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Title | Cross River Gorilla Campaign Manager |
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Position Title: CR Gorilla Campaign Manager Status: Full Time Reports to: WCS Nigeria Country Director Office: Calabar, Nigeria
Project Background: Targeting 147,000 individuals in the Cross River territory, My Gorilla – My Community will engage local communities in dialogue and activities that promote the conservation of the endangered Cross River gorillas in Cameroon and Nigeria through an entertainment-education radio drama, Linda’s Joint, complemented by campaign activities and call-in shows. The Communications for Behavior Change program aspires to conserve the habitat for the last remaining gorillas, and to promote the end of activities such as illegal hunting and deforestation while encouraging new opportunities for sustainable livelihoods. In partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the program aims to engage local communities to adopt actions that are good for the environment, the people and the gorillas. About the CR Gorilla Campaign Manager Position: This is a joint PCI Media Impact and WCS position. Contracted by WCS, the position will have on-going support and mentoring support from PCI Media Impact. PCI Media Impact is an international NGO working in over 25 countries to save critical ecosystems and species. PCI Media Impact will support all aspects of this communications campaign, and will provide dedicated mentoring staff. The CR Gorilla Campaign Manager will be responsible for managing the communications campaigns component in Nigeria and Cameroon, and will serve as the primary WCS focal point for collaboration with NGO and government agency partners in implementing the communications campaigns. The CR Gorilla Campaign Manager will have the specific responsibility of managing and leading a Behavior Change Campaign through the development and production of an on-going Serial Radio Drama, complementary Interactive Radio Magazine Shows and Community Mobilization Campaigns in targeted communities.
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About the Wildlife Conservation Society: The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US not-for-profit organization that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues, crafting science-based solutions, and taking conservation actions that benefit nature and humanity. With more than a century of experience, long-term commitments in dozens of landscapes, and presence in more than 60 nations, WCS has amassed the biological knowledge, cultural understanding and partnerships to ensure that vibrant, wild places and wildlife thrive alongside local communities. About PCI Media Impact:
PCI Media Impact is a pioneer and world leader in Entertainment-Education and communications for social change. For more than 25 years, PCI-Media Impact have advanced the well-being of vulnerable populations and helped save critical environments by improving knowledge, shifting attitudes and changing behaviors and social norms.
Please send cover letter and CV to cbailey@mediaimpact.org by October 4, 2013. |