IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges.
IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by supporting scientific research, managing field projects all over the world, and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice.
IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government and NGO members and almost 11,000 volunteer experts in some 160 countries. IUCN’s work is supported by over 1,000 staff in 45 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world.
The IUCN Global Thematic Ecosystem Based Adaption Programme (EBAP), formerly called the Ecosystem Management Programme (EMP) is an IUCN programme that promotes the sound management of Ecosystem Approach – a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that places human needs at its centre.
The programe has taken lead in terms of coordination and integration in IUCN with respect to Drylands, Ecosystem Based Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, the Red List of Ecosystems, and the Union’s work on Islands.
Owing to the restructuring of the programme, the following positions to be based in Nairobi, Kenya are being recruited:
Title: Administrative Assistant
Scope: Responsibility, at the global thematic programme level, to assist in the overall administration of the Ecosystem Based Adaptation Programme (EBAP)
Duty station: EBAP, Nairobi, Kenya – though this is a global position
Start date: 1st January 2012
Contract duration: 2 year renewable based on satisfactory performance and adequate funding
Work percentage: EBAP 100%
Reporting to: Head EBAP
Job Grade A2
Duties:
Programme administration