Team Leader of Air Regulatory Management System

The Kuwait EPA’s strategic action plan calls for the better management of the environment through Regulatory-Based Integrated Environmental Management (IEM) at the local level in Kuwait. UNDP will provide support by recommending and creating an integrated environmental management system characterised by strategic management of the environmental impacts of air emissions of all activities based on a well defined air quality improvement and management plan within the entire country. The approach will be built upon cross-departmental and sector cooperation, engagement with all relevant stakeholders, and integration of local, regional and national regulations. The approach will take a holistic, structured and step-wise approach that identifies key challenges, assesses the status quo, sets targets for policy, assesses available policy options, engages stakeholders and leads to the implementation of effective air regulatory system.

• Selecting, training and  supervising EPA’s Air Regulatory Management System team during Task execution
• Coordinating and Interacting with other team leaders 
• Meetings with and reporting to Project Manager 
• Desk review of relevant documents:  evaluation reports, survey/study reports

At the end of the exercise, the consultant should be able to produce the following:

• A document including a  baseline review of current air regulatory system in Kuwait EPA based on SWOT analysis
• Document in (Arabic and English) including design of enforcement and compliance management program for air emissions management in Kuwait containing relevant standards, requirements and enforcement mechanisms. 
• Program infrastructure and skilled and competent EPA enforcement staff

• PhD in Environmental Policy, Engineering, or related field or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience:
• Typically possesses 8 or more years experience in organizational programs, policy analysis and relations with environmental regulatory agencies, including five or more years of supervisory or project management experience. 
• Demonstrated experience in the rulemaking process 
• Demonstrated experience in Air Litigation Support, Agency Negotiations, Air Quality Compliance Assistance and Regulatory compliance analyses. 
• Demonstrated experience to accurately analyze information, integrate people processes, systems, and technologies, and make strategic decisions regarding project scope, impact, policy, development, and implementation. 
• Demonstrated experience with environmental project or program oversight. 
• Demonstrated experience with legislative review. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of environmental regulatory aspects of large E&P Oil and Gas, Refineries, Petrochemicals, including power generation and transmission/distribution systems. 
• Must have excellent personal interaction, oral and written communication skills, and be focused to appropriately identify and respond to internal project needs and facilitate the presentation of recommendations. 
• Must demonstrate the ability to interface effectively and collaborate with peers, project personnel and all levels of management to develop solutions. 
• Must demonstrate the ability to take initiative and accountability for results. 
• Must be proficient in use of typical computing software tools.