VACANCY - Senior Programme Officer (AD771)
Ecosystem Assessment Programme
Salary £32,000 - £38,000
Permanent
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IMPORTANT: This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders. Other applicants need not apply.
We are looking for a motivated and technically experienced Senior Programme Officer to work in the Ecosystem Assessment Programme, who relishes the opportunity to participate within an international arena and to work alongside leading experts in the sector. The programme produces high quality biodiversity indicators and provides support to international policy processes. Recent and current work includes coordinating the secretariats of the global Biodiversity Indicators Partnership, the UK National Ecosystem Assessment and the Performance Review and Assessment of Implementation System for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. This role will provide you with the chance to lead the development, resourcing and delivery of a portfolio of projects. Your work will be critical and high profile, focussing on increasing the understanding of decision makers regarding biodiversity and ecosystem services. We believe that this is a significant career opportunity to contribute towards a global agenda, whilst demonstrating your leadership, project management and technical expertise. You will be an outstanding collaborator and will build on your strong existing network by working with UN agencies, international and inter-governmental organisations. We will provide you with the chance to grow your strategic awareness, project management and technical skills within an engaging team environment. The programme staff are experienced, ambitious and results orientated providing an excellent environment to develop and contribute your own skills. In addition to training and development opportunities, we offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including generous pension contributions. If you are looking for a rewarding and challenging post where you can impress us with your partnership, expertise and leadership abilities, we want to hear from you. Please complete a WCMC application form and send it with a CV and a short covering letter to recruitment@unep-wcmc.org by 30 April 2013. Please note that this is not a UN post and we can only accept applications from those eligible to work in the UK. WCMC is a UK charity, based in Cambridge, which supports the United Nations Environment Programme. We work in collaboration with UNEP, under the banner of UNEP-WCMC. Our mission is to evaluate and highlight the many values of biodiversity and put authoritative biodiversity knowledge at the centre of decision-making. Since our establishment in the 1970s, the Centre has been at the forefront of the compilation, management, analysis and dissemination of global biodiversity information, and has an outstanding record of achievement.
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