World Heritage Outlook Coordinator

BACKGROUND

IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network – a democratic
membership union with more than 1,000 government and NGO member organizations, and almost 11,000
volunteer scientists in more than 160 countries.

IUCN’s work is supported by more than 1,000 professional staff in 45 offices and hundreds of
partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world. Its headquarters are based in Gland,
Switzerland.

IUCN’s work focuses on valuing and conserving nature, ensuring effective and equitable governance
of its use, and deploying nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and
development. IUCN supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world, and
brings governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice.

JOB DESCRIPTION

IUCN has a long-standing and high-profile role on World Heritage, delivered via a World Heritage
Unit of specialised staff within the Heritage and Culture Team based in the IUCN Centre for Society
and Governance, and involving Union wide engagement on a wide range of issues. This work includes a
unique statutory role as Advisory Body within the World Heritage Convention, developing a series of
lines of action on World Heritage focused on the IUCN World Heritage Outlook, and the connection of
Nature and Culture. The main area of responsibility for this World Heritage Outlook
Coordinator will be to coordinate the third update of the IUCN World Heritage Outlook, planned for
2025. This will involve the following:

1. Ensure the timely delivery of the IUCN World Heritage Outlook update to strict deadlines through working closely and collaboratively with a range of partners;

2. Act as a focal point to engage with the Green List team to ensure harmonisation of methodologies and interoperability between World Heritage and the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas;

3. Identify, in collaboration with relevant colleagues, and engage with experts involved in the update of assessments (assessors and reviewers), and keep track of progress for all 266 natural and mixed World Heritage sites;

4. Consultation with key knowledge-holders throughout the assessment update process, including site managers, focal points for States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, Outlook Partner organisations, and relevant IUCN constituents, amongst others;

5. Lead internal quality assurance process for the Conservation Outlook Assessments (e.g. completeness checks, coordinating review and proofreading, preparing documents for Regional Review Groups and the IUCN World Heritage Panel);

6. Draft the IUCN World Heritage Outlook report in collaboration with colleagues in the IUCN secretariat (including World Heritage monitoring and evaluations colleagues, Global Communications Unit and others, as relevant), including data extraction and analysis, report drafting and coordinating translation;

7. Act as a focal point for liaisons with the external web developer to manage the content of the IUCN World Heritage Outlook website, the functionality of the online assessment module and the launch the publication of the updated conservation outlook assessments online;

8. Lead the management of the internal IUCN World Heritage contacts database;

9. Coordinate with internal Communications team to hold a launch event(s) and other relevant content (such as news stories etc.) to maximise outreach and impact of the IUCN World Heritage Outlook 4 report and updated conservation outlook assessments;

10. Lead the reflection and review process following the IUCN World Heritage Outlook 4 launch, including identifying future improvements for the next IUCN World Heritage Outlook update and strategic directions moving forwards.

REQUIREMENTS 

• A Master’s degree with a focus on environmental science, natural resource management, or
  any other discipline that is relevant to nature conservation and protected areas;
• Relevant work experience in a relevant field;
• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail;
• Previous experience in file and data management;
• Excellent written and spoken English is essential for this position. A high standard of
  written and spoken French and/or Spanish is a strong advantage;
• Knowledge of the World Heritage Convention and the IUCN Green List of Protected and
  Conserved Areas is a strong advantage;
• Ability to work independently and deliver quality products within agreed deadlines;
• Collegiate team worker;
• A strong aptitude and ability to communicate both informally (interpersonal skills and
  networking) and formally (presentations and meeting);
• Desired: Knowledge of the World Heritage Convention;
• Desired: Experience with website content management and management of large document
  repositories;
• Desired: GIS and spatial analysis skills;

All applicants must already be eligible to live and work in either the United Kingdom or
Germany, as the two duty station options. If you do not meet this criteria please do not apply
for this position.