to all mission personnel including police and military contingents during their induction training and as needed.
• Conduct environmental training to all mission personnel.

Coordination and Partner Relations:

• Liaise on environmental issues with local authorities and the office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator and relevant United Nations bodies and agencies present in the country or region hosting the mission.
• Carry out any other tasks required to support the DPO/DOS Environmental Policy for Peacekeeping Operations and Special Political Missions and the environmental objectives of the mission as directed by the Director of Mission Support.

Results/Expected Outputs:

• Successfully manage environmental performance in the Sector of responsibility as evidenced by measurable progress against the Mission’s Environmental Action Plan key performance indicators; and be an environmental champion and example to colleagues

Skills and experience

• 3 years of experience in the environmental management field with a national government/administration, a non-governmental organisation, the private sector or an international organization is required.
• Experience in project planning, evaluation and oversight of environmental compliance is desirable.
• Experience of coordination of multi-stakeholders initiative within a post conflict environment is desirable.
• Experience in wastewater, solid and hazardous waste management, or environmental auditing is desirable.
• Experience in Energy including renewable energy is desirable.
• Experience in management of data or database is desirable.

Languages

• English, Level: Working knowledge, Required
• French, Level: Fluent, Required

Source: https://app.unv.org/opportunities/1774924562963712