TRAVEL ASSISTANT, G5
Job Opening
Job Opening ID: 275176
Job Network : Management and Administration
Job Family : Administration
Category and Level : General Service and Related Categories, G-5
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Apr 14, 2026
Deadline : May 13, 2026
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.
Through the resolution “End plastic pollution: Towards an international legally binding instrument” (UNEP/EA5/L23/REV.1), the United Nations Environment Assembly requested to convene an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), commencing its work during second half of 2022, with the ambition of completing its work by the end of 2024.
The resolution established that the INC should develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, which could include both binding and voluntary approaches, based on a comprehensive approach that addresses the full lifecycle of plastic, taking into account among other things, the principles of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, as well as national circumstances and capabilities, including provisions.
The position is based at the Nairobi duty station. Under the overall supervision of the Executive Secretary of the INC Secretariat, direct supervision of the Administrative Officer, and in close coordination with the Senior Administrative Assistant, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:
