UNFCCC is recruiting for a Policy Officer Position, P-4 in the Executive Engagement and Support Unit: Apply Now!
Closing Date: 30 March 2026
UNFCCC is recruiting for a Policy Officer Position, P-4 in the Executive Engagement and Support Unit: Apply Now!
Overview
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the focus of the political process to address climate change. The UNFCCC secretariat supports the Convention, its Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement through a range of activities, including substantive and organizational support to meetings of the Parties and the implementation of commitments. It is a dynamic organization working in a politically challenging environment to help resolve one of the defining environmental issues of our time.
Where you will be working
This Policy Officer position is located in the UNFCCC secretariat in Bonn, Germany, within the Office of the Executive Secretary. The Office develops, coordinates, and delivers high-level strategic, substantive and operational support to the Executive Secretary across internal and external engagements, including oversight of outreach and the management of interactions with, and support to, the UN Secretary General and his Executive Office.
As the Executive Secretary’s immediate support structure, the Office serves as a strategic hub that provides timely analysis, strategic inputs and forward-looking information to inform decision-making and shape the Executive Secretary’s priorities. The Office plays a central role in generating and translating vision into action by ensuring alignment across senior management and coherence in the implementation of the secretariat’s work programme and priorities.
The Office works in close cooperation with the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, supports the Executive Secretary’s participation in senior UN management decision-making bodies and other high-level fora, and coordinates strategic engagement with UN entities and other intergovernmental bodies, private sector, and non-governmental organizations to strengthen system-wide coherence, leverage synergies and increase the secretariat’s impact.
What you will be doing
Under the supervision of the Chief of Staff, the incumbent will provide high-quality, decision-shaping
policy advice, high level analysis, thought leadership, and special project implementation to deliver
innovation initiatives.
Particular activities of the Policy Officer Position include:
- Strategic and policy analysis: provide high-quality analytical support on strategic, institutional, and policy matters, including systematic review of internal and external proposals, preparation of analytical briefs, and strategic notes to inform executive decision‑making. Conduct forward‑looking analysis on institutional trends, reform efforts, and secretariat‑wide priorities is also envisaged.
- Secretariat-wide coherence and integration: analyze and synthesize key strategic initiatives and delivery commitments of divisions including identifying interlinkages, overlaps, and gaps across
workstreams to ensure alignment and delivery of secretariat priorities and mandate. - Institutional intelligence and innovation: develop and advance forward-looking ideas, proposing new approaches to enhance the effectiveness, coherence, and visibility of secretariat-wide action, and supporting the development of high-quality strategic documents and institutional narratives.
- Strategic support to the Chief of Staff: conduct first‑line reviews of documents, internal proposals and strategic submissions to ensure coherence, clarity, and alignment with the secretariat and
Executive Secretary’s priorities. The role also includes synthesizing complex inputs from across
the secretariat and from external partners into concise, decision‑ready advice.
Your qualifications
Education: Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) degree in political science, public policy, international relations, environmental studies, sustainable development, climate change, law, engineering, or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience: A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience within international organizations, public sector, partnerships, sustainable development, environmental and/or climate change issues.
Asset/s: Experience in providing strategic and analytical advice, working in an international climate‑change policy or implementation context, project management, drafting and communication is highly desirable.
Language: Fluency in English (both oral and written) is required; knowledge of another UN official language is desirable.
What is the selection process?
Evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise which will be followed by a
competency-based interview. The above listed set of competencies will be applied for this particular
post.
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