AD1482 Technical and Executive Assistant

at  UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Directorate | Permanent, Full-time | Circa £31,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience
This is an important post to the Directorate team and will work closely with the WCMC CEO. The postholder should be highly approachable and professional with a positive and friendly attitude.
The individual will be dependable even under pressure from competing priorities, unpredictable requests and interruptions. Working well with other colleagues in the Directorate team, the post holder will demonstrate the flexibility to assist other areas of the organisation as needed.
Join us at an exciting time of growth and change in a crucial role within our organisation as Technical and Executive Assistant to the WCMC CEO. Our dedicated, professional team of around 240 staff comprise experts in everything from international policy and nature-based solutions to conservation science and economics. Combined with a flow of student interns, collaborating postgraduate candidates and visiting honorary fellows, the Centre is a hive of innovation and ideas. Our culture is built around partnership and finding solutions to global environmental challenges, adapting quickly and responsively to the changing needs of our partners and external trends.
We are passionate about providing a stimulating and supportive environment that offers our staff access to interesting people and novel concepts. Our diverse, supportive and welcoming culture is fundamental to the way we work, and the key to our ongoing success.
The Centre’s staff are passionate, experienced, ambitious and results orientated, providing you with a brilliant opportunity to develop and contribute your own skills. In addition to the training and development opportunities, we offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including generous pension contributions, enhanced family benefits that offers greatly improved pay for parents taking maternity/shared parental leave/adoption leave/paternity leave.
Please complete our application form and send it together with your CV and a short covering letter through the link on our website by 11.59pm BST on Sunday 8th September 2024 – we reserve the right to withdraw the vacancy if we appoint a suitable applicant, so please apply promptly.
Please note that this role is not suitable for sponsorship

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