Consultant - Climate And Health Investment Initiative

vor 2 Wochen

Genf, Genf, Schweiz World Health Organization Vollzeit
Contractual Arrangement

External consultant

Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days)

11 months

Job Posting

Mar 26, 2025, 5:23:54 AM

Closing Date

Apr 9, 2025, 5:59:00 PM

Primary Location

Switzerland-Geneva

Organization

UT/UTD UNITAID International drug purchase facility

Schedule

Full-time

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Purpose of consultancy

The consultant will play a pivotal role in supporting the initial launch and operationalization of the C&H investments, ensuring alignment with Unitaid's strategic objectives. With a blend of analytical expertise, climate-specific skills, and a solutions-oriented approach, the consultant will provide both technical input and strategic guidance. This will enable Unitaid to shape its initial portfolio of climate-smart health products, positioning the organization to deliver impactful, scalable solutions that address the challenges at the intersection of climate change and global health.

Background

Unitaid is focused on driving equitable access to climate-smart health products through its 2023-2027 strategy. As part of this strategic direction, the organization aims to minimize the climate footprint of health products across their full lifecycle, from production to disposal, while simultaneously strengthening the resilience of global supply chains. In alignment with Unitaid's 2025 priorities, the organization is looking to operationalize its Climate & Health investment portfolio, including the development of key investment cases to be presented to funding organizations and to contribute to the organization's resource mobilization efforts.

Deliverables

The Consultant Is Expected To Complete The Following Deliverables:

  1. Support to Investment Launch and Management: Collaborate with the Sustainability Manager, Climate and Health to assist in the development of C&H investments, providing both technical and strategic contributions. This includes informing the scoping, design, and rollout of investment opportunities, ensuring alignment with Unitaid's C&H strategic priorities and achieving investment milestones for 2025.
  2. Research and Analysis: Conduct comprehensive technical reviews and analyses of climate and health-related research, technology landscape and market trends. The consultant will identify and assess potential opportunities for investment design and scoping within the C&H space, contributing critical insights to shape future investment decisions and strategies.
  3. Investment Proposal Development: Provide expert technical input in the drafting and refinement of investment proposals, ensuring they are technically robust, strategically aligned, and well-justified with regards to strategic relevance, impact, value of money and climate scientific standards and best practices. The consultant will assist in developing strong proposals that will support Unitaid's resource mobilization efforts in Climate and Health.
Qualifications, Experience, Skills And Languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

Advanced university degree in sustainability, environmental/natural science, business administration, general engineering, or a related field.

Desirable:

Degree, diploma, or certification in environmental sustainability, sustainable product manufacturing, supply chains with a focus on environment/climate change.

Experience

Essential:

  1. Over 10 years of cumulative professional experience spanning the private, public, or development sectors, and combining global, national, and industry-specific expertise relevant to the role.
  2. Extensive background in environmental sustainability, with progressively increasing responsibilities in leading large-scale sustainability programs and initiatives.
  3. Experience in mitigation and decarbonization projects.
  4. Proven experience in designing, leading, and delivering advanced analyses to support investment decisions, business and investment case development.
  5. Experience in demonstrating an understanding of climate and health challenges related to Unitaid's work.
  6. Relevant experience at the intersection of climate and health.
Desirable:

  1. Experience working with products within Unitaid's portfolio or relevant global health and product organizations, industries, or supply chains.
  2. Proven experience in leading decarbonization projects, providing technical support to stakeholders, and managing environmental risk assessments or climate adaptation initiatives, particularly in relation to global and regional supply chains and healthcare products.
Skills/Knowledge:

  1. Deep understanding of Unitaid's mission, portfolio, and relevant regulations.
  2. Strong knowledge of global environmental sustainability, key frameworks, and best practices.
  3. Understanding of health product markets and sustainability challenges, particularly in Low and Middle-Income Countries, and insights into global supply chains.
  4. Skilled in analyzing product investments and markets with a focus on sustainability.
  5. Ability to interpret technical studies, life cycle assessments, and ESG standards.
  6. Excellent collaboration and influencing skills to drive results in dynamic teams.
  7. Sound judgment and a strong curiosity about climate issues and continuous learning.
  8. Proficient in writing technical reports for senior audiences.
Essential:

Languages and level required (Basic/Intermediate/Expert):

  1. Expert knowledge of English
Desirable:

  1. Intermediate knowledge of French
Location

Off site

Travel

The consultant will be expected to travel.

Remuneration:

Remuneration and budget (travel costs are excluded):

Band level C: USD 10,000 – 12,500 per month

Living expenses:

N/A

Expected Duration Of Contract:

11 months

Additional Information:

  1. This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the same level.
  2. Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
  3. A written test may be used as a form of screening.
  4. If your candidature is retained for interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
  5. For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.
  6. WHO is committed to workforce diversity.
  7. WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.
  8. Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.
  9. WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter into practice.
  10. WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, WHO will conduct a background verification of final candidates.
  11. Consultants shall perform the work as independent contractors in a personal capacity, and not as a representative of any entity or authority. The execution of the work under a consultant contract does not create an employer/employee relationship between WHO and the Consultant.
  12. WHO shall have no responsibility whatsoever for any taxes, duties, social security contributions or other contributions payable by the Consultant. The Consultant shall be solely responsible for withholding and paying any taxes, duties, social security contributions and any other contributions which are applicable to the Consultant in in each location/jurisdiction in which the work hereunder is performed, and the Consultant shall not be entitled to any reimbursement thereof by WHO.
  13. Consultants working in Switzerland must register with the applicable Swiss cantonal tax authorities and social security authorities, within the prescribed timeframes (Guidelines issued by the Swiss Mission are available at: https://www.eda.admin.ch/missions/mission-onu-geneve/en/home/manual-regime-privileges-and-immunites/introduction/Manuel-personnes-sans-privileges-et-immunites-carte-H/Non fonctionnaires et stagiaires.html
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