The IUCN Global Species Programme (GSP) is based at IUCN Headquarters in Gland, Switzerland and provides vital links for the Union and its members to all the IUCN activities that deal with Species conservation issues, including projects and initiatives of the Regional Offices and the IUCN Species Survival Commission. Its co-ordination role is above and beyond the policy development and thematic guidance that it undertakes to assist governments, communities and NGOs alike. The IUCN Global Species Programme, in conjunction with the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) and partners, are driving the fight to save species for people and nature through many initiatives.
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), a science-based network of more than 10,000 volunteer experts from almost every country of the world, and the IUCN Secretariat’s Global Species Programme (GSP) work closely together sharing the same vision, strategic plan and programme of work. Most members are deployed in more than 140 Specialist Groups, Red List Authorities, Task Forces and Sub-Committees supported by the SSC Chair’s office staff and the GSP.
SSC’s major role is to provide information to IUCN on biodiversity conservation, the inherent value of species, their role in ecosystem health and functioning, the provision of ecosystem services, and their support to human livelihoods. This information is fed into The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, which is produced, maintained and managed by the IUCN Global Species Programme with all GSP staff supporting the IUCN Red List in some way or another. SSC members also provide scientific advice to conservation organisations, government agencies and other IUCN Members, and support the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements, such as the CBD, CITES and CMS. The SSC Network Support Officer position will take a prominent role in the support of Species Survival Commission for GSP.
This position involves providing technical support and contributing to the joint programmatic work of the Global Species & KBA Programme and the Species Survival Commission.
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