SENIOR PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT OFFICER, P5 Job ID : 273400

The Senior Programme Management Officer (P5) at UN-Habitat's Urban Resilience Hub in Nairobi will lead UNEP's initiatives on integrated human, animal, and ecosystem health through a One Health approach. This role involves collaboration with UN institutions and managing the Nature for Health Multi-Partner Trust Fund to enhance preventative investments in nature. The position requires working with diverse stakeholders to support evidence-based policy interventions.
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. UNEP's Ecosystems Division works with international and national partners, providing technical assistance and advisory services for the implementation of environmental policy, and strengthening the environmental management capacity of developing countries and countries with economies in transition. This position will lead UNEP's work supporting integrated approaches to human, animal and ecosystem health through a One Health approach, overseeing UNEP’s collaboration on One Health with other UN institutions and partners, including as part of the Quadripartite Collaboration on One Health (UNEP, FAO, WHO, WOAH). The incumbent will also lead the Secretariat for the Nature for Health Multi-Partner Trust Fund (N4H MPTF) to support member states to strengthen preventative upstream investments in nature to reduce health risks, including risks from zoonotic diseases. The incumbent will be expected to work in a multi-sectoral way with diverse stakeholders within the UN system and beyond to support evidence-based policy interventions and systemic approaches to achieving development impact. This post is located in the Nature and Health Unit in the Biodiversity and Land Branch (BLB), Ecosystems Division, at the Nairobi duty station. Under the supervision of the Head of Branch, the incumbent will perform the following duties:
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