Job Description

Organisation: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Location: North America Regional Office, Washington D.C., United States of America

Reporting to: Senior Programme Officer

Work percentage: 100%

Grade: A3

Expected start date: 15 July 2025

Type of contract: Fixed-term (24 months with possibility of renewal)

BACKGROUND

The Climate Change Team is a thematic programme of the IUCN Secretariat, within the IUCN Centre for Economy and Finance that works under a mandate provided by IUCN membership with a focus on delivering key transformations in the conservation, restoration and management of ecosystems. CC works as a delocalised team across several IUCN duty stations with the majority of the staff divided between its Gland-based Headquarters, Bonn, and Washington D.C. office.

The incumbent will support the Senior Programme Officer, Climate Change, in tasks related to the implementation of the Global EbA Fund and other global-scale climate change adaptation projects. The incumbent will support in coordinating regular meetings with fund recipients, reviewing technical documents, communications, and donor deliverables; and in ensuring the timely coordination of activities and reports among IUCN and partner offices. The Programme Associate will support the production of quality and timely internal and external facing communications materials, webpages, and social media content for IUCN’s Climate Change Team, including for specific flagship projects including the Global EbA Fund, CBA SCALE, and Friends of EbA network.

JOB DESCRIPTION

a) Support ESMS checks as part of project selection due diligence and conduct initial review and document safeguard reporting through project cycle for all on-going projects.
b) Support grants management activities for Global EbA Fund in Africa and Latin America (occasionally in Spanish), including scheduling and participating in bi-annual project calls between the EbA Fund Secretariat and funded projects.
c) Review of grantee bi-annual reports ensuring best practice in projects and tracking deliverables and expenditure.
d) Lead on the organisation of a webinar series for key stakeholders to share knowledge via Zoom, Microsoft Teams, etc, including preparing concept notes, inviting speakers, preparing event presentation slides, and event summary reports.
e) Develop a project communications asset to collate communications and knowledge products from the Fund’s 100 projects to support the Secretariat’s activities in collating and disseminating lessons on the factors for success for EbA.
f) Contribute to the revision and implementation of project closure reporting including capturing key lessons learned and innovative action implemented, identifying thematic case studies for development.
g) Contribute to the development of the 2024 Fund Impact Report, drawing from 2024 project core indicator reporting.
h) Draft articles, case studies, thematic knowledge products to communicate project lessons, best practices, and methods in alignment with IUCN, partner, and donor programmatic goals, and contribute to the Global EbA Fund website and social media accounts.

The above job description contains the main duties and responsibilities for this position. However, in a small organization such as IUCN, staff members are expected to show flexibility in their approach to work and be willing to undertake other tasks that are reasonably allocated to them but which are not part of their regular job description. Where any task becomes a regular part of an employee's responsibilities, the job description will be changed in consultation with the employee and the Human Resources Management Group. Being an international organization the institution reserves the right to re-assign duty stations for any internationally recruited position, after consultation with staff members and taking into account their personal circumstances.

REQUIREMENTS

• 1-3 years relevant work experience in fields related to ecosystem management, sustainable development, climate change, international development, gender, and/or environmental science. Previous experience supporting a grants mechanism is desirable.

• A Bachelor’s degree in a subject relevant to natural resources management, geography, international development, conservation science, environmental policy, social sciences, etc.

• Well-developed computer skills (Word for Windows, Excel, e-mail)

• Good organizational, administrative and reporting skills

• Ability to work independently and on multiple tasks simultaneously

• Ability to meet tight deadlines without compromising the quality of outputs

• Highly motivated to learn and develop new skills, keen to bring in own ideas

• Excellent interpersonal skills; Proven ability to work harmoniously as part of a team in a multi-cultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity

• Excellent written and spoken English and Spanish is required. Excellent editing skills will be highly desirable

SALARY

The gross annual salary for this position is between USD 67'727 and USD 84'659. While this is an indicative amount effective as of the current date, changes may occur as per IUCN's compensation practices without prior notice. The same applies to other organisations hosted by IUCN.

APPLICATIONS

Applicants are requested to apply online through the HR Management System, by opening the vacancy announcement and pressing the Apply button.

Applicants will be asked to create an account and submit their profile information. Applications will not be accepted after the closing date. The vacancy closes at midnight, Swiss time (GMT+1 / GMT+2 during Daylight Saving Time, DST). Please note that only selected applicants will be personally contacted for interviews.

About IUCN

IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together.

Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources and reach of more than 1,400 Member organisations and around 16,000 experts. It is a leading provider of conservation data, assessments and analysis. Its broad membership enables IUCN to fill the role of incubator and trusted repository of best practices, tools and international standards.

IUCN provides a neutral space in which diverse stakeholders including governments, NGOs, scientists, businesses, local communities, indigenous peoples organisations and others can work together to forge and implement solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development.

Working with many partners and supporters, IUCN implements a large and diverse portfolio of conservation projects worldwide. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects work to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve people’s well-being.

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