Within the Directorate of Social Rights, Health and Environment you will work with the Reykjavik Process and the Environment team which is responsible for the implementation of the Council of Europe Strategy on the Environment and serves the Steering Committee on the Environment (CDENV), the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention), the Landscape Convention (Florence Convention) and the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA). As a Political Advisor, you will:provide high-quality policy advice and analysis to senior management and governing bodies, contributing to the Reykjavík process on the environment by strengthening the Council of Europe’s work to counter the impact of the triple planetary crisis of pollution, climate change and loss of biodiversity on human rights, democracy and rule of law;actively contribute to the implementation and promotion of the Council of Europe Strategy on the Environment and its related Action Plan;contribute to developing synergies and foster co-operation between the Reykjavík process on the environment, the Steering Committee on the Environment (CDENV), the Bern Convention, the Florence Convention and the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) and, if need be, assist colleagues in these areas by providing both strategic and operational contributions;strengthen and develop cooperation with other services of the Organisation, and, in this context, participate in the organisation and running of meetings of the Council of Europe Inter-Secretariat Task Force on the Environment, as well as in the collection of information needed to feed in the Progress Report on the implementation of the Council of Europe Strategy on the Environment and to revise its accompanying Action Plan;contribute to cooperation with external stakeholders on the Reykjavík process on the environment, and, in this context, participate in the organisation and running of events such as the UN Climate Change COPs, maintaining and developing external partnerships, and strategically propose new ones;contribute to the promotion of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law and of the animal welfare conventions;collect and analyse information, carry out background studies and research, and provide policy-relevant analysis to support evidence-based decision-making;draft and co-ordinate communication outputs and visibility of the work carried out by the Council of Europe on the environment (publications, press releases, articles for the website and news on any other means of communication, in particular social media);promote the Council of Europe’s contribution to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals - in particular Goals 3, 5, 13, 15 and 16 - by ensuring their integration across relevant programmes within the scope of the Reykjavík process on the environment, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, producing the related deliverables, and measuring and reporting on progress.
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