Environmental Specialist P3, Greenhouse Gas Emissions (WREC) – Budapest, Hungary

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Are you a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Specialist interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger? Are you passionate about helping those in need? Would you like to join a global organization investing in its people?

If so, an exciting & fulfilling career awaits you! Join our diverse and passionate team that works on varied and international projects directly contributing to saving & changing millions of lives around the globe.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Applications must be submitted by Friday, June 30, 2023 (10:59 PM CET)

WHO WE ARE

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, operating in more than 120 countries and territories, bringing life-saving assistance in emergencies, building pathways to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change and supporting sustainable and resilient livelihoods for a world with zero hunger.

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WHY JOIN US?

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section)

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Humanitarian actors are committed to the principle of “do no harm”. A growing body of work, by governments and humanitarian partners, has documented adverse environmental impacts that can result from well-intended, life-saving humanitarian action. These impacts can hamper the effectiveness of relief, recovery and sustainable development efforts and make them more costly. Agreement on the need to reduce these impacts is matched by recognition that no one organization can tackle this challenge alone.

Humanitarian logistics sit at the nexus of those impacts, both as a potential source and as an opportunity to reduce them. Recent studies on environment in humanitarian action have consistently identified logistics as a stage of supply chain where the risk of unintended impacts is high and where there is a need to embed environmental expertise to identify scalable solutions. Progress in translating existing guidance into practical results on the ground is currently too slow to deliver the sustained and effective changes called for by the Sustainable Development Goals and global climate change initiatives.

Coordinated by the Global Logistics Cluster and supported by a coalition of humanitarian organizations – the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Save the Children International and the World Food Programme of the United Nations – this Environmental Sustainability in Global Humanitarian Logistics project, titled Waste management and measuring, Reverse logistics, Environmentally sustainable procurement and transport, and Circular economy (WREC), seeks to address priority gaps in knowledge and methodology, seeking solutions to environmental challenges, and to document existing activities to improve awareness and environmental sustainability in humanitarian operations. The proposal also seeks to provide operational answers to key concerns highlighted in the humanitarian logistics pillar of the September 2020 IFRC Climate Summit: the need to act together, to scale up from ad hoc to systematic action, and for solutions that can be localized.

A dedicated Project Team of six staff will be established for the Environmental Sustainability in Global Humanitarian Logistics project: one Project Manager and one Information Management/Reporting Officer in the Logistics Cluster and four Environmental Specialists who will be embedded within the coalition partners of the project. This position will be seconded to a coalition partner, to be determined upon selection of the candidate. The Project Team will work together towards a common goal: consolidate global good-practice guidance from diverse sources, adapt that guidance to the realities and processes of humanitarian logistics, and identify new and more sustainable solutions to improve coherence between the aims of humanitarian assistance and its ways of working.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

To contribute to and support the project coalition partners (DRC, IFRC, SCI, and WFP) with environmental expertise to identify scalable solutions in humanitarian logistics contributing to environmental sustainability in humanitarian responses globally.

• Objective 1: in coordination with GLC partners, (including academic and private sector), ensuring collaboration and avoidance of overlap, identify, collect, assemble, develop and make widely available to the humanitarian community up-to-date guidance and training on environmentally sustainable logistics and supply chain. As a specialist in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, you will be responsible for leading the WREC Project’s activities in this thematic area.
• Objective 2: map, analyse, and make widely available case studies of existing local solutions that can be reviewed and tailored for piloting and potential localised replication across humanitarian actors in the field.

Specific Duties and Tasks

Guidance and training on environmentally sustainable logistics and supply chain

• Map and consolidate existing good guidance, tools, and best practices for measuring Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions (scopes 1, 2, and 3) adapted for humanitarian organisations, with special emphasis on a) vehicles, freight, and compound management; b) cradle to cradle product lifecycle analysis and Social Life Cycle Analysis; c) environmental impact of Cash-Based Interventions (including multi-purpose cash assistance).
• Provide technical advice (either directly or linking to a group of experts) to the humanitarian community around data collection methods under the GHG protocol: e.g. identify some of the common challenges, suggest some examples to overcome them, clarify common doubts around data categories to be considered (e.g. use, processing and end-of-life of distributed products; or leased assets).
• Explore the applicability of the concept scope 4 “avoided emissions” within the humanitarian sector, and whether that could be of any help when developing organisational strategies to reduce emissions.
• Compile benchmarks within the humanitarian sector (or other sectors, as relevant and information is available) in measuring GHG emissions, identifying areas where the sector could have a greater impact in reducing its carbon footprint.
• Consolidate existing and planned training on GHG emissions (and related topics) provided by GLC partners, private sector, and academia and ensure it is made widely available to the humanitarian community.
• Map and maintain a GHG emissions key stakeholder contact list and participate in, or host, relevant coordination meetings to provide updates on the subject matter. Support inter-agency dialogue to avoid duplications and find synergies, like for example gather (and make them available across the sector) more accurate emission factors for some of the core relief items or alignment under an agreed good-enough methodology to calculate emission factors (if for example ISO standards are considered not affordable for common use by humanitarian actors).
• Map existing training on environmentally sustainable logistics and supply chain and review training materials for content quality ensuring that the materials are relevant and able to be shared amongst the humanitarian community.
• Adapt existing guidance/training to the realities and processes of humanitarian logistics as it relates to greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle/fleet management. Develop new guidance and training on environmentally sustainable logistics and supply chain, if required.

