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Title | Biodiversity Conservation Specialists |
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Africa: Biodiversity Conservation Specialists The BirdLife Africa Secretariat are seeking the services of two Biodiversity Conservation Specialists to conduct a Mid Term Evaluation for the Project: ‘Instituting Effective Monitoring of Protected Areas (Important Bird Areas) as a contribution to reducing the rate of biodiversity loss in Africa’ Europe Aid/ENV/2007/132-278. The right candidate should be educated to at least a Masters Degree academic level, preferably in Biodiversity Conservation or environment related area. S/he should have a good track record and a substantial number of years’ experience in the area relevant to the assignment:
Characteristics of the Consultancy The consultant/team will be supervised by the Regional Project Manager- Africa IBA Monitoring Project, based in Nairobi, Kenya. The consultant(s) will work closely with the BirdLife Africa Partnership Secretariat Project Team and will have the Regional Project Manager as primary contact within the BirdLife Africa Partnership Secretariat. Duration of consultancy The consultant/team will be offered a fixed-rate contract for 32 working days spread over the months of January 2009 to March 2009. The indicative starting date for the assignment is 19th of January 2009. An Inception Meeting will take place on the first day of the Inception Phase in Nairobi, Kenya. A maximum total of 64 working days at 32 days for each expert is envisaged, starting on 19th of January 2009 until 27th of March 2009. To apply, the prospective applicants should submit:
Kindly send your application to Ms Thandiwe Chikomo, Regional Project Manager- Africa IBA Monitoring Project, BirdLife Africa Secretariat, P.O. Box 3502 00100. Applications may be submitted electronically to Thandiwe.Chikomo@birdlife.or.ke. Canvassing will result in automatic disqualification of potential candidates. Deadline for application is 13th November 2008 For more detailed information on specific requirements of the project, please read the online Project Brief and ToR . |