ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT in Bonn bei United Nations

The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is a global intergovernmental treaty aimed at the conservation and sustainable use of migratory species and their habitats. Numerous additional intergovernmental instruments on migratory species conservation have been adopted under the broad umbrella of CMS which are supported by the CMS Secretariat. In addition, three regional agreements on migratory species adopted under CMS have their own Secretariats which are co-located with the CMS Secretariat in Bonn - the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA), the Agreement on the Conservation of European Populations of Bats (EUROBATS), and the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS). In the present context, UNEP provides the administrative functions for the CMS, AEWA, EUROBATS and ASCOBANS Secretariats. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. This post is located in the CMS Secretariat at the Bonn duty station in Germany. Under the day-to-day supervision of the Personal Assistant to the Executive Secretary, and the general supervision of the Executive Secretary the incumbent will perform the following duties: