United Nations Caribbean recruits a Regional Caribbean Focal Point ECHO (The European Commission’s Directorate General for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations) and UNDRR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction).
The selected candidate will work directly with UNDRR’s regional office for the Americas and the Caribbean and will report to the selected Programme Management Officer. The deadline for the vacancy is August 12, 2023.
Earlier, United Nations in Trinidad and Tobago is also recruiting an ICT Assistant for a full-time post under a National Personnel Service Agreement. The deadline is August 14, 2023.
The Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) is recruiting 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘀, 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗦.
Assignments for selected candidates typically require a combination of home-based desk work and multiple field missions of varied duration to undertake technical assessments, deliver training and provide technical assistance.
Likewise, the assignments include the delivery of virtual assistance such as online training courses, workshops and the participation in virtual gatherings and fora. The deadline for the post is August 24, 2023.
UNDP Barbados EC was also hiring 6 National Project Associates to support the implementation of the GEF Small Grants Programme- Funded Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support project in seven countries across the eastern Caribbean.
United Nations Caribbean supports the small island nations in developing in several sector.
In preparation for the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and UN- OHRLLS,
will join the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to host the High-level 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻.
The regional meeting will identify and develop stakeholder inputs ahead of the critical Conference aimed at assessing the ability of small island developing States to achieve sustainable development, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Global Goals.
The meeting will be held from August 8 to August 10, 2023 at St Vincent and the Grenadines. In the Caribbean, more than 320,000 tons of plastic waste is uncollected each year, a large part of which ends up in the Caribbean Sea, the second most polluted sea in the world.
