IW Jobs List

TORs

Terms of references for the advertised jobs.

Short-Term International Consultancy – Transboundary Water Management Specialist (Prespa Region, FYR Macedonia)

The consultant will conduct a rapid situational analysis of the current state of water management practices, the status of the enabling environment and develop and a clear and concise Terms of Reference and implementation plan for the proposed Prespa Working Group on Water Management (PWGWM). (Closing date: 09 June 2008)

Policy Programme Officer (WWF)

The Policy Programme Officer will lead a national programme of policy engagement on freshwater, and provide policy support to all existing and any upcoming freshwater projects in the region. (Closing date: 27 June 2008)

Environmental Engineer/Management Adviser (Pacific IWRM)

The Environmental Engineer/Environmental Management Specialist will assume direct responsibility for the technical delivery of the regional and national project components of the project, working with other members of the PCU as the principal technical project post. (Closing date: 25 July 2008)

Communications/Community Assessment and Participation Adviser (Pacific IWRM)

The Communications/Community Assessment and Participation Specialist will assume direct responsibility for the substantial community assessment, participation, information, monitoring and evaluation, communication(s) and education activities of the project. (Closing date: 25 July 2008)

Financial Adviser (Pacific IWRM)

The Financial Adviser will assume direct responsibility for the financial management of the Pacific IWRM Project. Close liaison will be required with the National project delivery teams (14 National Project Managers and National Assistants) and other regional partners. (Closing date: 25 July 2008)

Senior Policy Officer/Campaigner (WWF- Danube Carpathian Programme)

Based in Vienna, the Senior Policy Officer/Campaigner will continue WWF’s successful lobby work on integrated river basin management with the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR), with national governments in the Danube river basin, as well as vis-à-vis EU institutions. S/he will be in charge to develop a vision and take the strategic leadership for future policy/campaign work along the Danube, focusing on the successful implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive, climate change adaptation, floodplain/wetland restoration, inland navigation, protection of Danube sturgeon, and water stewardship programmes. (Closing date: 01 August 2008)

Fellows (Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship Programme)

The main objective of the fellowship is to provide opportunities for advanced education and training in the field of ocean affairs and the law of the sea, and related disciplines including marine science, to Government officials and other mid-level professionals from developing coastal States, so that they may obtain the necessary knowledge to assist their countries to formulate comprehensive ocean policy and to implement the legal regime set out in UNCLOS and related instruments. (Closing date: 15 August 2008)

Executive Secretary (Global Water Partnership)

Based in Stockholm, Sweden, the Executive Secretary will be a charismatic and strategic leader who can take the organization forward into its next strategy period with a focus on the contribution of water to social and economic development, and with attention to climate change adaptation in our changing world. (Closing date: 10 August 2008)

Junior Network Officer/Programme Administrator (Global Water Partnership)

The position supports the Senior Network Officer for Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and the Mediterranean in the administration, monitoring and management of the Dutch and U.S. (additional Programmes may be added) programmes in the regions, working closely with the Finance Unit and Communications Unit. (Closing date: 03 August 2008)

Community Liaison Consultant (WWF)

The major duty is to liaise with recipient community (fishing community), the GEF-UNDP Project management Unit (PMU), private businesses, mass organizations, Con Dao National Park (CDNP), Community Consultative Group (CCG), Department of Fisheries and other district agencies in implementing the Alternative Income Generation (AIG) projects and livelihood support programmes identified in the Con Dao MPA Livelihoods Strategy. (Closing date: 30 July 2008)

Technical Adviser: Environment

The TA Environment will work through the LTA in close liaison with the National Agencies and the Inter-ministerial Committees to ensure the effective implementation of the UNDP/GEF project. The TA Environment will provide the senior technical expertise and leadership for the Program stakeholders in Land and Water protection components of the Lake Tanganyika Integrated Management Program. (Closing date: 15 September)

Task Manager, International Waters (UNEP)

The position is located at the UNEP Division of Global Environment Facility (GEF) at the Bangkok duty station. Working under the guidance of the Senior Programme Officer - International Waters, the Task Manager will be responsible for International Waters projects approved with GEF funding and being executed by external agencies and UNEP internal divisions. He/she is expected to cover a portfolio of projects that are relatively complex, and are of strategic importance, thus requiring strong project management skills, as well as strong technical expertise. Those projects are mainly implemented within Asia and the Pacific. (Closing date: 30 September 2008)