Under the oversight of the Ecosystem Resilience and Spatial Planning Programme Manager and the supervision of the respective project managers, the ER&SP Programme Assistant will support the implementation of the project porfolio of the strategic line. The Programme Assistant will be assigned to the project GBMF-IUCN Partnership for the Green List, the Interreg EURO MED GreenList4MMPAs,and other projects, and will be responsible for the following:


1) Administrative and communications support:

- Maintain smooth operation of administrative functions related to the programme and projects;

- Draft and support monitoring internal agreements, consultancy contracts, implementing agreements.

- Develop communications content at a project or programme level, including drafting press releases and articles, social media content, and coordinate internal and external communication.


2) Technical support and project implementation:

- Drafts technical papers, policy briefs and other technical documents;

- Supports development of capacity building activities and the organizations of workshops or events;

- Conducts data analysis and interdisciplinary research, managing databases and platforms;

- Supports the delivery of project activities and follows up project implementation progress;

- Supports the drafting and review of project financial and technical reports.


3) Relationship building and programme development:

- Identifying and building relationship with different partners, stakeholders and IUCN members and Commissions;

- Liaises and facilitates linkages between existing and potential partners, involved in different projects and proposals, ensuring consistent information flows between all interested parties;

- Support the preparation of competitive proposal according to IUCN goals and donors’ requirements, including the administrative and technical sections.


REPORTING

The Programme Assistant will report to the Ecosystem Programme Manager, while technical supervision will be done by the respective project managers. In the future, reporting line could be adjusted according to changes in the organization of the IUCN Mediterranean Office.

PLEASE NOTE: The above Job Description contain the main responsibilities and duties of this position. However, in an ever-evolving organisation 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 job description. Where any task becomes a regular part of a staff member’s responsibilities, the Job Description should be changed in consultation between the manager, the staff member and the HR Unit. Any one of the three may initiate the consultation.