Advisor, Technical (Energy Transition)
Advisor, Technical (Energy Transition)
UNOPS Technical Advisors provide technical leadership across eight non-programmatic, thematic missions: triple planetary crisis; energy transition; small island developing states (SIDS) resilience and sustainability; quality healthcare; just digital transformation; social protection, equality, education and jobs; humanitarian, development and peace nexus; and food systems transformation. The Technical Advisors serve as UNOPS principal focal points and thought leaders for assigned mission(s).
In the energy transition mission, this includes grids and storage (including the SG’s global grid accelerator initiative), energy access (including Mission 300), distributed renewable energy for public infrastructure such as health facilities, schools and water systems, and project preparation for energy investments financed by multilateral development banks and climate funds.
Role Purpose
The Technical Advisor (Energy Transition) leads UNOPS technical positioning on that mission, in coordination with PFG Partnerships colleagues and the Chief Climate Officer,and may contribute to furthering one or more of the following missions depending on experience and organizational need: just digital transformation, SIDS resilience and sustainability, food systems transformation, and humanitarian, development and peace nexus. The role drives the integration of mission-led knowledge, innovation and foresight into UNOPS partnership development, opportunity development, policy framing, service offering refinement and service delivery, to strengthen mission readiness and accelerate progress toward the SDGs. The role also supports the translation of partner and country energy commitments into investable and deliverable pipelines. Functions / Key Results Expected
1. Thematic Leadership
- Serve as UNOPS principal focal point and thought leader for assigned mission(s), strengthening UNOPS visibility and positioning as an implementation partner.
- Define UNOPS expertise, comparative advantage and value proposition within the assigned mission(s).
- Serve as internal and partner-facing technical expert for the assigned mission(s), including on related knowledge, innovation and foresight.
- Develop, contribute to and disseminate mission-aligned materials, such as thought-leadership and knowledge management products for use internally and with partners.
2. Mission-Aligned Partnerships and Opportunity Development
- Bring mission-led intent to partnership development, reinforcing mission readiness and the strategic alignment of UNOPS portfolio.
- Provide technical expert input in high-level discussions with partners and UNOPS colleagues, including in collaborative opportunity development.
- Support partner-facing colleagues in project ideation discussions with partners.
- Provide advice on the strategic alignment, value and balance of UNOPS portfolio across assigned missions.
- Support the translation of partner and country energy commitments into investable and deliverable pipelines, including engineering, procurement and implementation solutions, in collaboration with Regional and Country Offices.
- Contribute technical input to partner segment strategies and key partner engagement, particularly with multilateral development banks, climate funds and major energy initiatives.
3. Integration of Knowledge, Innovation and Foresight through Missions
- Drive the integration of mission-driven knowledge, innovation and foresight into UNOPS policy framing through Management and Policy, and service offering refinement and delivery through Delivery and Partnerships.
- Provide advice on mission-aligned outcomes and indicators to support corporate and partner-facing performance frameworks.
- Provide business partnering support on missions to HQ groups, service lines and geographic offices, fostering coherence, coordination and learning.
- Collaborate with PFG and UNOPS colleagues to strengthen mission-led knowledge and innovation systematically and sustainably, through the establishment and enhancement of processes and operating mechanisms for knowledge and learning and for innovation.
- In collaboration with PFG foresight colleagues, link internal knowledge and learning with long-term external perspectives and trends to develop new ideas, support ideation and drive innovation.
4. People Leadership
- Create, foster and role model a culture of trust, empowerment, and accountability.
- Build engagement and foster a diverse and inclusive work environment, respectful of all, and ensure that the highest standards of conduct are observed.
- Create, foster and role model a culture of respect and zero tolerance for discrimination, abuse of authority, harassment, sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse. Ensure accountability for actions and perform duties in accordance with protection mechanisms and action plans, as expected by UNOPS policies, standards and commitments.
- Promote teamwork, collaboration and diversity, by providing timely guidance and supervision to the team to enable them to perform their duties responsibly, effectively and efficiently.
Skills
Climate Change, Data Analysis, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Knowledge Management, Proposal Generation, Stakeholder Management, Sustainable Development, Strategic Thinking
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