Closing Date: 14 September 2025
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Overview
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the focus of the political process to address Climate Change. The Convention secretariat supports the Convention, its Kyoto Protocol, and the historic Paris Agreement by a range of activities, including substantive and organizational support to meetings of the Parties and the implementation and stabilization of commitments. It is a dynamic organization working in a politically challenging environment to help resolve one of the defining environmental and development issues of our time.
The Information and Communication Technology Subdivision (ICT) within the Administration and Operations Division is a central service provider for information and communication technology infrastructure and user support services, as well as for information systems development, maintenance, and application support within the UNFCCC.
The individual contractor will be part of the Application Development unit within the ICT sub-division of the Administration and Operations division. While line management responsibilities rest with the Team Lead of the unit, the individual contractor will work under the direct supervision of the designated Project Manager or Service Owner, and under the general oversight of the ICT Manager. The vision of the ICT subdivision is to provide to UNFCCC responsive, cost-efficient, and innovative ICT expertise and secure solutions that enable governments and other stakeholders to create a climate resilient and low-emissions world for present and future generations.
Purpose
The secretariat is seeking the services of a qualified Senior Business Analyst to support the delivery, enhancement, and finalization of key areas such as Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF). The ETF refers to the Enhanced Transparency Framework, a UNFCCC initiative aimed at improving climate-related reporting and review processes. It includes a suite of digital tools and systems designed to support countries in submitting, reviewing, and analyzing climate data in standardized formats.
Global Stocktake (GST)
The Global Stocktake (GST) is a central mechanism under the Paris Agreement designed to assess the
world’s collective progress toward achieving its climate goals.
support sustainable development.
Stakeholder Engagement
The Stakeholder Engagement is a strategic initiative designed to enable structured, inclusive, and
technology-driven engagement with non-Party stakeholders (NPS)—such as private sector actors, civil
society, and subnational entities—who play a vital role in advancing climate action alongside Parties.
MS365 and CRM Platforms
The MS365 and CRM Platforms supports internal and external collaboration and process management
across the secretariat.
Website Platform
The Website Platform, serves as the primary digital interface for external stakeholders, including Parties,
NGOs, and the public. The individual contractor may be assigned to one or more of the areas, based on organizational needs and priorities and will identify user needs, gather enhancement requirements, prepare backlogs, and support the implementation.
Tasks
- Define and document business capabilities, features, and epics based on stakeholder needs and strategic goals;
- Break down epics into detailed user stories with clear acceptance criteria, ensuring alignment with
business requirements and traceability; - Maintain and prioritize the product backlog in tools like JIRA, including features, user stories, and
technical tasks; - Collaborate with the Product Owner and development team to select and refine sprint backlog items for implementation;
- Create wireframes and mock-ups using tools like Figma, Miro, or Visio to visualize user interfaces and interactions;
- Develop process flow diagrams and user journey maps using BPMN, UML, or Miro to illustrate end-to- end workflows and system behavior
Duty station
The assignment is to be carried out remotely.
Requirements
The Senior Business Analyst should have the following qualifications:
Education:
First level university degree in computer science, Information Technology, Mathematics,
Engineering or related discipline in natural science.
Experience:
- A minimum of five years of broad-based experience in business analysis focusing upon IT systems, with significant experience in applying agile methods.
- Rapidly attaining a deep and broad understanding of the mission, direction, structure, mandates and
requirements of relevant business areas and UNFCCC, building trust and managing relationships with
business stakeholders. - Expert analysis, modelling and documentation of business processes and business requirements,
adhering to analysis methodology agreed with UNFCCC, considering implementation constraints where required and, were not, avoiding unnecessary assumptions regarding implementation. - Analysis and documentation of conceptual data models, logical data models, and data dictionaries.
- Business process optimization and transform
- Provision of support and advice regarding functional requirements to members of own team and other teams (including Business stakeholders, Project Managers, Solution Architects, Designers, Developers, and Testers).
- Contributing to preparation of Test Plans and Functional Test Cases.
- Assists to achieve project deadlines and schedules through active management of scope, business
expectations priorities. - Reporting progress and status to Project Managers.
- Preparing documentation for technical and non‐technical audiences.
- Participating in User Acceptance Testing.
Language requirements: Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Proficiency in other UN languages is an asset.
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