Mercury (Senior) Policy Officer

The Mercury (Senior) Policy Officer will join our Mercury team, part of the EEB’s Nature, Health and Environment Division, following both EU but mainly international mercury governance. They will work with a range of partners through the Zero Mercury Working Group – an international network of environmental and health groups working together towards ‘Zero’ emissions, demand and supply of mercury, from all sources we can control, in view of reducing to a minimum, mercury in the environment at EU level and globally.

The successful candidate will monitor and manage projects by supporting NGOs in developing countries to support respective governments to implement provisions of the Minamata Convention (e.g. phasing out mercury added products, reducing mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining). Work will also include following the Minamata Convention process and relevant mercury policies (e.g. mercury added products/processes, waste, supply, artisanal small-scale gold mining) at UN (and EU) level as well as their implementation.

(Senior) Policy Officer will report to the Policy Manager of the ‘Zero Mercury Campaign’.