Marine Programme Manager, Myanmar

Marine Programme Manager, Myanmar
Fauna & Flora International

Salary: Circa EUR 25,000 per annum
Start Date:   1 February 2014
Duration of Contract: One-year fixed term contract, with potential to extend subject to business need and funding availability
Location:  Myanmar (location to be decided) with significant travel to the project sites

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest-established international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it. We aim to do this through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a trusted entity in the world of conservation. Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

Working closely with local partners, the Asia-Pacific Programme currently includes a broad range of species and landscape targeted conservation initiatives in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Lao PDR and Myanmar, and has country programme offices in Phnom Penh, Nanning, Jakarta, Manila and Hanoi. Around 70 projects are being implemented in the region by a team of approximately 200 staff, consultants, volunteers and partner organisations with an annual regional budget of approximately USD 9 million.

Myanmar, the second largest country in mainland Southeast Asia, is home to a wealth of biodiversity. The country still harbours large tracts of forest and many charismatic and unique species, such as the red panda and the Myanmar snub-nosed monkey. The latter was only discovered in 2010 by FFI and partners.

In stark contrast to the country’s biological riches, over two thirds of the country’s human population currently live below the poverty line and depend on natural resources for their survival.
Despite their high dependence on natural resources, local people have been excluded from decisions concerning the country’s protected areas.  Yet this situation is slowly changing. For the first time, grass roots organisations are being established to address issues of environmental governance and human welfare.

FFI has been working in partnership with local NGOs in Myanmar since 2006 and has strong links with government departments and local NGOs. In 2012, FFI started its Myanmar marine conservation programme. FFI established a team of international technical advisers and a training programme for national FFI staff and government associates from the Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division (MOECAF) in marine assessments, design and establishment of locally managed marine areas (LMMAs), and collaborative management of coastal and marine protected areas. 

The Marine Programme Manager will be directly responsible for managing and reporting on nearly USD 700,000 of donor funds for interventions in the Myeik archipelago, southern Tanintharyi Region and the Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary. The project involves multiple interventions, which the post-holder and a small core team of technical staff will design and implement, with short-term inputs from additional FFI and external technical advisers; in particular, broad scale assessments of the current state of the coastal and marine environment of Myanmar, interaction and collaboration with coastal communities and feasibility assessment, and subsequent establishment of LMMAs in the Myeik archipelago. Lastly, the post-holder will support the Country Director with project and programme development and overall country programme management.

For further details and to apply please visit: http://www.fauna-flora.org/about/jobs/

The closing date for applications is Friday 17 January 2014. No agencies please.

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