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EU Financial Perspectives Policy Officer	BirdLife International
Salary	€3,000 - €3300 per month gross, depending on experience
Location	Brussels
Details	BirdLife International is a global Partnership of nature conservation Civil Society Organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources through global Partnership of over 100 countries. BirdLife International Secretariat is the coordinating and servicing body of BirdLife International. The European Division is an international team of permanent staff who collectively provide a wide range of experience and skills within the fields of ornithology, conservation, management, fundraising, advocacy, communication, administration. Conservation International (CI) is a global NGO committed to helping societies adopt a more sustainable approach to development. It works in more than 40 countries in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. CI targets priority marine areas, biodiversity hotspots, Earth’s biologically richest and most threatened places and high-biodiversity wilderness areas. We are jointly seeking an EU Financial Perspectives Policy Officer, based in Brussels. The Policy Officer will help the BirdLife Partnership and CI ensure that: Biodiversity and ecosystems are identified as one of the funding priorities in the EU financial perspectives 2014-2020; To ensure that relevant safeguards are built into EU spending mechanisms to avoid damage to biodiversity and ecosystems; To ensure that protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems are included as key climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in the future structural funds and cohesion policy. The successful candidate will have relevant experience in Policy and Advocacy at EU level, especially in the field of EU Financial Perspectives and Biodiversity/Environment. She/he will have good familiarity with EU institutions, good knowledge of conservation issues and priorities, campaigning experience, fluent English, good interpersonal and team working skills, willingness to travel extensively in Europe. Reporting to the BirdLife Head of EU Policy and to CI European Policy Director, you will work closely with Staff from BirdLife Partners and other regional Divisions and the headquarters in Cambridge (UK) and with all CI-Europe staff, the Center for Conservation and Government (CCG), field and thematic programmes as appropriate. Expected interview dates: 30 April 2010 (tbc)
Closing Date	21st April 2010
Contact	Short listing based on CV and possibly a brief telephone interview. Successful candidates will be asked to attend face to face interviews in Brussels. Further details about BirdLife International and Conservation International can be found at: www.birdlife.org and www.conservation.org. Suitably qualified applicants are invited to apply with covering letter & CV to: europe@birdlife.org When applying please state that you saw the role advertised through Public Affairs Links.
Website	www.birdlife.org



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