Field Coordinator – USAID-funded Community based Counter Wildlife Trafficking (CBCWT) – African Parks Network 102 views2 applications


Summary

African Parks is currently seeking a Field Coordinator to work on a five-year USAID-funded cooperative agreement, Community Based Counter Wildlife Trade in the Mbomou-Uele border region in northeastern DRC and southeastern CAR. This program is intended to enable and incentivize targeted rural communities to pursue pro-conservation livelihoods and meet basic needs in a secure manner. The project demonstrates an inclusive approach to community resilience to insecurity, alleviating key threats to biodiversity, the bushmeat and wildlife trade and trafficking, taking into consideration cultural, livelihood and food security.

Position Summary

Based in Garamba National Park, the CBCWT Field Coordinator will be actively engaged in all aspects of program planning, execution and reporting. S/he will serve as the main point of contact between the three Protected Areas targeted by the Cooperative Agreement (Garamba National Park and Bili-Uélé in DRC; Chinko in CAR) and between the implementing partners over the five-year project.

Managerial responsibilities:

· Chair meetings of the Project Steering Committee to ensure annual work plans are reviewed, debated and adapted to reflect ever changing situations and feedback, bringing together all implementing partners and technical inputs as needed

· Convene Advisory Group semi-annually and on an ad hoc basis as required

· Brief USAID on CBCWT updates and developments; relay USAID feedback to the larger team

· Liaise with Chief of Party to refine joint indicators, coordinate efforts and find ever greater ways in which to leverage off of each other’s efforts.

· Co-facilitate start up workshop to confirm parties’ respective roles and responsibilities.

Technical responsibilities:

· Liaise with Advisory Group – as a body and with individual members – to seek additional support or technical expertise on issues as they arise.

· Consult on crisis management and overall context analysis

Administrative and financial responsibilities:

· Review CBCWT standard tools and templates, ensuring alignment with USAID award terms.

· Ensure CBCWT activities are carried out in accordance with award rule and regulations and are consistent with African Parks’ policies and procedures.

· Supervise development of project reporting and briefings for submission to USAID and all stakeholders.

Key qualifications:

· At least ten years of experience in the design and implementation of international development projects;

· At least five years of senior-level project management experience in conflict-affected environments, experience in eastern DRC preferred;

· Adequate experience to oversee the administrative, contracting, financial and logistical aspects of the goals and objectives as described in the application.

· Post-graduate degree in relevant fields such as international development, education, economics, or business;

· Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, including the ability to build and manage cooperative high-level relationships and motivate subordinates;

· Experience working with vulnerable groups, i.e. inclusive program experience;

· Experience with achieving gender equity in programming;

· Proficient oral and written skills in English and French

How to apply:

To apply, please email your CV and cover letter with reference “GNP/RH/CBCWT/2019/FieldCo” in the subject, to [email protected], by 31 July 2019.

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African Parks is a non-profit conservation organisation that takes on the complete responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with governments and local communities. We currently manage 15 national parks and protected areas in nine countries covering 10.5 million hectares: Benin, Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, the Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Zambia. Elephants drinking at Zakouma National Park © Michael Viljoen Elephants drinking at Zakouma National Park.

The organisation was founded in 2000 in response to the dramatic decline of protected areas due to poor management and lack of funding. African Parks utilises a clear business approach to conserving Africa’s wildlife and remaining wild areas, securing vast landscapes and carrying out the necessary activities needed to protect the parks and their wildlife. African Parks maintains a strong focus on economic development and poverty alleviation of surrounding communities to ensure that each park is ecologically, socially, and financially sustainable in the long-term.

The geographic spread of protected areas and representation of different ecoregions, makes this the most ecologically diverse portfolio of parks under one management across Africa. Our goal is to manage 20 parks by 2020, protecting more than 10 million hectares.

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0 USD Garamba National Park (Haut Uele) CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week African Parks

Summary

African Parks is currently seeking a Field Coordinator to work on a five-year USAID-funded cooperative agreement, Community Based Counter Wildlife Trade in the Mbomou-Uele border region in northeastern DRC and southeastern CAR. This program is intended to enable and incentivize targeted rural communities to pursue pro-conservation livelihoods and meet basic needs in a secure manner. The project demonstrates an inclusive approach to community resilience to insecurity, alleviating key threats to biodiversity, the bushmeat and wildlife trade and trafficking, taking into consideration cultural, livelihood and food security.

Position Summary

Based in Garamba National Park, the CBCWT Field Coordinator will be actively engaged in all aspects of program planning, execution and reporting. S/he will serve as the main point of contact between the three Protected Areas targeted by the Cooperative Agreement (Garamba National Park and Bili-Uélé in DRC; Chinko in CAR) and between the implementing partners over the five-year project.

Managerial responsibilities:

· Chair meetings of the Project Steering Committee to ensure annual work plans are reviewed, debated and adapted to reflect ever changing situations and feedback, bringing together all implementing partners and technical inputs as needed

· Convene Advisory Group semi-annually and on an ad hoc basis as required

· Brief USAID on CBCWT updates and developments; relay USAID feedback to the larger team

· Liaise with Chief of Party to refine joint indicators, coordinate efforts and find ever greater ways in which to leverage off of each other’s efforts.

· Co-facilitate start up workshop to confirm parties’ respective roles and responsibilities.

Technical responsibilities:

· Liaise with Advisory Group – as a body and with individual members – to seek additional support or technical expertise on issues as they arise.

· Consult on crisis management and overall context analysis

Administrative and financial responsibilities:

· Review CBCWT standard tools and templates, ensuring alignment with USAID award terms.

· Ensure CBCWT activities are carried out in accordance with award rule and regulations and are consistent with African Parks’ policies and procedures.

· Supervise development of project reporting and briefings for submission to USAID and all stakeholders.

Key qualifications:

· At least ten years of experience in the design and implementation of international development projects;

· At least five years of senior-level project management experience in conflict-affected environments, experience in eastern DRC preferred;

· Adequate experience to oversee the administrative, contracting, financial and logistical aspects of the goals and objectives as described in the application.

· Post-graduate degree in relevant fields such as international development, education, economics, or business;

· Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, including the ability to build and manage cooperative high-level relationships and motivate subordinates;

· Experience working with vulnerable groups, i.e. inclusive program experience;

· Experience with achieving gender equity in programming;

· Proficient oral and written skills in English and French

How to apply:

To apply, please email your CV and cover letter with reference "GNP/RH/CBCWT/2019/FieldCo" in the subject, to [email protected], by 31 July 2019.

2019-08-01

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