Consultant (CTC)

About UN University (UNU)

The United Nations University (UNU) is an international community of scholars engaged in policy-oriented research,
capacity development and dissemination of knowledge, furthering the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations. The mission of UNU is to contribute, through research and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing
global problems that are the concern of the United Nations and its Member States.
For the past four decades, UNU has been a go-to think tank for impartial research on human survival, conflict prevention,
sustainable development, and welfare. With more than 400 researchers in 12 countries, UNU's work spans the 17
Sustainable Development Goals' full breadth, generating policy-relevant knowledge to effect positive global change. UNU
maintains more than 200 collaborations with UN agencies and leading universities and research institutions across the
globe. For more information, please visit http://unu.edu

About Office/Institute

United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) is one of 14 research and training
Institutes that comprise the think tanks in the UNU system. UNU-IAS is a UNU institute based at UNU Headquarters in
Tokyo. The mission of UNU-IAS is to serve the international community through policy-relevant research and capacity
development focused on sustainability, including its social, economic and environmental dimensions. Through its
postgraduate education programmes UNU-IAS develops future international leaders with interdisciplinary understanding
and skills needed to advance creative solutions to problems of sustainability. UNU-IAS builds on a strong tradition of UNU
research and capacity development in Japan, undertaken in collaboration with a global network of professionals and
scholars, particularly in Africa and Asia. For more information, please visit http://ias.unu.edu
The Innovation and Education (IVE) Programme is a thematic area of UNU-IAS, aiming to promote research and practices
on innovative and inclusive education and lifelong learning for sustainable development at all ages. It reinforces evidencebased policy advice to translate global goals into local actions with a close alignment with the Education for Sustainable
Development (ESD) for 2030 Roadmap. One of the main activities is to strengthen the capacity of UNU-IAS global and
regional networks, namely the Regional Centres of Expertise on ESD
(RCEs: https://www.rcenetwork.org/portal/) and ProSPER.Net (https://prospernet.ias.unu.edu/), and collaborate with the
networks to facilitate multi-stakeholder partnerships.

Responsibilities

Terms of Reference or Work Assignment:
Under the general supervision of the UNU-IAS Director and the direct supervision of the Head of Innovation and Education
Programme (IVE), the consultant shall deliver the following assignments:

1. Conduct an analysis of RCE projects’ trends (2020-2024) and collaborate to develop the chapter for the 20-year RCE publication in collaboration with an IVE researcher

• Compile the data, specially RCE project reports from 2020 to 2024;
  
• Analyze the data, using the report ‘RCE Project Trends during the Global Action Programme on ESD (2015-2019) ‘as a reference;
• Draft a chapter on RCE project trends, presenting survey findings, synthesizing the results from the previous analysis in the GAP period and the current data analysis, to be included in the 20-year RCE publication as a co-author.  

• Advise on the conceptualization, table of contents, content selection, and identification of suitable RCEs for the 20-year RCE publication to be published around July 2025;
• Provide recommendations on the timeline for preparation and completion of the publication, as needed.

3.  Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisors, if necessary.

Key performance indicators

• Timely and high-quality development and implementation of planned activities.
• Timely and high-quality completion of the survey, including both its implementation and report writing.
• Timely and high-quality development of the publication.
• UNU is seen as a reliable and trustworthy partner by research partners, governments, donors, and civil society.

Competencies

Values:

• Inclusion — take action to create an environment of dignity and respect for all, regardless of age, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, geography, grade, language, nationality, racial identity, religion, sex, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, social origin or any other aspect of identity
• Integrity — 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
• Humility — demonstrate self-awareness and willingness to learn from others
• Humanity — act according to the purposes of the United Nations: peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet

Behaviours:

• Connect and collaborate — build positive relationships with others to advance the work of the United Nations and work coherently as One UN
• Analyse and plan — seek out and use data from a wide range of sources to understand problems, inform decision-making, propose evidence-based solutions and plan action
• Deliver results with positive impact — hold oneself and others accountable for delivering results and making a positive difference to the people and causes that the United Nations serves
• Learn and develop — pursue own learning and development and contribute to the learning and development of others
• Adapt and innovate — demonstrate flexibility, agility and the ability to think and act in novel ways