Environmental Compliance Expert

Result of Service
Development of Key Performance Indicators to measure compliance in economic
sectors.
Work Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Expected duration
‎24 Months
Duties and Responsibilities
Organization Setting:

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. The West Asia Office of UNEP delivers
advisory services and capacity building support to countries to achieve
environment and sustainable development objectives. This consultancy
announcement is meant to solicit applications for rostering purposes to serve
as the pool of expertise that UNEP West Asia Office is creating within the
framework of the long-term strategic partnership and the Saudi Environment
Sustainability Programme with the Ministry of Environment, Water and
Agriculture of Saudi Arabia.

Under the overall supervision of the project manager in coordination with the
respective department in the National Centre for Environmental Compliance and
the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture in Saudi Arabia, the
Consultant will carry-out, inter alia, the following duties and
responsibilities:

‎1. Develop environmental Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure
environmental compliance of economic sectors (i.e. industry, mining,
agriculture, water, energy, etc.).
‎2. Develop processes and technical guidelines for monitoring and
implementation phase of the developed KPIs or indices.
‎3. Provide capacity building, knowledge sharing and transfer, training and
hands-on experience of required tools and processes.
‎4. Technical guidance in the development of required performance measurement
dashboard.

Outputs / Work Assignments (Deliverables):
‎1. Inception Report.
‎2. Environmental Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
‎3. KPI performance measurement dashboard.
‎4. Capacity building needs assessment report.
‎5. Training for NCEC and MEWA staff.
‎6. Final project report.
Qualifications/special skills
Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in Environmental Sciences, Environment
Information Management or related fields is required.
A minimum of ‎10 years of relevant international work experience in
environmental performance indicators measurement and implementation is
required.
Professional experience in sustainable development, environmental management
issues, monitoring and reporting on Multilateral Environmental Agreements, and
other related sustainable development issues is desirable.
Prior experience in providing training, sharing knowledge, and facilitating
consultations on technical subjects in the field of environment is desirable.
Experience working in West Asia is desirable.
Languages
Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic is required.
Additional Information
This consultancy announcement is meant to solicit applications for rostering
purposes to serve as the pool of expertise.
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.