National Officer, Natural Sciences

Advances UNESCO's natural-sciences mandate in Chile and across the Santiago regional portfolio, connecting science policy, water and earth sciences, local knowledge and disaster-risk reduction. The role designs programmes, builds institutional capacity, mobilises resources and coordinates public and research partners.

Department: Natural Sciences Sector

• Design, plan, implement and monitor regular and extrabudgetary science programmes
• Build human and institutional capacity across UNESCO science priorities
• Support Member States in developing and implementing national and regional science policies and programmes
• Maintain partnerships with authorities, universities, research bodies, UN teams, donors and civil society
• Identify, design and deliver extrabudgetary projects and mobilise programme resources
• Contribute to UN country programming and sustainable-development cooperation frameworks
• Prepare programme, budget, workplan and organisational reporting inputs

• Advanced university degree in natural sciences or a related field such as environment, ecology, hydrology, earth sciences, basic sciences or engineering
• At least five years of relevant professional experience in project and programme implementation
• At least four years of progressively responsible professional experience in natural sciences
• Experience planning, designing, managing, implementing and evaluating programmes or projects relevant to UNESCO's mandate
• Experience in fundraising, resource mobilisation and strategic partnership building
• Excellent spoken and written English and native Spanish
• Chilean nationality or permission to work in Chile

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