Here’s the latest United Nations spam that I received from the "United Nations Agency for Sustainable Growth." The job descriptions are almost identical to the ones from the "U.S. Committee for the U.N". Weirder and weirder:
The mission of the Agency for Sustainable growth (UNASG) is the creation of physically and socially sustainable cities. UNASG’s initial project, funded by Research and Education Foundations (REF), is to establish ongoing research and educational exchanges in cities of developed and developing countries with the goal of designing plans and policies for sustainable growth. UNASG, founded in 2006, is one of Agencies of Excellence established by REF-UN to conduct interdisciplinary research on coping with the increasing complexities of urban development and sustenance. Vacancies are therefore,open for the positions as enumerated below:
A.Location city: Manchester
Location country: United Kingdom
Closing date: Open
Tenure: Full Time Job
Position: Environmental Officer
Salary: circa $145,700 + benefits package
Vacancy Announcement Number: 05-EO-PMSS-407520They are responsible for development oversight, management, and evaluation of programs in the following areas:bio-diversity, Conservation, forestry, wildlife management, water and coastal Resources management, environmental education, environmental policy, environmentally sustainable agriculture, community based natural resources management, urban and industrial pollution reduction, urban planning and management (including such areas as housing, water and sanitation), urban and housing finance, energy efficiency and conservation, renewable energy applications, clean energy technologies, energy sector planning and global climate change. Environment Officers apply both a technical knowledge of their program area and a variety of management and program evaluation knowledge in order to ensure that projects meet the needs of UNASG’s partners and customers in a cost-effective manner.
B. Location city: Bordeaux
Location country: France
Closing date: Open
Tenure: Full Time Job
Position: Financial Management Officer
Salary: circa $176,250 + benefits package
Vacancy Announcement Number: 06-FMO-PMSS-407520
They direct the accounting and payment operations worldwide. In addition, they provide significant, levels of advisory services to all levels of the mission and host country governments. This includes administrative, operational and program matters concerning financial, budgetary and resource management and implementation issues.C. Location city: Amsterdam
Location country: The Netherlands
Closing date: Open
Tenure: Full Time Job
Position: Program/Project Development Officer
Salary: circa $165,000 + benefits package
Vacancy Announcement Number: 07PDO-PMSS-407520
They are responsible for strategy development, policy formulation, performance reporting, project management, and public outreach. They are looked upon to ensure that the Mission’s operational procedures are designed to elicit teamwork, emphasize shared values, are known programming priorities, and reward innovation. Program/Project development officers must be able to apply leadership and management skills in order to ensure that program activities are designed and implemented to achieve stated objectives, within resource constraints and in a timely manner.D. Location city: Nassau and Toronto,
Location country: Bahamas and Canada
Closing date: Open
Tenure: Full Time Job
Position: Population/Health/Nutrition Officer
Salary: circa $142,000 + benefits package
Vacancy Announcement Number: 08-PHNO-PMSS-407520
Responsible for development, oversight, management (staff, financial, and technical resources), and evaluation of PHN programs that may include any or all of the following areas: primary health care (including immunizations, acute respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases), maternal/child health (including safe motherhood), population/family planning (reproductive health). HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, infectious diseases (including malaria, TB, antimicrobial resistance, surveillance), nutrition/micronutrients, water and sanitation, environmental health, social marketing, demography, population, health or nutrition policy, operations research in population, health or nutrition, biomedical/clinical research (including vaccines, antimicrobial resistance, malaria, TB, neonatal, contraceptive technology), epidemiology, logistics management, national pharmaceutical management and health economics. Population/Health/Nutrition Officers apply both a technical knowledge of their program area and a variety of management and program evaluation expertise in order to ensure that projects meet the needs of UNASG’s partners and customers in a cost-effective manner.E. Location city: Abu Dhabi and Durban,
Location country: U.A.E and South Africa
Closing date: Open
Tenure: Full Time Job
Position: Executive Officer
Salary: circa $138,350 + benefits package
Vacancy Announcement Number: 09-EO-PMSS-407520
Oversee a wide range of administrative and logistical support functions including personnel management, contracting, procurement, property management, motor pool management, travel management, employee/family housing and maintenance management. In addition to having direct responsibility for providing the daily support of the agency’s field mission, duties include planning for future personnel and procurement requirements at the assigned duty station.F. Location city: Tokyo and Honiara,
Location country: Japan and Solomon Island
Closing date: Open
Tenure: Full Time Job
Position: Education Development Officer
Salary: circa $133,350 + benefits package
Vacancy Announcement Number: 010-EDO-PMSS-407520
Analyze, advise, and assist with the development of host country education human resources and manpower planning systems. Strategies are designed to improve existing education programs as well as to promote organizational competencies and skills acquisition related to both individual and institutional development. Duties include participation in Agency policy formulation, sector analysis, program and project design, program monitoring, and evaluation of activities in education and human resources.GENERAL REQUIREMENTS/SELECTION Applicants are selected on the basis of academic credentials , experience and other relevant factors. Successful Applicants are invited to come to Washington, for an interview/ Training. Candidates are interviewed on their related knowledge, skills and abilities. Application is open to all interested applicants from any nationality.
RETIREMENT AND ANNUITIES New Entrants employed with UNASG may retire voluntarily after 20 Years of service. Retirement is mandatory at age 65. The maximum period of Creditable service is 35 years.
HOW TO APPLY Please send your resume/CV to: recruitment@unasg-org.ht.st OR Fax:1206-202-2357 Dr.Patrick Fleming Head, Recruitment and Placement Unit Human Resources Management Service UNITED NATIONS AGENCY FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH Two UN Plaza, 24th Floor New York, NY 10017