The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the focus of the political process to address Climate Change. The Convention secretariat supports the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol by a range of activities, including substantive and organizational support to meetings of the Parties.
The Mitigation, Data and Analysis programme supports the intergovernmental negotiations on matters relating to national communications, inventories, assigned amounts and policy instruments.
Responsibilities: Under the direct supervision of the Team Lead, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventories Unit, the incumbent coordinates technical reviews of national GHG inventories by international expert review teams (ERTs) under the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol; contributes to the development, maintenance and improvement of analytical and reporting tools which support the review process, and of relevant UNFCCC databases; provides substantive input to documentation produced by the subprogramme, and acts as representative in meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies, Ad-hoc Working Groups, the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UNFCCC, and the COP serving as Meeting of the Parties (CMP) to the Kyoto Protocol.
– Duration of appointment: One and a half years, with possibility of extension;
– Duty Station: Bonn, Germany;
– Deadline for application: 7 February 2012.
Candidates whose qualifications and experience match the requirements for this position, please use the on-line application system.
