Recruitment of the New AEWA Executive Secretary Currently in Progress

Bonn, 12 December 2012 - The 5th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to AEWA (La Rochelle, France, 14-18 May 2012) considered the issue of the grading of the Executive Secretary of the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat and decided to maintain the position at P-4 level.

In view of this decision, under the leadership of the CMS Acting Executive Secretary and in consultation with the chair of the AEWA Standing Committee, the job description for the AEWA Executive Secretary was revised and the post was classified at the P-4 level.

The responsibilities of the incumbent of this position include the coordination and supervision of the activities of the Secretariat, the coordination and development of the annual work programme, the management of the human and financial resources of the Secretariat as well as overseeing the implementation of the Agreement and representing AEWA at national and international level.

A job opening for the post was created in the UN online recruitment system INSPIRA on 16 October 2012. The deadline for online application is 22 December 2012. The vacancy announcement can also be downloaded from the AEWA website at: http://www.unep-aewa.org/news/vacancy_aewa.htm

Applications are invited from all interested and suitably qualified persons.