Lead Technical Editor for the Update of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Central Framework

The consultant will provide editorial oversight and technical leadership for the update of the SEEA Central Framework, ensuring consistency and coherence across updated recommendations. Responsibilities include drafting and finalizing technical guidance notes, participating in task team meetings, summarizing global consultation feedback, and preparing reports and presentations for outreach activities.

Responsibilities

• Draft and finalize technical Guidance Notes on selected issues, ensuring drafts are reviewed and feedback incorporated.
• Review, revise and redraft all Guidance Notes prepared by multiple authors to ensure consistency and readiness for global consultations.
• Participate in meetings of the task teams and the UNCEEA Technical Committee; provide technical advice and ensure conceptual consistency of updated recommendations.
• Review and summarize feedback from global consultations, identify outstanding issues, and develop preliminary recommendations for the updated SEEA Central Framework.
• Draft summary reports on substantive feedback from global consultation tranches 1, 2, and 3.
• Draft technical notes for relevant stakeholders beyond the environmental accounting community.
• Prepare presentations for outreach activities and support coordination with relevant macroeconomic statistical standards groups.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in statistics, economics, political sciences, international studies and development, environmental sciences, or related field.
• A first-level university degree, in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying work experience in the domains relevant to the work assignment, may be accepted instead of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of twenty-five (25) years of progressively responsible experience within a government administration, UN system, non-governmental organization, consultancy service or a related organization is required.
• Experience in area of national accounting, environment statistics or environmental-economic accounts is required.
• Experience in providing technical assistance and/or capacity building on environmental-economic accounting is required.
• Experience in drafting international level technical guidance is required.
• Experience with compilation of environmental-economic accounts is desirable.
• Fluency in both spoken and written English is required.

Skills

• Environmental-Economic Accounting
• National Accounting
• Environmental Statistics
• Technical Assistance
• Capacity Building
• Technical Guidance
• Editorial Oversight
• Report Writing
• Presentation Preparation
• Multi-Stakeholder Consultation
• Field Team Coordination

Languages

English