Regional environmental data analyst
Organizational Context
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the UN's leading environmental authority, dedicated to strengthening environmental standards and practices globally. UNEP's mission is to foster environmental stewardship by inspiring and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life sustainably. The UN Volunteer will support UNEP's regional office in Latin America and the Caribbean, ensuring environmental data and analysis are integrated into national development priorities and UN country-level planning processes.
Job Purpose
The UN Volunteer will serve as the primary focal point for internal data management and information coordination within UNEP's regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean. This role is crucial for ensuring a coherent and timely exchange of environmental indicators, analytical narratives, and statistics between technical projects and regional activities. The volunteer will maintain strategic information coordination with the UN Development Coordination Office (DCO) to ensure UNEP's evidence-based contribution to UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCF) and Country Analysis (UNCA) processes. The position strengthens the capacity of UN Country Teams (UNCTs) to integrate environmental dimensions into national development priorities, aligning them with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Responsibilities
Under the supervision of UNEP’s Regional Coordinator, the UN Volunteer will analyze regional environmental challenges and opportunities, facilitating interagency collaboration for Common Country Analyses (CCAs) and Cooperation Frameworks (CFs). Key duties include identifying and mapping data sources, coordinating information flow among UNEP units and national statistical systems, and providing evidence bases for environmental analysis. The volunteer will collect, manage, and validate essential environmental data (statistics, indicators, maps) on climate change, biodiversity, and pollution, coordinating with Resident Coordinator Offices (RCOs). Responsibilities also involve analyzing datasets to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and leading internal coordination to develop evidence-based narratives for CCAs and CFs. The role includes serving as UNEP’s technical interface with the UN DCO for regional UN reform objectives and supporting the monitoring and reporting of Cooperation Frameworks and Country Analyses.
Work Experience
Requires 3 years of professional experience in Sustainable Development and the 2030 Agenda, including environmental data analysis, environmental governance, policy design, and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). Experience supporting UN country programming processes (CCA/UNCA, CF/UNSDCF) and multi-stakeholder coordination is essential. Experience integrating cross-cutting approaches like gender equality and the Human Rights-Based Approach is also required, along with demonstrated capacity to prepare analytical reports and policy briefs.
Skills
Core competencies include accountability, adaptability, flexibility, creativity, judgment, decision-making, planning, organizing, professionalism, and self-management. Technical expertise should encompass climate change, environmental data science, information management, and potentially Artificial Intelligence. Proficiency in English and Spanish is required.