Programme Management and Partnerships Consultant

Global Roles

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Hybrid

CHF 90,000 - 150,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Global Roles seeks a senior behavioural science consultant to support the Beyond Lab at the United Nations Office at Geneva. The role is remote for six months and focuses on strengthening behavioural science contributions across UN projects.

The consultant will design convenings, build UN colleagues' knowledge, and create briefs and media while embedding behavioural science into strategic roadmaps and SDG localisation efforts.

Qualifications

Advanced university degree in behavioural science, public policy, psychology, or related field.
Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in behavioural science or policy.
Direct UN experience, including cross-UN initiatives and engagement with senior leadership.
Experience designing and delivering behavioural science initiatives and knowledge products.

Responsibilities

Conceptualise and deliver behavioural science convenings for UN stakeholders.
Increase UN colleagues' knowledge of behavioural science and its application.
Maintain a UN BeSci website and circulate a regular newsletter.
Create briefs, stories, and media responding to UN needs.
Embed behavioural science into institutional strategies and flagship roadmaps.
Provide targeted strategic and project input to selected UN entities.
Support workshops and scoping of use cases to align local insights with global practice.

Skills

Behavioural Science Research

Public Policy

Behavioural Economics

Development Policy

Political Science

Cross-Institutional Initiative Leader

Stakeholder Engagement

United Nations Experience

Strategic Advice

Project Design

Knowledge Product Development

Report Writing

Programme Management

Partnership Development

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Job description

The consultancy provides expert academic and methodological input to project design, stakeholder engagement, practical guidance, and project scoping, strengthening the strategic contribution of behavioural science across the wider initiative. The consultant will work remotely for 6 months, supporting the Beyond Lab at the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Responsibilities

Conceptualise and deliver behavioural science convenings to strengthen understanding and promote exchange across the UN.
Build deeper knowledge of behavioural science among UN colleagues, supporting them to recognise behavioural barriers and opportunities within their work.
Maintain a UN BeSci website and circulate a regular newsletter.
Create briefs, stories and media in response to UN colleague needs.
Work with UN entities and leadership to embed behavioural science into institutional strategies and flagship roadmaps.
Provide targeted strategic and project input to selected UN entities.
Support through workshops, tailored advice and the scoping of use cases to embed behavioural science into SDG localisation and connect local insights to global practice.

Requirements

An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in behavioural science, public policy, psychology, behavioural economics, development, political science, or a closely related field is required.
A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in behavioural science, policy, or related areas, including experience leading cross-institutional initiatives and working with senior stakeholders in international settings, is required.
Direct experience working within the United Nations system, including leading cross-UN initiatives and engaging with senior leadership on behavioural science, is required.
Experience designing and delivering behavioural science initiatives, convenings, reports, strategic advice, and knowledge products is required.

Skills