Technical Advisor - Energy Transition

Shape UNOPS global leadership on energy transition by driving mission-led innovation, strategic partnerships, and forward-looking solutions that strengthen resilience, sustainability, and progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Partnerships and Futures Group (PFG) is responsible for strengthening and expanding UNOPS partnerships and building knowledge, innovation and foresight capabilities through non-programmatic missions, underpinning UNOPS ability to scale up and speed up delivery for impact - for the people we serve.

PFG works across the range of UNOPS partner segments - including UN agencies, international financial institutions and multilateral/regional development banks, donors, partner country governments, vertical funds and multilateral initiatives, south‑south cooperation, and the philanthropic and private sectors - to deepen engagement, expand implementation capacity and accelerate progress toward the SDGs.

PFG collaborates closely with HQ groups and geographic offices on partner segment strategies, partner leadership, and opportunity development, ensuring that partner engagement is coherent, intelligence‑driven and aligned with UNOPS strategic priorities to strengthen UNOPS positioning and visibility.

PFG leads the development of knowledge, innovation and foresight through eight thematic missions relating to the sustainable development goals, enabling UNOPS to anticipate partner needs and emerging trends and respond proactively to strengthen mission readiness. It brings mission‑led intent to partnerships and opportunity development, and drives the horizontal integration of missions into policy framing, service offering refinement and service delivery. It provides expertise and business partnering support to teams across UNOPS, and technical advice to partners.

PFG has personnel based in UNOPS headquarters in Copenhagen and in locations close to key partners:
Beijing, Brussels, Manila, Riyadh, Tokyo, and Washington.

UNOPS Technical Advisors provide technical leadership across eight non‑programmatic, thematic missions: triple planetary crisis; energy transition; small island developing states (SIDS) resilience and sustainability; quality healthcare; just digital transformation; social protection, equality, education and jobs; humanitarian, development and peace nexus; and food systems transformation. The Technical Advisors serve as UNOPS principal focal points and thought leaders for assigned mission(s).

The Technical Advisor (Energy Transition) is accountable for UNOPS visibility and positioning in respect of that mission and may contribute to furthering one or more of the following missions depending on experience and organizational need: just digital transformation, SIDS resilience and sustainability, food systems transformation, and humanitarian, development and peace nexus. The role drives the integration of mission‑led knowledge, innovation and foresight into UNOPS partnership development, opportunity development, policy framing, service offering refinement and service delivery, to strengthen mission readiness and accelerate progress toward the SDGs.

Thematic Leadership

Serve as UNOPS principal focal point and thought leader for assigned mission(s), strengthening UNOPS visibility and positioning.

Define UNOPS expertise, comparative advantage and value proposition within the assigned mission(s).

Serve as internal and partner‑facing technical expert for the assigned mission(s), including on related knowledge, innovation and foresight.

Develop, contribute to and disseminate mission‑aligned materials, such as thought‑leadership and knowledge management products for use internally and with partners.

Mission‑Aligned Partnerships and Opportunity Development

Bring mission‑led intent to partnership development, reinforcing mission readiness and the strategic alignment of UNOPS portfolio.

Provide technical expert input in high‑level discussions with partners and UNOPS colleagues, including in collaborative opportunity development.

Support partner‑facing colleagues in project ideation discussions…