Energy and Green Growth Officer

• Coordinate the policy dialogue processes on energy, green growth and low carbon development with government, development partners, private sector and CSOs
• Contribute to UNDP in the process of programming and pipeline formulation related to energy, green growth and low carbon development issues:
• Partnerships building and knowledge management 

• Collect, compile, analyse and interpret energy, green growth related data, thorough research of the evidenced-based issues in the country and production of relevant reports including National Human Development Report.
• Preparation of analytical document and background information on energy and green growth for the national policy debates within the overarching UNDP policy framework. 
• Facilitate policy dialogue on energy and green growth issues with the government, development partners, civil society, the private sector; contributions to development of policies as relevant.
• Provide inputs to UNDP senior management on energy and green growth related policy issues with a specific focus on adaptation. 
• Make sound contributions to knowledge networks through identification of best practices and lessons learned.

• Identify areas of UNDP comparative advantages in the field of energy, green growth and low carbon development issues whenever relevant.
• Assist the Policy Analyst to formulate project concept notes and full project documents including information materials in consultation with relevant stakeholders among others 
• Contribute to the resource mobilization with donors, private sector, government and other global and regional resources.
• Facilitate consultations required for the including Internal Project Appraisal meeting, Local Project Appraisal Meeting.

• Coordinate and support the preparation of inputs from the CO to policy briefs/position papers that address links between energy and green growth and other development concerns, in collaboration with other practices such as governance, poverty reduction, gender, crisis prevention and recovery, and capacity development. 
• Identify opportunities for strengthening partnership with key stakeholders on energy and green growth under the guidance of the senior management and in collaboration with the Policy Analyst. 
• Coordinate and organize stakeholder meetings/events/workshops to discuss priority issues within energy, green growth and low carbon development with key stakeholders 
• Assist the Country Office to explore the potential for private sector partnerships on energy and opportunities for carbon/environmental financing. 
• Contribute to the development of knowledge products and communications in the areas of energy and green growth.

• Promoting Ethics and Integrity / Creating Organizational Precedents
• Building support and political acumen
• Building staff competence, Creating an environment of creativity and innovation
• Building and promoting effective teams
• Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication
• Creating an emotionally intelligent organization
• Leveraging conflict in the interests of UNDP & setting standards
• Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning
• Fair and transparent decision making; calculated risk-taking

• Identifies and communicates relevant information for a variety of audiences for advocating UNDP’s mandate
• Maintains a functioning network of contacts with a variety of stakeholders to promote a better understanding of UNDP’s mandate and to support advocacy efforts

• Assesses project performance to identify success factors and incorporates best practices into project work
• Researches linkages across programme activities to identify critical points of integration
• Monitors specific stages of projects/programme implementation
• Analyses country situation to identify opportunities for project development
• Participates in the formulation of project proposals and ensures substantive rigor in the design and application of proven successful approaches and drafts proposals accordingly

• Maintains an established network of contacts for general information sharing and to remain up-to-date on partnership related issues
• Analyses and selects materials for strengthening strategic alliances with partners and stakeholders
• Establishes and nurtures positive communication with partners

• Generates new ideas and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things
• Documents and analyses innovative strategies/best practices/new approaches
• Documents bottlenecks, problems and issues, and proposes effective solutions
• Embraces new approaches

• Analyses information/databases on potential and actual donors 
• Develops a database of project profiles.  Identifies opportunities for project proposals for presentation to donors

• Generates new ideas and approaches, researches best practices and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things
• Documents and analyses innovative strategies and new approaches
• Identifies and communicates opportunities to promote learning and knowledge sharing
• Develops awareness of the various internal/external learning and knowledge-sharing resources

• Understands and applies fundamental concepts and principles of a professional discipline or technical specialty relating to the position
• Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work tasks 
• Identifies new and better approaches to work processes and incorporates the same in his/her work 
• Analyses the requirements and synthesizes proposals
• Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date through self-directed study and other means of learning
• Demonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments
• Demonstrates in-depth understanding and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and utilizes these regularly in work assignments

• Identifies and communicates relevant information for advocacy for UNDP’s goals for a variety of audiences
• Maintains a functioning network of contacts in the media and civil society, to promote a better understanding of UNDP’s mandate and to support advocacy efforts
• Identifies and takes advantage of opportunities for advocating for UNDP’s mandate

• Researches potential solutions to internal and external client needs and reports back in a timely, succinct and appropriate fashion
• Organizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines
• Establishes, builds and sustains effective relationships within the work unit and with internal and external clients
• Actively supports the interests of the client by making choices and setting priorities to meet their needs
• Anticipates client needs and addresses them promptly

• Bachelor or Master’s Degree in energy, green economy, environmental science or related disciplines. 
• Master with at least 3 years or Bachelor with at least 5 years of relevant work experience on issues related to energy, green growth and low carbon development;  
• Experience in development and research work in the area of energy, green growth, low carbon development, and related issues;
• Experience in working with experience working with private sector and operating financing instruments such as results-based financing, impact investing, and carbon financing;
• Familiarity with policy dialogues and advisory functions involving government counterparts, NGOs and other stakeholders; 
• Proven experience and knowledge of the country’s institutional framework and policies of energy, green growth and low carbon development is an asset; 
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages.

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