Resolution Animal Welfare Consultant

Result of Service

The expected outputs will help UNEP's Biodiversity and Land Branch to initiate the implementation process and fundraising for the implementation of the resolution.

Work Location

Remote

Expected duration

8 months

Duties and Responsibilities

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 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. 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. UNEP's Ecosystems Division engages with governments and other partners to develop and promote ecosystem-based solutions for sustainable development.

This assignment is intended to support UNEP's Biodiversity and Land Branch in assisting in the implementation of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) resolution on animal welfare, environment and sustainable development nexus, adopted in 2022.This resolution requests UNEP to prepare a report on the above nexus in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) and the One Health High Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP), to submit it to Member States for peer review, and to report to the sixth session of UNEA.

An initial implementation plan for the resolution has been developed. It consists of preparing the nexus report and includes consultations as resources permit in close collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the World Organization for Animal Health, as well as with the One Health High-Level Expert Panel, on the nexus between animal welfare, the environment and sustainable development by analyzing the nexus between animal welfare, the environment and sustainable development, identifying key partners and stakeholders to consult, where relevant, in the preparation of the report, and preparing a summary of the findings for consideration by Member States;

UNEP's Biodiversity and Land Branch is looking for a consultant, to execute the implementation plan, undertaking a desk review of the nexus assessment process and design a road map for the implementation of UNEA 5/1 resolution. This assignment is in the Biodiversity and Land Branch, Ecosystems Division and the contractor will report to the Programme Management Officer, Biodiversity and Land Branch (BLB), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

The scoping exercise will focus primarily on the process, scope, timelines, and budget for producing the Nexus report as requested in UNEA resolution 5/1.
It is envisioned that the scoping exercise will take 8 months, allowing for the next stage of the process to possibly start in Q4 of 2023

Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the Focal Point for the UNEA 5/1 resolution, the contractor will undertake the following duties.
• Facilitate and guide the process of collaboratively working on the implementation of the resolution jointly with the partners
and CPRs
• Organize and facilitate regular the resolution’s partners meetings, workshops, including the preparation of background
documents, meeting reports and translations.
• Collect and analysis of information as well as preparation of data presentations and reports for information sharing,
responding to queries, knowledge management, planning and decision making.
• Update information on Animal Welfare through communication with Partners and shareholders via reports.
• Develop the initial scoping and planning of the process with specific goals, deliverables/list of activities, budgets and timeline
of the report.
• Develop a mapping of stakeholders and a report on the key stakeholder’s engagement analysis.
• Develop the methodological approach for the nexus assessment.
• Plan and organize a workshop with member states to gather initial inputs on process and design.
• Develop the scoping assessment report
• Plan the development and implementation of partner, resource mobilization and private sector engagement strategies.

Qualifications/special skills

An advanced university degree (MSc level or higher) in the social, behavioural or management sciences is required. A first level degree with additional two years of qualifying experience maybe accepted in lieu of advanced degree.
A minimum of 7 years of postgraduate work experience in knowledge management and organizational learning to facilitate partnership building in diverse multi-stakeholder environments is required
Experience facilitating high level working groups of diverse stakeholders is required
Experience in partnership building processes and change/process management is required
Experience in sustainable development work is required
Ability to facilitate multi-stakeholder discussions on complex and controversial issues with impartiality and neutrality is required.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this Job Opening, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.