International Consultant, the UN Country Analysis for Libya (2026)

Result of Service

A 2026 United Nations Country Analysis for Libya, and its annexes (List of sources, SDG indicators data matrix, risk matrix, up-to-date list of relevant international treaties, conventions, and agreements that Libya has signed) are developed and endorsed

Work Location

Tripoli / Libya

Expected duration

4 Months

Duties and Responsibilities

The United Nations Country Analysis (UNCA), formerly Common Country Analysis (CCA), is a joint exercise of the UN development system that will provide a contextual, causal, and forward-looking reading of Libya to inform strategic choices, help accelerate progress toward development objectives, and guide the development of a new planning framework. The UNCA is a concise, systemic, and prescriptive document. The purpose of the 2026 Libya UNCA is to generate a high-quality, evidence-based, and forward-looking analytical product that will inform the strategic prioritization process for the next UNSDCF and assess the progress towards the SDGs. The UNCA will identify the structural drivers of Libya’s development and peacebuilding challenges, the groups most at risk of being left behind, key risks and weak signals, and the most relevant pathways for SDG acceleration. The UNCA will also strengthen the UNCT’s collective analytical function by creating a shared evidence base, supporting strategic positioning, informing advocacy, partnerships, and decision-making, and enabling more agile programming in a complex and rapidly changing country context. The 2026 Libya UNCA will aim to: 1. Provide an integrated analysis of Libya’s governance, economic, social, environmental, humanitarian, human rights, political, peace, and security context, with attention to regional and transboundary dynamics. 2. Assess Libya’s progress, gaps, and bottlenecks in relation to the SDGs, the 2030 Agenda, and relevant international commitments. 3. Identify the structural and root causes of fragility, exclusion, vulnerability, institutional fragmentation, and uneven development outcomes. 4. Apply a Leave No One Behind lens to analyze the situation of women and girls, children and youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, IDPs, returnees, minority groups, and conflict-affected communities. 5. Analyze Libya’s financing landscape for sustainable development, including public finance, domestic resource mobilization, international financing, private finance, illicit financial flows, subsidies, oil revenue governance, and opportunities for innovative SDG financing. 6. Identify emerging risks and weak signals that may affect Libya’s development trajectory and the UN’s strategic engagement. 7. Define a concise set of SDG acceleration pathways and strategic implications for the next UNSDCF. In reference to the roadmap for the development of the new UN planning framework starting from 2028, the Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) in Libya is hiring an International Individual Contractor to assist, together with the RCO Economist, the UNCT Analytical Team in the development of the new United Nations Country Analysis. The Individual Contractor will perform the responsibilities presented below. The consultant will report to the Head of Office, with day-to-day coordination with the RCO Economist. Duties and Responsibilities 1. Data consolidation and analysis: The UNCA will be informed by a number of existing assessments across sectors by multiple stakeholders in the country. The consultant should consolidate data and analysis produced by the Analytical Team to produce a comprehensive and conflict-sensitive UNCA that captures changing context, development trends, and SDG progress in Libya. All findings should be supported with evidence. The consultant will support the Analytical Team and the RCO Economist in triangulation to ensure that the information and data collected are valid. 2. Support foresight exercise: preparation of a report on the results of the foresight and/or system analysis exercise. The report should present the methodology used, summarize the main findings, highlight key emerging issues and signals, and identify their implications for the country analysis and broader system thinking and foresight exercise. 3. Drafting and Editing: With inputs from and in coordination with the UN Analytical Team and the RCO Economist, who will produce the first draft of each chapter, the consultant should edit, consolidate, and finalize the UNCA. 4. Stakeholder participation and validation: The development of the UNCA will be conducted in a participatory manner, ensuring the involvement of key stakeholders (e.g. government, IFIs, civil society, including women, youth an PwD groups, and those representing the most marginalized, private sectors, and the UN's regional offices) throughout the process. To facilitate inclusive consultations, including on the normative agenda, the consultant should coordinate closely with the Analytical Team and the RCO Economist.

Qualifications/special skills

A master’s degree in development studies, economics, political economy, public policy, international relations, social sciences, public administration, or a related field is required. A first-level university degree, combined with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree. A PhD in the same area is desirable. A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in sustainable development analysis, strategic planning, policy analysis, country assessments, UN programming or related fields is required. Required experience includes: · Proven experience drafting or supporting Common Country Analyses, United Nations Country Analyses, UNSDCFs, strategic assessments, country diagnostics or similar analytical products is required. · Demonstrated ability to apply systems thinking, causal analysis, economy analysis, multidimensional risk analysis and/or foresight approaches is required. · Strong knowledge of the 2030 Agenda, SDGs, UN reform, and UN programming principles. is required. · Experience working in conflict-affected, fragile, transition or complex political settings is required. · Excellent analytical writing skills and ability to synthesize complex material into concise strategic products is required. · Experience with data analysis, SDG indicator mapping, evidence matrices and data visualization is desirable. · Knowledge of Libya or the MENA region is highly desirable. · Prior experience with the United Nations or international organizations is desirable. · Experience with data analysis, SDG indicator mapping, evidence matrices and data visualization is desirable. · Knowledge of Libya or the MENA region is highly desirable. · Prior experience with the United Nations or international organizations is desirable.

Languages

Fluent written and spoken English required. Excellent command of Arabic (spoken and written) is desired.

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.