TEM and TER Project Assistant

Supports UNECE’s Trans-European Motorway and Railway programmes by coordinating workplans, meetings, consultants, budgets and communication with participating governments. The home-based consultancy keeps project delivery, procurement, reporting, websites and administration aligned with steering-committee decisions and UN rules.

Department: Sustainable Transport Division

• Support implementation of TEM and TER strategic plans and initiatives
• Prepare substantive inputs for steering committees, workshops and meetings
• Organise meeting logistics and participant travel
• Draft work programmes and budgets and administer approved resources
• Prepare consultant terms of reference and coordinate external experts
• Maintain liaison with national coordinators and distribute decision materials
• Prepare project reports and maintain websites and archives
• Administer procurement, financial activities and project visibility

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, economics, business or public administration, international law, international relations or a related field
• At least ten years of progressively responsible experience in sustainable transport, international projects, transport planning or programme management within government, an international organisation or financial institution
• Fluency in English

• Home-based consultancy in the consultant’s home country
• Assignment runs from 1 October 2026 to 1 October 2027