Vacancy: G6 Administrative Assistant

Administrative Assistant - deadline 22 June 2008

Vacancy Announcement: G6 Administrative Assistant - Kingston

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations system's designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. UNEP's Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (DEPI) works with international and national partners, providing technical assistance and advisory services for the implementation of environmental law and policy, and strengthening the environmental management capacity of developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) is managed by and for the diverse Caribbean nations and territories under a legal and programmatic framework they created in 1981 called the Caribbean Action Plan. The Action Plan led to the 1983 adoption of the Convention for the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention). The Caribbean Regional Coordinating Unit (CAR/RCU) located in Kingston, Jamaica was created in 1986 and serves as Secretariat to the CEP. This post is located in the CAR/RCU, in the Caribbean Environment Programme of UNEP/DEPI at the Kingston duty station.

Description of the post and application procedure can be found here

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.