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DEPUTY HEARTLAND DIRECTOR The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), an international conservation organization invites applications for the post of Deputy Heartland Director, Maringa/Lopori-Wamba (MLW) Heartland. This position will be responsible for co-managing AWF’s conservation program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and will be based in Kinshasa, with significant time in the field. The successful candidate would:- - Work with the Heartland director, to further develop AWF’s landscape conservation program in the Maringa/Lopori-Wamba forest landscape and the conservation and development policy of the MLW-program.
- Support the Heartland director to more effectively coordinate the implementation of the program in the MLW-landscape, given its complexity.
- Represent AWF in the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) to ensure effective collaboration with USAID and other partners.
- Represent AWF on national and provincial government level, and on a regional conservation and development policy level, with emphasis on COMIFAC.
- Coordinate the MLW-consortium, i.e. work proactively in collaboration with actual and future partners (ICRAF, WF, SNV, REFADD, UMD) to develop the Landscape Land Use Planning Committee which guides participatory implementation of this program.
- Support the Heartland director to manage day-to-day operations of the Maringa/Lopori-Wamba program, which includes: effective administration and tracking of the Maringa/Lopori-Wamba project finances, program monitoring and evaluation, timely donor reporting, and effective coordination and cooperation between project partners.
- Provide technical oversight to AWF’s Maringa/Lopori-Wamba program with focus on Landscape Land Use Planning and zoning.
- Develop further collaboration with Congolese community-based organizations in Maringa/Lopori-Wamba who can effectively contribute and benefit from this program.
- Work closely with the Maringa/Lopori-Wamba landscape management team, ICCN, ministry representatives and other stakeholders on forest and land management policy in DRC.
- Work with the Program Design Officer to develop and design proposals for submission to key government and foundation donors.
- Support the Heartland Director with development of working budgets.
Key Skills and Abilities:· A post graduate qualification (Msc or PhD) in forestry, ecology, natural resource management or another field directly related to conservation;· 10 or more years of proven administrative and field experience in conservation; · Experience working and implementing projects in central Africa, preferably DRC;· Proficiency in both French and English (spoken and written) is required; competency in Lingala is preferred;· Demonstrated ability to build capacity of multiple stakeholders to engage in landscape planning and management;· Outstanding interpersonal skills including the ability to build coalitions of interest, to negotiate, to manage conflict and familiarity with protocols associated with working in DRC;· Ability to communicate effectively with a wide group of collaborators, including proactive sharing of information and reporting;· Genuine respect for the skills and perspectives of communities, partner organizations and the private sector;· Awareness and sensitivity to landscape conservation approaches; familiarity with ‘new conservation’ methods, including community conservation and wildlife enterprises;· Ability to work and travel in harsh physical environment i.e. isolated remote region of DRC, with very basic amenities, working with war-torn local rural population;· Commitment to AWF and its mission. If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your CV and a covering letter, to HumanResources@awfke.org by April 30, 2008. Only short listed candidates will contacted AWF is an equal opportunity employer.
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