Regional Project Analyst - Home-based

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Background Information

UNDP supports governments, businesses, local communities, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), In aiming towards circularity, to soundly manage chemicals and waste to reduce the risks of exposure to hazardous chemicals and protect the human health and environment, to phase out chemicals of concern, design out pollution and waste generation, increase the circular use of materials, ensure compliance with waste hierarchy principles and improve residual waste management. These interventions also facilitate the mainstreaming of chemicals and waste management into national development planning and budgeting processes.

UNDP assists over 73 countries in meeting their obligations under the Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances and its Kigali Amendment on HFCs (a global commitment that will avoid more than 80 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 2050), the Stockholm Convention on POPs, Minamata Convention on mercury, as well as strategic approach of international chemical management (SAICM). 

UNDP has been on the forefront of efforts to advance the Kigali Amendment to tackle climate change and improve cooling efficiency by partnering with developing countries, MLF, GEF, K-CEP, CCAC, Cool Coalition, bilateral donors and private sectors. UNDP’s Chemicals and Waste Program helps client countries improve their capacities for sustainable production and consumption, clean air action plan, integrated waste management (healthcare waste, E-waste, plastics), sustainable and non-chemical development in SIDS, promotion of Green/Circular Economy, resource efficiency, good practice in Artisanal and Gold Mining sector (ASGM), and to make a comprehensive, long-term economic case for circularity and identify chemicals and waste-related interventions to support change.

The Chemicals & Waste Hub (CWH) team, part of the Global Policy Network (GPN), and housed by the Bureau of Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) of the United Nations Development Programme, is organized into a number of substantive technical teams, and part of the staff is located in UNDP's Regional Hubs providing policy and technical advisory, design, implementation and oversight in accessing funds from the Global Environment Facility, the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol and bilateral donors. 

Hence, UNDP aims to support regional planning, resource mobilization and implementation of portfolios, cooling efficiency, circular economy & waste, and their cross-cutting issues particularly related to the technical assistance to the bilateral projects - more specifically International Climate Initiative (IKI) financed CoolUp programme to scale up sustainable cooling in the Middle East and Türkiye - as well as to assist the design and implementation of the other relevant regional/national projects on cooling efficiency, circular economy & waste in Arab States, Europe and Central Asia (ECA) or beyond when necessary. Therefore, the Chemicals & Waste Hub is looking for the services of a Regional Project Analyst to support coherent and systemic impact of these interventions.

Score of Work

Regional Project Analyst will work in close collaboration with the Chemicals and Waste Hub teams and other relevant units in Regional Hubs in Amman and Istanbul, as well as Country Offices. S/he will mainly support implementation of IKI financed regional CoolUp programme - Scaling up sustainable cooling in the Middle East and Türkiye, covering Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Türkiye. This project management support will likely be extended to the design and implementation of relevant sustainable cooling (and heating) programmes in various countries of the region (i.e. including Morocco, Tunisia), particularly to be financed by IKI, Mitigation Action Facility (MAF), MLF, GEF or other donors as well as energy ef