Environment SDG Indicators Disaggregation Consultant
Duties and
Responsibilities
The United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations system’s designated entity for
addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. UNEP is the
custodian for 25 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators which cover
topics related to water, ocean, land, natural resources, protected areas, and
environmental policy.
UNEP’s Early Warning and Assessment
Division is the lead division for the Environment Under Review Sub-programme
(SP-7) that aims at empowering stakeholders in their decision making with
quality data and assessments made available on open platforms. Through this,
the Early Warning and Assessment Division works to provide timely, scientifically
credible, policy-relevant environmental assessments, data and information for
decision-making and action planning for sustainable development. It also
spearheads UN-wide monitoring and reporting on the environmental dimension of
the 2030 Agenda and SDGs.
This consultancy is in the SDGs and
Environment Statistics Unit, of the Capacity Development and Innovation Branch
of the Early Warning and Assessment Division. The SDGs and Environment
Statistics Unit acts as the coordinator for work related to the SDG indicators
and official environment statistics within UNEP.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development has elevated the profile of the environmental dimension of
development and how to monitor this dimension. UNEP began to implement the
European Commission funded project on Enhancing Capacity for Measuring Progress
towards the Environmental Dimension of the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs).
The project aims to ensure the uptake of adopted SDG methodologies for indicators where UNEP is custodian. It also aims at strengthening national capacity for designing coherent and integrated policies for sustainable development, monitoring, and reporting on the environmental dimension of the SDGs through (1) enhancing capacity on environment statistics through training programmes, (2) ensuring dissemination and uptake of the global methodologies through targeted capacity development for key SDG indicators at the national level and (3) deepening UNEP’s analysis of trends at the global and regional levels, including interlinkages between the various goals, targets, and indicators.
UNEP has identified 92
environment-related SDG indicators. The methodologies of these indicators
propose data to be disaggregated at various levels. Although all indicators
methodologies included proposed disaggregation, the link between the need for
disaggregated data, its link to policy and its impact on societies, the economy
and the environment is lacking.
The aim of the consultancy is to
develop a one pager per environment-related SDG indicator, including data
disaggregation, as well as how to use the disaggregated data in policymaking
and its potential impact on societies, the economy and the environment.
The consultant shall develop one page
for each of the 92 environment-related SDG indicators including: (a) proposed
disaggregation, in collaboration with UN Custodian agencies of the respective
SDG indicators; (b) link to policymaking at national level; and (c) impact on
societies, the economy and the environment.
Under the supervision of the Head of
the SDGs and Environment Statistics Unit of the Capacity Development and
Innovation Branch of the Early Warning and Assessment Division, UNEP the
consultant will;
Develop one pager format to be used as
a standardized template for all 92 environment-related SDG indicators
Research probable disaggregation for
each of the 92 environment-related SDG indicators
Liaise with UN custodian agencies for
each indicator to discuss and approve the final proposed disaggregation
Research the link of proposed
disaggregation to policymaking at national level and its impact on societies,
the economy and the environment.
Prepare the document in English and
submit for revision by UNEP
Attend to the comments submitted by
reviewers and finalize the report.
Qualifications/special
skills
A Master’s degree in Environmental
Sciences or Statistics is required. A doctoral degree is desirable.
At least 10 years of progressively
responsible experience in indicators development, data and disaggregation is
required.
At least 5 years of progressively
responsible experience in policy development is required.
Proven expertise and experience in
English report writing is required.
Experience in the UN system and in a
government/intergovernmental setting is desirable. Proven expertise and
experience in working on sustainable development goals indicators is desirable
Languages
English and French are the two working
languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in English
(both oral and written) is required.
How to Apply