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Dear Young Professionals, If you are interested in the positions below, please respond to the contacts in the post and feel free to pass this information on to your young professional networks. Two exciting opportunities have come up for Young Professionals to play a role in the lead up to the 2014 IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) to be held in Sydney, Australia. The New South Wales (NSW) Parks and Wildlife Division, Australia is seeking Young Professionals to be mentors to secondary school students who will be energetically engaged in environmental research activities in the lead up to the WPC. Dan Nicholls, the Discovery Coordinator at the NSW Parks and Wildlife Division, is seeking young environmental professionals who live in NSW, Australia, will be attending the WPC and would like to act in a mentor capacity to secondary students from February 2014 up to and including the WPC. As a mentor, you will guide students in completing their projects by providing your expertise, knowledge, skills and ability. These projects will be presented by the students at the WPC under the banner of Inspiring a New Generation. This fabulous role will require you to meet face-to-face with secondary school students once per month and be available for questions via email in between these meetings. If you are excited about the possibility of being a mentor, wish to share your environmental knowledge, passion and enthusiasm with new and upcoming generations and live in NSW, please contact Dan Nicholls on Dan.Nicholls@environment.nsw.gov.au Jo Hopkins, Manager for Strategic Partnerships at Parks Victoria, Australia is seeking a Young Professional, preferably from a developing country (although submissions from developed countries will be considered), to be part of the assessment panel for the WPC Healthy Parks, Healthy People stream. On this assessment panel, you will work with international leaders and researchers in this field to select submissions that will be presented at the WPC. To be considered for this role, you must have: If you are interested in this role, please contact Ms Jo Hopkins on Jo.Hopkins@parks.vic.gov.au
 * 1) ** Young Professionals as Mentors for NSW Environmental School Projects **
 * 1) ** Young Professional to be on the Assessment Panel for the //Improving Health and Wellbeing – Healthy Parks, Healthy People// Stream **
 * 1) practical field based conservation or environmental management skills and/or park ranger experience, and
 * 2) good English skills and competency in either Spanish or French (as submissions can be made in these three formally recognized languages of the IUCN).