The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the focus of the political process to address climate change. The UNFCCC secretariat supports the Convention, its Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement through a range of activities, including substantive and organizational support to meetings of the Parties and the implementation of commitments.
It is a dynamic organization working in a politically challenging environment to help resolve one of the defining environmental issues of our time. This position is located in the Mitigation division, which supports Parties to facilitate, catalyze and cooperate in the implementation of ambitious climate action in line with global efforts to limit temperature increase to well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to limit this increase to 1.5 °C above pre[1]industrial levels.
Parties are supported in developing, communicating and effectively implementing ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in a manner that facilitates clarity, transparency, understanding and accounting, including through the use of collaborative approaches, mechanisms, framework engagements and economic instruments that broaden mitigation action and drive sustainable development. The Implementation Coordination Subdivision manages the Regional Collaboration Centres (RCCs), overseeing their administration, strategic direction, workplan development and implementation, stakeholder engagement, communications, financial oversight, and partnerships, including those with multilateral development banks.
The RCCs support the secretariat’s regional efforts in connecting, facilitating and supporting the countries in their ambitions towards addressing climate change and accelerating climate action to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement.
What you will be doing
As Regional Lead, you will oversee the operation and administration of the respective RCC and the implementation of its workplan. • Ensure the RCC workplan is developed, implemented and reported in an efficient, effective and timely manner; • Manage the RCC financial and human resources; • Conduct business development and resource mobilization; • Build/consolidate partner networks in the region and identify potential collaborations; • Ensure the regional climate action agenda is coordinated in a coherent manner; • Represent the RCC in various regional committees/bodies.