Senior Programme Manager (Strategy)

Dutystation: New York, United States of America

Functional responsibilities

Under the overall supervision and guidance of the Climate Ambition Team Lead (Director), the incumbent will provide substantive senior-level support on member state engagement. The responsibilities of the Senior Programme Manager (Strategy) include:

Strategy development and follow up

• Support the drafting and implementation of the Secretary-General’s 2025-26 climate strategy, including identifying opportunities to advance his mitigation and climate justice priorities and secure new and more ambitious commitments from governments and non-state actors.

• Lead on key priorities under the Secretary-General’s climate strategy, including developing strategies to advance work on the Just Energy Transition Partnerships and critical minerals (notably follow-up work to the Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals) and identify opportunities for the United Nations to build on the recent progress.

• Design and implement targeted country strategies focused on countries or regions that may be assigned and provide strategic political advice where necessary.

• Ensure these strategies help to leverage new commitments and actions in support of the Secretary-General’s 2025-26 climate action strategy, including Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and finance;

• Lead on targeted international processes as assigned (G7, G20, BRICS, others) identifying opportunities for the Secretary-General to engage and advance his priorities and follow up work

Partnerships

• Build strong and diverse networks to support the execution of the countries’ strategies including with government, civil society, academia and private sector actors;

• Stay up to date with domestic and international affairs and activities, including related to key political processes and formal meetings, identifying risks and opportunities to the Secretary-General’s climate strategy;

Programme Management

• Lead on follow up work to the Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals within the team, coordinating with UN system partners and key stakeholders to ensuring successful implementation of the Panel’s findings and recommendations;

• Support development of recommendations, briefing notes, key messages and inputs into speeches for the Secretary-General’s and Deputy Secretary-General’s engagements with governments, the private sector, civil society and other relevant partners, with a focus on advancing identified priorities;

• Monitor trends and innovations across mitigation and climate justice issues;

• Perform other duties as may be reasonably required and in line with the incumbent’s scope of services above

Education/Experience/Language requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree), preferably in International Relations or Public Policy or in a field related to the post description with ten (10) years of relevant experience is required; OR
• First-level university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) preferably in International Relations or Public Policy or in a field related to the post description with twelve (12) years of relevant experience.

Work Experience

• Relevant experience is defined as relevant professional experience in policy analysis.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in policy analysis at the country level.

• Fluency in English (read, write, speak) is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin) and Russian) is an advantage.