Our model for success is a better life for everyone and purposeful tasks for our employees. For more than 50 years, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as a company of the German Federal Government, has been supporting the implementation of development policy goals worldwide. Together with partner organisations in more than 130 countries, we are involved in a diverse range of projects. If you want to make a difference in the world and develop yourself in the process, you’ve come to the right place.
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For our operations in Nanga-Eboko/Cameroon, we are looking for an
Development Worker (m/f/d) in the project “Forests4Future”
Field of activity
The global project Forests4Future, commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, aims to ensure that state and private actors contribute to national and international goals for the restoration of forest landscapes, poverty reduction and sustainable rural development and good governance in the forest sector. From 2022, the new country module Cameroon will start implementing activities. The aim of the module is to support Forest Landscape Restoration measures as a contribution to forest conservation and the restoration of forests and forest-rich landscapes. Together with partners, the module will comprise topics such as land use planning, co-management for sustainable forest management, restoration of degraded savannah and forests, income-generating measures for local producer and user groups, and adaptation to climate change.
Your tasks
- Support and built capacity with the partner municipalities of Yoko and Nanga-Eboko and the devolved state agencies of the participating ministries in developing and executing a co-management model for the implementation of Forest Landscape Restoration and forest management measures
- Support the partner municipalities of Yoko and Nanga-Eboko and the devolved state agencies of the participating ministries in establishing an inter-communal Landscape Forest restoration platform
- Contribute to the organisational development of Village Forest management committees at village level in close coordination with the GIZ bilateral project Forest and Environment
- Support the team leader in managing consulting services for the implementation of local land use planning and integrated Forest Landscape Restoration measures
- Contribute to knowledge management, process lessons learned from Forest Landscape Restoration measures and disseminate results through the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative
- Engage as a moderator and/ or mediator in order to conciliate different interest groups
Your profile
- University degree in forestry, sustainable natural resource management, land use planning, rural development or other relevant fields
- Knowledge in Forest Landscape Restoration is an advantage
- Experience in organisational development is an advantage
- Work experience in international cooperation in sub-Saharan Africa in the areas of natural resource management, forest/ biodiversity or rural development
- High intercultural competence and appropriate communication and teamwork skills
- Experience with participatory approaches and the organisation of networks/ groups is highly desired
- Willingness to live ruraly and work localy is prerequisite
- Fluent in French and English; German skills are an asset
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If we caught your interest, we are looking forward to your application until 12/08/2021.
More Information
- Job City Nanga-Eboko
