The next edition of the IUCN World Conservation Congress will take place in Abu Dhabi from 9 to 15 October 2025.

The duties involved in providing services and arrangement for VVIPs and VIPs at the upcoming IUCN World Conservation Congress, including but not limited to:
– Supporting the selection process for VIPs to be invited, from developing templates to tracking.
– Liaising with the Host Country (United Arab Emirates) authorities to ensure smooth management of VIPs, both national and international.
– Responding to requests for transportation, accommodation, and other logistical arrangements for VIPs
– Organizing placement and ushering, in coordination with the UAE authorities, of VIPs, both speakers and invitees.
– Managing a team of 5 internally recruited staff on site to manage the VIP flows and the VIP lounge
– Contributing to the adequate management of any crisis or unforeseen events in liaison with the Convenings Manager.
– Preparing meetings and site visits linked to event planning and participating in said meetings or visits.
– If and when time permits, provide support to the Convenings Manager and Director of Global Convenings and Events Unit in other areas as necessary.

The above TORs contain the main responsibilities and duties of this position. However, in an ever evolving organisation such as IUCN staff members are expected to show flexibility in their approach to work and be willing to undertake other tasks that are reasonably allocated to them but which are not part of their regular TORs. Where any task becomes a regular part of staff member’s responsibilities, the TORs should be changed in consultation between the line manager, the staff member and the HR Unit. Any one of the three may initiate the consultation.