UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) - Executive Coaching, Geneva

United Nations; Genf; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

United Nations in Geneva seeks an Executive Coaching Consultant for UNEP Finance Initiative. The assignment focuses on behavioural coaching to develop leadership capabilities in work roles and relationships, aligned with UN values and behaviours.

The consultant will promote inclusion, integrity and collaboration, coaching UNEP FI personnel to strengthen team leadership, conflict management and performance, with two personnel supported for identified issues and HR oversight.

Responsibilities

• The consultant will provide behavioural coaching to develop leadership capabilities in UNEP FI personnel, focusing on effectiveness in leading teams, teamwork facilitation, empowerment, conflict management, integrity, and performance.
• Two personnel will receive coaching for identified behavioural issues with ongoing HR oversight and management involvement.

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UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) - Executive coaching

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Job Opening ID: 285852

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Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors , CON

Recruitment Type : Consultant

Job Opening Job Opening ID: 285852 Job Network : - Job Family : - Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors , CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant Duty Station : GENEVA

Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme Date Posted : Oct 2, 2026
Deadline : Oct 9, 2026

Through these services the Initiative will be able to provide behavioural coaching to develop leadership capabilities in work roles and relationships, in line with UN values and behaviours. In particular:

• Connect and collaborate: o Create an enabling working environment in which everyone may speak openly, honestly and without fear of retribution. o Actively build trust, collaboration, and partnership with and between individuals, teams, stakeholders, and clients.
• Adapt and innovate: o Keep oneself and others motivated during times of stress and uncertainty.
• Inclusion: o Treat people with dignity and respect. o Actively seek and incorporate a diversity of perspectives, ways of thinking, experiences, and opinions in decision-making.
• Humility: o Engage others in addressing problems and finding solutions, accepting that there is likely to be more than one possible approach.
• Deliver results with positive impact: o Hold oneself accountable for demonstrating the UN standards of conduct in delivering results.
• Analyse and plan: o Seek out and use data from a wide range of sources to understand problems, inform decision-making, propose evidence-based solutions and plan action. o Encourage sharing of information, data, experience, and expertise between staff and across teams.
• Integrity: o Act ethically, demonstrating the standards of conduct of the United Nations and taking prompt action in case of witnessing unprofessional or unethical behaviour, or any other breach of UN standards.

The services will help promote UN values and behaviours in the roles and responsibilities of UNEP FI personnel and group dynamics. The consultant will provide coaching to develop the capabilities and competencies of UNEP FI personnel in areas including effectiveness in leading teams, facilitating teamwork, empowering personnel, managing conflicts, ensuring integrity, and managing performance. The consultant’s work will also contribute to upholding UN core values, ensuring that human rights based approach, the principle of leaving no one behind and gender equality and women’s empowerment are integrated throughout their work at UNEP FI’s. For two personnel, coaching support in relation to identified behavioural issues will be provided, while any formal performance or remedial action remains with management/HR.