Congress and Project Assistant, Resilient Cities ICLEI

Local Governments for Sustainability

Bonn, Germany

We are offering a position as Congress and Project Assistant, Resilient Cities. The selected candidate will be part of the Capacity Center team that ICLEI maintains at the World Secretariat in Bonn, Germany.

Tasks

(1) Support the team of Resilient Cities 2012 (3rd World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change), to be held from 12 to 15 May 2012 in Bonn, Germany; in particular:

• Be involved in the screening and selection process of the congress contributions in reaction to the public call for contributions
• Support the program development and the Program Committee by providing inputs, developing session descriptions and assist in the speakers' invitation and briefing phase
• Organize special congress elements (such as "Reality Check Workshops" and special interactions between funding organizations and interested cities) with selected cities and partners panels, workshops and co-events by managing the related external communications and being responsible for the content development
• Communicate with partners, funders, sponsors
• Manage partners and contributors by also using databases
• Prepare communications, announcements, promotional materials
• Support in editing and lay-outing the congress related publications
• Edit congress web pages with focus on the program related webpages
• Contribute to the Congress reporting activities at the event and after the congress
• Be involved in editing the congress publication
• Involvement in the post congress follow up
• Support the general congress implementation, especially in phases of absence of the Congress Officer.

(2) Support the Knowledge Team by editing cases within the ICLEI case study series with a special responsibility for the adaptation case studies series. (3) Contribute to the work of the Capacity Center, including project development and acquisition.

Requirements

• Degree in a relevant subject such as Urban Planning & Management, Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change and Local Development or similar;
• At least one-year experience in events organization, possibly with a focus on program development, content and editing;
• Interest and previous experience in the areas of cities and local government, urban planning & management, environmental sustainability, climate change impacts and adaptati on is an asset;
• Organizing skills, organized working style, creative and pro-active attitude;

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