Operations Manager, FFI Cambodia Country Programme

Operations Manager, FFI Cambodia Country Programme

Fauna & Flora International

Salary: USD 34,000

Start Date: As soon as possible

Duration of Contract: Two-year fixed-term contract with potential to extend, subject to business need and finding availability

Location: The position is based at Fauna & Flora International’s Phnom Penh office with regular travel to project sites in Cambodia, and occasionally within the region.

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 operate primarily in developing countries where there is little capacity to conserve endangered and threatened habitats and species. 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, Laos and Myanmar, and has country programme offices in Phnom Penh, Nanning, Jakarta, Manila and Hanoi and a regional office in Singapore. 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.

FFI has been active in Cambodia since 1996 and was one of the first conservation NGOs to work in the country. We currently work in partnership with the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries. The priorities of our work in Cambodia are to secure and improve the management of areas important to the country’s biodiversity, to help build national capacity, by providing Cambodian nationals with the necessary skills, experience and materials to conserve their unique natural heritage, and to preserve some of the region’s most threatened species.

FFI is now seeking to recruit an Operations Manager for its Cambodia Programme.

Under the supervision of the Country Representative, working in close day-to-day collaboration with the project managers and liaising closely with the Asia-Pacific regional team (Senior Programme Manager and Programme Managers), the Operations Manager will be responsible for overseeing the operational management of the FFI Cambodia Programme, ensuring that financial management, administration and reporting are in line with FFI and donor policies and requirements.

The successful candidate will have at least five years’ experience of programme or project management, particularly related to operational aspects and a background in nature conservation, conservation biology, ecology, geography or a related discipline.  S/he will be able to demonstrate the ability to work with government and local community partners and as part of a team. Familiarity with Cambodia’s governmental organisations for forestry and environmental protection will be an advantage as will experience of working with international organisations.  Competency with standard word processing and
spreadsheet programmes will be valuable, and fluency in spoken and written English is essential.

For further details and to apply please visit: www.fauna-flora.org/ourvacancies.php

The closing date for applications is Sunday 2^nd September 2012.  No agencies please.

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