• Raise awareness of existing sustainable logistics and procurement standards , and product/service specifications related to greenhouse gas emissions reductions and, through a mapping exercise, help partners to identify and access related expertise.
• Network with external partners/organisations to share on best practices/tools aiming to improve supply chain sustainability related to the assigned thematic area.
• Organizes and takes part in training and awareness campaigns on environmentally sustainable logistics and supply chain related to the assigned thematic area.

NOTE: The above tasks and outputs should ensure complementarity to existing approaches and workstreams related to environmental sustainability in the humanitarian sector.

Identification of local solutions

• Identify existing local, affordable, and scalable solutions. With special emphasis on localisation: solutions to be affordable so they can be implemented and maintained locally.
• Map and analyse case studies of existing local solutions for more sustainable humanitarian logistics. Create case studies, as required.
• Make widely available case studies of existing local solutions as potential solutions which may be replicated by local humanitarian actors, and support piloting of best practices or tools when appropriate and as informed by the Project Implementation Plan.
• If engaged in supporting implementation of local solutions, take a high-level view and identify barriers and enablers for environmental projects. Propose how to lift the barriers and share with local managers when relevant.
• Provide visibility on sustainability initiatives across the network of partners of the logistics cluster, share benefits with stakeholders and help support the transfer of initiatives between entities.

Other

• Provision of expert knowledge and guidance to humanitarian partners, by responding to queries made via the dedicated information portal accessible to the entire humanitarian community.
• Map existing complementary initiatives in the humanitarian sector and establish interlinks with relevant focal points. In particular, maintain regular contact and dialogue with the environmental focal points of the Global Shelter Cluster around carbon emission and local solutions; support and inform the efforts of the Shelter Cluster through IFRC co-leadership.
• Follow up on activities as per the project implementation plan, including monitoring of project indicators (covering progress, immediate results and longer-term outcomes) and provide technical guidance to relevant stakeholders, as assigned by the Project Manager.
• Support the Project Manager with project related reporting, activity progress, plans, and achievements as well as review of project documents, analysis reports, minutes of meetings, etc.
• Capture lessons learned from the project and support dissemination of the findings. In general, promote the project and derive best practices to be shared across humanitarian organizations via the WREC information platforms and bilateral meetings, briefings, and workshops, including by presenting project plans, results, outcomes, etc., to internal and external audiences as required.
• As a core staff member of the Project team, and on behalf of the project coalition partners, maintain a cross-organizational mindset and approach to implementation (i.e., operating on behalf of the humanitarian community), ensure a cross sector approach is core to this project while leveraging on the specific strengths of the organization hosting the specialist.

QUALIFICATIONS AND KEY REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION:

You have:

• Advanced University degree in a relevant subject such logistics, humanitarian development, supply chain, or environmental sustainability; or the equivalent combination of education and experience

EXPERIENCE:

You have:

• At least five years of professional experience in a similar role providing expertise on environmental sustainability in logistics and supply chain or similar field.
• Experience working in an international context is required.
• Experience working on multi-stakeholder, multi-organizational coalition or consortium projects is an advantage.
• Experience in working with the humanitarian sector and particularly in multi-agency collaborations is an advantage.

LANGUAGE:

You have:

• Fluency (level C) in English language.
• Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (a WFP working language)

MORE ABOUT YOU

You have:

• Demonstrable knowledge on issues related to Supply Chain management, climate change, and environment are required.
• Ability to transform technical information into widely accessible training or guidance materials is required.
• Demonstratable knowledge of coordination, Environmental science, engineering, math, analytics, public health, or development/social sciences is an asset.
• Demonstrable experience working in complex, multi-faceted organizations on issues related to supply chain and operational sustainability is an asset.
• Demonstrable experience engaging with multiple internal and external stakeholders, complex coordination and diplomacy, and participating in or leading teams on interdisciplinary issues is an asset.
• Ability to take charge of duties as assigned with high levels of autonomy and time management.
• Strong familiarity with Microsoft Office software.
• Project management training or experience is an asset.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

These are the common standards of behaviour that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.

Different expectations of behaviour are defined depending on your grade and role/responsibilities within WFP.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Limited Fixed-Term Appointment (LFT) position is a non-mobile staff appointment in the international professional category for a limited period for up to 4 years. Incumbents of LFT positions are not eligible to apply for other mobile positions advertised internally through the Reassignment.

WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package in line with ICSC standards (http://icsc.un.org) including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, visa, travel and shipment allowances, 30 days’ annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, a pension plan, and medical insurance.

The position is based in Budapest, Hungary and the selected candidate will be expected to relocate.

REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable)
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
• Please contact us at [email protected] in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

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