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Job Information:

  • Job Title: Marine Environment Management Planning Specialist
  • Job Opening ID: 267449
  • Job Family: Programme Management
  • Category and Level: Consultants, CON
  • Duty Station: NAIROBI
  • Department/Office: United Nations Environment Programme
  • Date Posted: November 19, 2025
  • Deadline: November 28, 2025

Duties and Responsibilities:

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. UNEP administers the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Coastal and Marine Environment of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO). The Contracting Parties to the Convention are Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa and United Republic of Tanzania.  The consultant will support the Nairobi Convention Secretariat to develop a dedicated interactive, online atlas for the ‘Integrated Management of the Marine and Coastal Resources of the Northern Mozambique Channel (NOCAMO) Project’ to enable countries and stakeholders involved in resource use and protection of the Northern Mozambique Channel (NMC) can access spatial and attribute information and update any new data based on changes observed on the ground.  The NOCAMO project aims at the protection and the joint management of the northern part of the Northern Mozambique Channel covered by the exclusive economic zones of the countries of the region: Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, and the Union of the Comoros. The interactive online atlas will be based on ArcGIS Online system making its content accessible and collaborative. The online atlas will help build solutions for community-based initiatives, provide open data access on marine and coastal ecosystems to support priority initiatives in the NMC region, enable collaboration across government departments and with local communities, and allow users to detect and monitor changes in different marine and coastal ecosystems. The online atlas will provide maps and app templates to facilitate the comprehension of policy and desired outcomes.   This position is home-based and is located within the Nairobi Convention Secretariat, Ecosystems Division, Nairobi duty station.  Under the general supervision of the Head of the Nairobi Convention Secretariat, the consultant will be responsible for the following:  1. ArcGIS Online Configuration The Consultant will configure the ArcGIS Online accounts, create and assign users, and create the groups for the different countries with various group characteristics needed for the development and operation of the Online Atlas.  2. Data Migration and Development of a Standardized Database Model All collated thematic layers will be characterized in terms of their visual representations, planned uses in the portal, potential data sources, levels of resolution, and data currency to the greatest extent possible. The defined data will then be standardized, through conversion to a common OGC standard format to enable visibility throughout the portal and enable processing and analysis. The Consultant will also perform quality assurance checks on the migrated data to ensure that the data collected in the Online Atlas is reliable and suitable for marine spatial planning use.   3. Development of the Interactive Online Atlas The Consultant will develop an interactive online atlas based on ArcGIS Hub. The ArcGIS Hub license will be available to the Consultant through the Nairobi Convention Secretariat ArcGIS Online Portal. The online atlas will enable the Nairobi Convention Secretariat and Northern Mozambique Channel countries to:   o connect and communicate with internal and public audiences by creating a data portal for sharing internal GIS data across an organization or with a GIS class,  o share open data using the Share Open Data template,   o showcase content related to a specific topic, such as research to restore local habitats or efforts to increase volunteer work within a community,   o share a volunteer sign-up form as part of different sites on increasing volunteer work within a community, and   o start an outreach campaign with events, surveys, and emails by creating a call-to-action for people to follow various initiatives.   The Atlas will also provide community accounts, which are ArcGIS Online accounts for people who are not members of the NCS ArcGIS Online Portal to access the NCS Hub content and manage GIS applications. Community accounts will enable anyone to view or contribute content belonging to NMC Countries’ initiatives. These community accounts will grant access to community organizations, a designated ArcGIS Online subscription that separates community accounts from NCS ArcGIS online members accounts.

Qualifications and Experience:

Qualifications/special skills

  • Advanced University degree (master’s degree or equivalent) is required in Geographic Information Systems, Information Systems and management, Marine Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources Management or similar disciplines. o A minimum of two (2) years of relevant progressive experience in the application of geographic information systems, and information management is required.  o Demonstrated experience in developing GIS solutions for natural resource management applications and maintenance of existing geospatial databases and related metadata systems is required.  o Demonstrated knowledge and experience on remote sensing, obtaining biological, geophysical and socioeconomic geospatial datasets and developing geospatial databases is desirable.  o Demonstrated experience in managing projects related to geospatial and geographic information systems is desirable.  o Experience performing quality control assessments for geospatial products is desirable.  o Experience working in a multidisciplinary set up with government and non-government stakeholders including international organizations and local communities is desirable.

Languages

  • English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in both oral and written English is required.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should send their application through Online [Apply-Now]. For more details visit official website: www.unep.org

UNEP Overview:

The United Nations Environment Programme is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations System. It was established by Maurice Strong, its first director, after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in June 1972.