Females are highly encouraged to apply

Duty statiion: Jerusalem, with regular travel within the occupied Palestinian territory and occasional travel to other locations in the region

Deadline: 5 May 2024

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is undertaking the current recruitment on behalf of UNEP. UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for delivering a UNEP advisory project to assist Palestinian entities and regional partners /neighbours in promoting environmental protection and adaptation to climate change, including through nature-based solutions, leading to enhanced human and ecosystem health and climate resilience. The Project Manager will deliver such advice both directly to Palestinian and international stakeholders, and via advisory support on environmental issues to the Office of the UN Special Coordinator to the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO).

Under the overall management of the UNEP Senior Programme Manager, Environmental Security (P5), with a second reporting line to the Chief of Coordination Unit and Head of Resident Coordinator’s Office, UNSCO (P5), the Project Manager will lead the generation and dissemination of science-based, conflict-sensitive analysis of environmental and climate-related risks and opportunities relevant to Palestine. The Project Manager will work with all relevant Palestinian, international and regional stakeholders to translate science-based policy advice into actionable plans and programmes – including via clear communication of scientific analysis and its relevance to policies and practices; convening stakeholders to build consensus around environmental policies and plans; and sustained policy support to relevant Palestinian institutions. The Project Manager will be part of a UNEP team working globally to enhance environmental and climate security.

Context: The Project Manager will be part of UNEP’s Disasters and Conflicts Branch, Ecosystems Division. The substantive and management aspects of the Project will be led by UNEP Senior Programme Manager, Environmental Security, who leads UNEP’s work on environmental security in the Middle East, North Africa and Mediterranean Basin. The Senior Programme Manager is based in Athens, Greece with regular travel to the Middle East region, including Palestine.

The Project Manager will be based in Jerusalem , and will be co-located with the Resident Coordinator’s Office in the Office of the UN Special Coordinator to the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO). The Head of Coordination, RCO, UNSCO will serve as Second Reporting Officer and will ensure alignment between the Project Manager’s advisory work and that of the broader UN system. UNSCO has been present in Jerusalem/Gaza since 1994.

UNOPS will be responsible for administration of the human resources aspects of the Project.

Responsibilities

1. Project Delivery and Performance
2. Monitoring and reporting
3. Stakeholder engagement
4. Quality assurance
5. Knowledge management and innovation
6. Personnel management

Qualifications

Education:

Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) preferably in environmental affairs, international affairs, social sciences, economics or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in environmental affairs, political-economy analysis, international affairs, development studies or related area.

Experience of work in an insecure/conflict-affected context and with UN and international partners is desirable.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in written and spoken English is required.