The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of ...
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners' peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organisations. With over 6,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, where they need it. By implementing around 1,000 projects for our partners at any given time, UNOPS makes significant contributions to results on the ground, often in the most challenging environments.
UN Environment is the United Nations systems designated
entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level.
Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus
by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to
the attention of governments and the international community for action. The
overall objective of UN Environment's Economy Division is to encourage decision
makers in government, local authorities and industry to develop and adopt
policies, strategies and practices and technologies that promote sustainable
patterns of consumption and production, make efficient use of natural
resources, ensure safe management of chemicals and contribute to making trade
and environment policies mutually supportive. It promotes the development, use
and transfer of policies, technologies, economic instruments, managerial
practices and other tools that assist in environmentally sound decision making
and the building of corresponding activities
The Chemicals and Health Branch of the United Nations
Environment Programme, Economy Division leads UN Environment’s subprogramme on
Chemicals, Waste and Air Quality. UN Environment’s programme of work centers around
assistance to countries and multilateral environmental agreement (MEA)
secretariats to assist in technical-scientific issues related to priority
chemicals and implementation of the United Nations Environment Assembly and
Governing Council resolutions. UN Environment has been mandated through Decision
27/12 of the Governing Council and Resolution 2/7 of the UN Environment
Assembly to develop an update of the Global Chemicals Outlook, which will be
launched during the first Quarter 2019 in advance of the 4th session of the UN
Environment Assembly in March 2019. Substantive expertise and support is needed
to finalize the Global Chemicals Outlook II and oversee the preparation of a
summary for policy makers. Furthermore, a Project Preparation Phase (PPP) for
Advancing Sustainable Chemistry is currently being implemented with a view to
finalizing the draft project document in December 2018. As part of the PPP, a
draft report on best practices in sustainable chemistry has been prepared.
Further work is needed, among others, to develop and implement a strategy to
advance a common understanding of the sustainable chemistry concept at the
international level through the full project document.
Scope of support: Knowledge and Risk Unit, Global Chemicals
Outlook.
The ICA will work in the Knowledge and Risk Unit of the Chemicals
and Health Branch. This post is located in UN Environment – Economy Division at
the Geneva duty station.