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. UNEP’s Ecosystems Division works with international and national partners, providing technical assistance and advisory services for the implementation of environmental policy, and strengthening the environmental management capacity of developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
This post is in the Biodiversity People and Landscapes Unit of the Biodiversity and Land Branch, Ecosystems Division, in the Nairobi Duty Station. The unit implements initiatives on the sustainable management of forest, peatland, mountain and dryland ecosystems, the bioeconomy, preventative One Health approaches, the secretariat of the Great Apes Survival Partnership and Indigenous Peoples issues. Under the supervision of the Head of the Biodiversity and Land Management Branch, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties: