Programme Management Officer, P3

The Programme Management Officer will lead strategic coordination of UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO), supporting climate change mitigation efforts through programme management, donor coordination, governance, and high-level government engagement. The role involves managing complex global methane projects, facilitating partnerships, and providing analytical and operational support within UNEP's Climate Change Division.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic coordination of UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO), acting as a central coordination function across IMEO practices, projects, and cross-cutting workstreams.
• Drive the development, consolidation, and tracking of IMEO’s annual workplan, including establishing performance indicators, monitoring implementation progress, and identifying delivery risks and mitigation measures.
• Support strategic planning processes, including preparation of internal strategy documents, technical roadmaps, and decision-support materials for senior leadership.
• Structure and facilitate internal governance processes, including weekly management meetings and all-staff engagements, ensuring effective information flow, documentation of decisions, and follow-up on action items.
• Coordinate cross-divisional inputs within UNEP and ensure coherence with broader Climate Change Division priorities and global methane mitigation initiatives.
• Provide ad hoc analytical, coordination, and operational support to the Deputy Director of the Climate Change Division.
• Manage strategic relationships with donors and key partners, ensuring alignment of priorities, transparency of reporting, and effective communication of results and impact.
• Support the development and execution of IMEO’s donor engagement and resource mobilization strategy.
• Prepare high-quality written outputs, including donor reports, technical briefings, concept notes, and outreach materials.
• Ensure coordination across UNEP teams and external partners on methane-related initiatives, facilitating information exchange and alignment of workplans.
• Provide substantive and logistical support for IMEO Board and Advisory Council meetings, including calendar planning, agenda development, and preparation of technical background materials and presentations.
• Coordinate with Board and Council members to ensure effective participation and alignment on strategic priorities.
• Document and disseminate meeting outcomes, including preparation of high-level minutes and publication of governance materials to enhance transparency.
• Track and support the implementation of governance recommendations and decisions.
• Support programme monitoring, evaluation, and reporting processes, including tracking key performance indicators and outcomes.
• Continuously improve governance processes, tools, and documentation to strengthen institutional effectiveness.
• Lead preparation of high-level briefing materials, policy notes, and technical analyses to support engagement with ministers, senior officials, and multilateral processes.
• Coordinate IMEO participation in major international events, including Ministerial, summits, and high-level forums, ensuring strategic positioning and consistency of messaging.
• Plan and execute high-level events, roundtables, and bilateral meetings, including agenda-setting, stakeholder coordination, and post-event follow-up.
• Represent IMEO and UNEP in international fora to strengthen partnerships, enhance visibility, and support resource mobilization efforts.
• Collect and analyze data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree) in political science, public policy, or environmental policy is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in programme/partnership coordination with governments and stakeholders from the oil and gas sector on climate-related issues is required.
• Experience on methane emissions, particularly related to oil and gas sector emissions sources, reporting, and mitigation opportunities, is required.
• Experience coordinating and engaging with international partnerships, organizations, and/or activities related to methane emissions management globally is required.
• Experience engaging with senior-level government officials, particularly among Global Methane Pledge Champions (e.g., EU, Canada) is required.
• Experience with coordination of complex and large global methane projects is required.
• Experience in managing a geographically dispersed team is required.
• Experience working within the United Nations system or similar international organization is desirable.
• Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable
• English and French language proficiency at UN Level III and II respectively is required.

Skills

• Programme Coordination
• Partnership Coordination
• Methane Emissions Reduction
• Climate Change Mitigation
• Government Engagement
• International Partnerships
• Project Management
• Team Management
• Data Analytics
• Business Analytics
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Donor Coordination
• Governance
• Oil and Gas Sector Expertise
• Reporting and Mitigation
• Global Project Coordination
• UN System Experience
• High-Level Negotiation

Languages

English, French