Category | Grade:Professional | NPSA-5Deadline:16 Aug 2026 (6 days left)Job ID:36113Posted on:9 Aug 2026 (1 day ago)
Job Description
Supports Mexico’s Sinergia+ project by coordinating technical and administrative follow-up for international designations of protected areas. The assistant consolidates evidence, tracks commitments, prepares documentation and helps organise training, partnerships and designation processes.
Key Details
Department
Dirección de Patrimonio Mundial Natural y Programa MaB
Position details
Experience level
Early
Minimum experience
2 years
Category
Professional
Grade
NPSA-5
Education
High school
Recruitment scope
National
Job areas
Language Requirements
Required
Spanish
Summary of Responsibilities
- Coordinate with regional and protected-area directorates to consolidate reports and track projects linked to international designations
- Support meetings, events and workshops concerning international designations and related projects
- Prepare reports, minutes, files and other material needed to follow up institutional agreements and commitments
- Integrate and systematise technical information in response to designation-related information requests
- Plan and support training for personnel managing protected areas and other conservation modalities with international designations
- Prepare and review documentation for the nomination, update, renewal, expansion or modification of international designations
- Coordinate with national and international institutions and partners on designation processes and matters of interest to CONANP
Role Requirements
- High school certificate with at least five years of proven experience in conservation and sustainable project management and follow-up, or a bachelor's degree in public administration, economics, political science, tourism, biology or a related field with two years of experience in the same areas
- Experience preparing technical reports
- Mexican citizenship with full civil rights, or immigration status permitting the work
Desired Criteria
- Bachelor's degree in public administration, economics, political science, tourism, biology or a related field
- Training planning and delivery and facilitation of workshops, meetings and events
- Implementation of international conservation and sustainable-development initiatives
- Strategic coordination and planning
- Technical information systematisation and capacity-strengthening processes
- Field work with communities, institutional liaison, multi-stakeholder coordination or protected areas
Skills to Have
Source & verification
IGO Jobs sourced this vacancy from UNDP Careers, on 9 Aug 2026.