The Marine Assessment and Decision Support Programme at UNEP-WCMC is convening a new global marine partnership on critical marine and coastal ecosystems. This partnership aims to convene a network of agencies, institutions and individuals together to develop, collate, maintain and deliver high resolution datasets (distributed where necessary and/or appropriate) that are critical to a range of contemporary assessments, analyses and processes.

To support this process we are seeking an experienced Senior Programme Officer to develop and execute an effective global marine data partnership on critical marine and coastal ecosystems, focusing on the following main activities:

• Collaborative development of an appropriate implementation framework for the partnership
• Co-developing a methodological framework
• Co-developing a sustainable funding strategy

The successful candidate will hold a postgraduate qualification in marine, ecology or a related discipline with a strong emphasis on one or more of the following, GIS, Remote Sensing, Ecological Niche Modeling, Database Management. S/he will be energetic, motivated and a solutions-orientated, big picture person.

To be considered for this role, applicants, must complete and send by 23^rd August 2010, an Application Form attaching their CV and a covering letter explaining why they are suitable for this role to recruitment@unep-wcmc.org. For further information on this role, including the Application Form, please visit the jobs page on our website www.unep-wcmc.org Prospective candidates should note that interviews will take place on Wednesday 1^st September 2010 and that this is not a UN post but is employed by the UK Charity WCMC.

Who We Are: The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), based in Cambridge UK, is the specialist biodiversity information and assessment centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), run cooperatively with WCMC, a UK charity. UNEPWCMC’s mission is to evaluate and highlight the many values of biodiversity and put authoritative biodiversity knowledge at the centre of decision-making. Since its establishment in the 1970s, it has been at the forefront of the compilation, management, analysis and dissemination of global biodiversity information, and has an outstanding record of achievement.