Greetings. The Ramsar Secretariat welcomes applications for the position of Intern/Assistant Advisor for the Americas Region, a 12-month posting (possibly extendable to 18 months) in the Ramsar Secretariat in Switzerland to begin in the second week of January 2009. With an age limit for applicants of 30 years old, the post offers an opportunity for young graduates to become acquainted with the workings of an intergovernmental treaty dealing with the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
Candidates for this internship should be nationals of countries in the Americas and have lived most of their lives in the region. Full ability to work in Spanish and English is required for this post.
Prospective candidates: please view the General Terms of Reference for Ramsar internships (also available from the Secretariat), which includes conditions of service and salary structure, and send the application form attached to the General Terms of Reference, a covering letter, both in English and Spanish, explaining your interest in an internship with the Ramsar Secretariat and your future career goals, your CV, as well as two letters of reference from your previous supervisors or dean of the faculty where you carried out your studies, to “jobapplications@iucn.org”.
The deadline for applications is 3 October 2008.
General Terms of Reference:
http://www.ramsar.org/about/about_internships.htm
Application form:
Word http://www.ramsar.org/about/about_internships_form2008.doc,
PDF http://www.ramsar.org/about/about_internships_form2008.pdf.