Consultant, Clean Air – HEHC programme, GPD, Climate and Environment CoE, 15 months, Bangkok, Thailand, Office based, #594380

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How can you make a difference?

The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical leadership and programme guidance to operationalize the Clean Air for Healthy Children agenda by delivering air-quality monitoring and data expertise, exposure and health-impact assessment, a maintained global knowledge library, direct Country Office support, and coordination of cross UN reporting.

Under the supervision of the global lead and based on the review/inputs of stakeholders, the consultant will support the following over the time-period:

• Technical leadership & Centre of Excellence functions: Provide sustained technical leadership from UNICEF’s Bangkok Centre of Excellence to standardize methods, ensure scientific quality, and provide rapid authoritative inputs to programmes, proposals and interagency products.
• Country Office support & operationalization: Translate global standards into locally appropriate monitoring and programmatic approaches; prioritize and deliver direct technical support to Country Offices.
• Monitoring, data management, modelling & health impact assessment: Provide expertise on monitoring strategy, sensor QA/QC, data governance, emissions inventories, source attribution and exposure/health impact assessment.
• Partnerships, academic brokerage & cross‑UN coordination: Broker specialist inputs from universities and technical partners, and act as UNICEF’s primary focal point for cross‑UN agency report generation on air pollution and child health.
• Knowledge management & capacity building: Maintain and expand a global knowledge library, produce accessible technical resources, and deliver targeted capacity building for COs and partners.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have:

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Master's university degree in engineering, environmental management, environmental health, technology, sciences or economics, or a related area.
• Work Experience: Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible and relevant work experience entailing technical assistance to governments.
• Proven experience in drafting programmes and strategies, research and policy advocacy

Skills:

• Technical expertise on air pollution, including air quality monitoring; emissions inventory; modelling; source attribution; and policy/regulatory action
• Demonstrated ability to produce clear, accessible and concise scientific and technical reports for policymakers
• Understanding of global partnerships on air pollution
• Ability to organize and plan work independently, and be a team player

Language Requirements:

• Excellent communication skills(oral and written) in English

Desirables:

• Previous experience of working with UNICEF/UN
• Previous experience of working in low- and middle-income countries.