Environmental Footprint Specialist, New York
If you are a passionate and committed professional and want to make a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
Purpose:
UNICEF, the world’s leading organization working for the rights of children, seeks a consultant for an Environmental Footprint Specialist in New York.
For more information, see the attached TERMS OF REFERENCE.
For more information, see the attached TERMS OF REFERENCE.
Key competences, technical background, and experience required:
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
• Advanced university degree in relevant area such as engineering, energy, environment
• Prior experience with internal organizational greening.
• Five years of relevant work experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant international standards and protocols on greenhouse gas accounting
• Result orientation and client focus: promote client service and seek to produce significant and positive impact
• Team Player: project management skills and ability to build teams and/or contribute productively to teamwork
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; ability to evaluate plans and propose viable alternatives
• Effective communication of key work-related issues to clients and maturity to understand impact of client issues
• Advanced university degree in relevant area such as engineering, energy, environment
• Prior experience with internal organizational greening.
• Five years of relevant work experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant international standards and protocols on greenhouse gas accounting
• Result orientation and client focus: promote client service and seek to produce significant and positive impact
• Team Player: project management skills and ability to build teams and/or contribute productively to teamwork
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; ability to evaluate plans and propose viable alternatives
• Effective communication of key work-related issues to clients and maturity to understand impact of client issues
Competencies of Successful Candidate
• Analyses and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources.
• Writes high quality documents that are clear, convincing and applicable.
• Has excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Creates and encourages a climate of team-working and collaboration in a multi-cultural environment.
• Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups. Actively nurtures good relationships with people across all organizational levels and boundaries, and with government counterparts and non-government stakeholders.
• Negotiates effectively by exploring a range of possibilities.
• Contributes and tries out innovative approaches and insights.
• Analyses and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources.
• Writes high quality documents that are clear, convincing and applicable.
• Has excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Creates and encourages a climate of team-working and collaboration in a multi-cultural environment.
• Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups. Actively nurtures good relationships with people across all organizational levels and boundaries, and with government counterparts and non-government stakeholders.
• Negotiates effectively by exploring a range of possibilities.
• Contributes and tries out innovative approaches and insights.
How to Apply:Qualified candidates are requested to submit a daily rate, cover letter, a CV and UN Personal Qualified candidates are requested to submit a cover letter, CV and P 11 form (which can be downloaded from our website athttp://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_53129.html ) to NYHQ-DFAM-Recruitment dfamrecruitment@unicef.org> with subject line “” Environmental Footprint Specialist”: by Friday 26 May 2014, 11 am EST.
Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate to undertake the terms of reference above taking into consideration an all-inclusive estimate for the fees. Including lump sum travel and accommodation as applicable. Applications submitted without an all-inclusive rate will not be considered.
Please note that only candidates who are under serious consideration will be contacted.
In the selection of its staff, UNICEF is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities: well qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
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