Project Administrator – TRADE Hub (AD1052)

We are seeking a 5 year fixed term Project Administrator to support the work of a new 5-year capacity development project - GCRF Trade, Development and the Environment (TRADE) Hub project. You will support the work of the project manager and Principal Investigator (PI) for this complex programme working across multiple countries. 

UNEP-WCMC is a not-for-profit organisation devoted to promoting, for public benefit, the conservation, protection, enhancement and support of nature and natural resources worldwide. This position will provide administrative support to a new 5-year capacity development project - GCRF Trade, Development and the Environment (TRADE) Hub project - funded by the Global Challenges Research Programme. 

TRADE is a new programme coordinated by UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) that aims to enhance positive outcomes, and reduce impacts on nature and people, of local to global trade in wildlife, wild meat, and commodity trades around the world.  It will link to researchers in the UK, Brazil, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Indonesia, China and several other countries. There will also be significant interaction with companies and finance institutions, trade rules bodies, scientific modellers and visualisation and technology experts.

WCMC is a UK charity, based in Cambridge, which works in collaboration with UN Environment, under the banner of UNEP-WCMC.  Our mission is to evaluate and highlight the many values of biodiversity and put authoritative biodiversity knowledge at the centre of decision-making.  Since our establishment in the 1970s, the Centre has been at the forefront of the compilation, management, analysis and dissemination of global biodiversity information, and has an outstanding record of achievement.

If you are looking for a rewarding and challenging post where you can impress us with your administration skills, we want to hear from you. Please complete our application form and send it together with your CV and a short covering letter through the link below by 15th January 2019. 

UNEP-WCMC is an equal opportunities employer. 

This is not a UN post.

WCMC is a UK charity, based in Cambridge, which works in collaboration with UN Environment, under the banner of UNEP-WCMC.  Our mission is to evaluate and highlight the many values of biodiversity and put authoritative biodiversity knowledge at the centre of decision-making.  Since our establishment in the 1970s, the Centre has been at the forefront of the compilation, management, analysis and dissemination of global biodiversity information, and has an outstanding record of achievement.

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