BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation partnership. Through our unique local-to-global approach, we deliver high impact and long-term conservation for the benefit of nature and people. Since 2012, BirdLife International has led the Regional Implementation Team (RIT) in the Mediterranean Basin Biodiversity Hotspot for the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). BirdLife International has the support from two BirdLife Partners in the Balkans which form part of the RIT; Društvo za opazovanje in proučevanje ptic Slovenije/ Society for the Observation and Study of Birds of Slovenia – DOPPS (BlirdLife Slovenia) and Društvo za zaštitu i proučavanje ptica Srbije/ Society for the Protection and Study of Birds of Serbia – BPSSS (BirdLife Serbia).
 
CEPF is a joint programme of l’Agence Française de Développement, Conservation International, the European Union, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan and the World Bank. A fundamental goal is to ensure civil society is engaged in biodiversity conservation. Additional small grant funding to the Balkans sub-region has been provided by the MAVA Foundation. 
 
CEPF awards grants to civil society organisations through open calls for proposals, which are in-line with the CEPF Investment Strategy for the Mediterranean Basin, more information can be found here: https://www.cepf.net/our-work/biodiversity-hotspots/mediterranean-basin.  
 
We are seeking to recruit an experienced individual for the position of CEPF Programme Officer for the Balkans. The successful applicant will be an integral member of the RIT, and the focal point for CEPF work in the Balkans (covering Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Montenegro).