Duty Station:
The duty station will
be either Vienna, Austria or Washington DC,...
Duty Station:
The duty station will
be either Vienna, Austria or Washington DC, United States, and will be decided
as part of the recruitment process, in consultation with the successful
candidate.
Supervision
Title of Supervisor:
Special
Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) and CEO of
SEforALL
Content
and methodology of supervision: The Director of Policy will be supervised
through individual meetings with the supervisor, weekly team meetings, and
through periodic performance appraisals.
Duties and
Accountabilities
The Director of Policy is a member of the Management Team and
plays a leadership role, together with the CEO, in ensuring that the work and
priorities of SEforALL are focused on necessary progress to achieve SEforALL’s
goals and the goals of Sustainable Development Goal 7. In line with the
Strategic Framework, Business Plan and annual work plans of SEforALL the
Director of Policy will lead discussion internally and with partners on the
interventions that will have the greatest impact on goal achievement. This will
include commissioning and building partnerships around evidence and data
enhancement and engaging and supporting to processes and partnerships critical
to goal delivery and ensuring all interventions by SEforALL.
The Director of Policy is responsible for providing
strategic advice and guidance to the Special Representative to the UN Secretary
General (SRSG) and CEO of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) on key
developments within the sector and making sure that the appropriate policy
approaches are developed to meet the SEforALL mission and objectives.
S/he will work closely with the SRSG
and CEO and other members of the management team to support the Administrative
Board and other advisory and other bodies where SEforALL is a member or asked
to coordinate and have input.
Together with the Director of Communications, s/he will
be expected to take leadership on the knowledge management strategy, ensuring
it supports the achievement of SEforALL objectives. This equally includes
defining and developing a roadmap for implementation. S/he plays a pivotal role
in overseeing and acting as a true champion of the development of a learning,
collaborative and outcome-driven performance culture, both internally within
SEforALL and with its partners.
The Director of Policy provides
input and
direction to the policy team and actively engages in coaching and developing
staff and managing their performance.
In addition to the above, the Director of Policy will
be responsible and focus on the following issues:
- Developing and maintaining research
- Developing initiatives to ensure that the SEforALL
acts as a catalyst for the sector, and collaborates with partners on developing
evidence based approaches and support
- Overseeing the team leading on country
engagement and providing guidance on connecting emerging Action Agendas and
Investment Prospectuses with finance for implementation
- Ensure SEforALL’s capability to engage on the
finance needs of the organization’s goals and to ensure high quality research
and insight on financial flows for sustainable energy.
- Providing senior representation for SEforALL at
multilateral and in other activities as directed by the SRSG and CEO of
SEforALL