The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. UNEP's Ecosystems Division works with international and national partners, providing technical assistance and advisory services for the implementation of environmental policy, and strengthening the environmental management capacity of developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The post is located at the Nairobi duty station within the UNEP-Cartagena Convention Secretariat, under the Prevention of Marine Litter in the Caribbean Sea Project (PROMAR), which falls under the Assessment & Management of Environmental Pollution (AMEP) sub-programme. The Cartagena Convention Secretariat will be supporting the implementation of a 3-year project funded by the Government of Germany through a German NGO Adelphi with a focus on five Caribbean SIDS (BVI, Guyana, Suriname, Saint Kitts-Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago). Under the overall supervision of the Senior Coordination Officer and the direct supervision of the AMEP Programme Management Officer, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties: