Environmental Sustainability Data

Result of Service

The SUN team has a more understanding of the potential of existing Greening the Blue data and additional effort needed for effective use of historical data in relation to broader Sustainability Strategy environmental commitments and goals. 2. Additional analytical reporting of the Greening the Blue Data Platform is conceptualized and elaborated. 3. Methodological and analytical needs are more clearly mapped and identified for elaboration of Greening the Blue reporting.

Duties and Responsibilities

The United Nations Environment Programme is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) Sustainable UN (SUN) Unit in Geneva has a mandate to support the UN System’s internal operations as the UN strives towards continual improvement of its environmental sustainability. To further support the environmental improvements the SUN project collects annual reporting from UN entities. To further advance the System’s progress SUN is working to analysis and evaluate existing data collected from UN entities to further identify opportunities for improvement. The Sustainable UN facility project, phase IV, has an increased focus on informing and engaging senior level management and improving system-wide reporting, improving data collection and analytics in support of driving action within the UN system to improve and increase action on internal environmental sustainability. These activities are in support of the key outcome for the project: to accelerate action and mobilize UN entities to further mainstream environmental considerations into all aspects of management and operations and improve upon the monitoring, reporting, and management of environmental impacts of their internal environmental sustainability. Specifically, efforts are needed to better: • Gauge and evaluate existing data quality and completeness for use in analytics via Python, SQL, PowerBI or similar systems in order to identify additional resources needed to enable more comprehensive use of historical GtB data;

• Develop ‘zero draft’ analytic reporting on relevant components of the 2019 CEB approved Sustainability Strategy; specially, the environmental impacts of UN facilities and operations on local/national air quality, water quality and availability, and biodiversity screening;
• Identify and Map needed calculation methodologies for expanded reporting based on 2019 Sustainability Strategy commitments and goals in the areas related to air quality, water quality, and biodiversity;
• Technical input to draft analytic charts, e.g. geohistograms, for discussion and in support of the development of upcoming Greening the Blue Data Platform as related to air, water quality and biodiversity. The UNEP New York Office Sustainable UN team does not have the relevant expertise in house, to carry out the requires tasks and needs an external consultant. The consultant will carry out the following project tasks:
• Review existing collected data for Greening the Blue to assess applicability of existing data for broader environmental reporting.
• Using existing data, to extent possible, and provide preliminary analysis of UN system’s impacts on air, water, and biodiversity from operations and facilities.
• Explore existing good practice, data sets, and APIs which can be utilized in support of expanded reporting on air, water, and biodiversity.
• Provide inputs to Global Service Centre inline with future report generation for environmental impacts linked to air, water, and biodiversity

Qualifications/special skills

• A master’s degree in an environmental field, mathematics, or natural sciences is required. An additional 5 years of experience in lieu of a master’s degree will be considered.
• At least 9 years’ experience in the climate science, environmental policy, and/or energy efficiency sectors is required.
• Experiences in data analytics, scenario forecasting, and/or carbon footprinting is required.
• Experience with Python, SQL, PowerBI or similar software is required.
• Experience with international organizations and Greening the Blue is highly desired.

Skills:

• Knowledge of the UN system and culture and familiarity with UN interagency networks is desired
• Creative, autonomous, and resourceful strategist with a track record of proactivity
• Proficiency in data analytic software applications
• Excellent interpersonal communication and exposure to cross-cultural and multi-ethnic working environments.

Languages

• For the post fluency in oral and written English is required.

Source: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/238350?language=en