'Senior Programme Officer' (Project Position), Division of Regional Cooperation in Geneva

VACANCY NOTICE NO.: NA-08-015
ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UNEP/ROE
DUTY STATION: Geneva
FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Senior Programme Officer
GRADE: L-5
POST NUMBER:
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DURATION: 1 Year (with possible extension)
CLOSING DATE: 02 April 2008

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 Regional Cooperation (DRC) helps to implement UNEP’s
global programs in the regions by initiating, coordinating and catalyzing regional and sub-regional
cooperation and action in response to environmental problems and emergencies.

UNEP wishes to recruit a Senior Programme Officer (L5) to manage the European Poverty Environment Initiative to support integration of environmental sustainability into national development processes, including within the UN country teams. The SPO will oversee implementation of UNEP’s poverty and environment programme, coordinate the delivery of UNEP’s One UN activities in the region, and provide strategic and policy guidance to the environmental work of the UN Country Teams. The Senior Programme Officer (SPO) will be essential in strengthening UNEP’s Poverty and Environment team and on other high-profile, ongoing processes such as wider UN reform, including Delivering as One at a country level.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• The Senior Programme Officer will work in close collaboration with relevant officers in UNEP responsible for overseeing specific parts of UNEP’s programme in relevant countries and relevant project personnel and national authorities. The Senior Programme Officer will also work closely with Environment and Policy Advisors of the UNDP Regional Centres.
• (S)he will report directly to the Director, UNEP's Regional Office for Europe.
• Annual Evaluations are made in accordance with the procedures of UNEP with inputs from the UN Regional Centres and the Poverty Environment Facility in Nairobi.

All applications to be sent to the following address on or before the deadline of 02 April 2008.
Chief, Recruitment and Classification Section
Human Resource Management Service
United Nations Office at Nairobi, (UNON)
P.O. Box 67578 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Email: Recruitment@unon.org
Facsimile (254 20) 62 42 12/62 41 34
Deadline for applications: 02 April 2008
PLEASE QUOTE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NO.: NA-08-15