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Job Title:  Program Manager – Government & Community
Partnerships

Based:  Vientiane, Lao PDR, with frequent travel to
other provinces

Reporting Obligations:  This position reports to the Lao Country Director.

Job Purpose Summary:

Earlier this year, the WCS Lao Program revised its
approach and primary objectives to be more aligned with government policies
related to decentralization of decision making and emerging cross-border
threats to National Protected Areas (NPAs), and will focus more resources to
assist provincial governments with development planning where conservation
outcomes are possible.  Nam Et Phou Louey
(NEPL) Protected Area overlaps three provinces, Houaphan, Luang Prabang, and to
a lessor extent Xieng Khoung, and WCS will work directly with those provinces
to ensure that development planning incorporates conservation aspects.

Additionally, the Lao Program will ramp up
significantly its engagement with forest-dependent communities to partner with
them in producing tangible benefits for those communities that commit to generating
conservation outcomes.   The Lao Program
has developed a three-step process to engaging communities as partners, with
outreach, participatory land use planning, and sustainable livelihoods
implemented in consecutive order.  The
preceding approach aligns with WCS’ worldwide 2020 Vision, and the Lao Program
seeks an individual with an extensive background working with SE Asian
governments (preferably with Lao government agencies) and forest-dependent
communities that can lead the process in driving forward the two
above-mentioned objectives. 

Coinciding with this new approach and objectives is
that WCS has received funding from three large regional grants that promote
improved management of NPAs through a landscape scale approach, including
assisting in provincial and community land use planning.   Additionally, WCS is participating in the
KfW/GIZ REDD+ project in Houaphan that has similar objectives as those
mentioned above, and this position will ensure that coordination is maintained
and conservation methods and activities are harmonized wherever possible. Therefore,
multi-year funding is in place to support the Lao Program’s revision of its
overall approach and implementation of the revised objectives.

Key responsibilities:

1. 
   Take overall management
   responsibility across WCS sites for the Lao Program’s Community Partnership
   component, which includes outreach, land use planning, and sustainable
   livelihoods sub-components.  
2. 
   Lead on coordinating with national,
   provincial, and district governments with an initial focus on provinces that
   surround Nam Et Phou Louey to improve conservation of the NPA and surrounding forested
   landscapes.
3. 
   Contribute to writing donor
   reports submitted by WCS. 
4. 
   Review the Lao Program’s
   approach toward engaging communities in conservation and recommend ways to
   improve that approach. 
5. 
   Supervise the implementation of
   WCS activities under the CLiPAD REDD+ jurisdictional project in Houaphan
   Province, attend CLiPAD coordination meetings, and write progress reports to
   the CLiPAD CTA. 
6. 
   Coordinate the development of
   activity and budget plans as they relate to the Program’s Community and
   Government Partnerships.
7. 
   Provide occasional assistance
   in developing and writing grant proposals. 
8. 
   Provide occasional support to
   the emerging PES pilot that could include transparent benefit allocation mechanisms
   and engagement with government and NGO partners.
9. 
   Seek collaboration or
   partnerships with development NGOs as needed to gain strong commitment from
   WCS-selected communities to deliver conservation outcomes. 
10. 
    Participate in coordination and
    planning meetings both within WCS (including regional meetings), and with
    government and other partners.
11. 
    Ensure that budget plans and
    spending are in accordance with approved work plans, WCS policy, and donor requirements.
12. 
    Coordinate the submission of reports
    (both technical and financial) from government partners implementing activities
    supported by WCS.

Requirements:

v  Education

• 
  Master’s degree in environment
  related field such as Forestry, Biology, Natural Resource Management,
  Environmental Management, or Environmental Law

v  Knowledge

• 
  Extensive knowledge of
  Government of Lao PDR ministries involved in natural resource management.
• 
  Comprehensive knowledge of the
  laws and regulations that govern natural resource management in Lao PDR.

v  Experience

• 
  Experience working with INGO’s
  to coordinate and implement program activities in collaboration with government.
• 
  Experience managing large project
  budgets and expenditure

v  General skills

• 
  Good to excellent Lao language
  skills; written, oral and verbal.
• 
  Extensive computer skills
  needed, including the use of statistical programs.   

v  Ability

• Ability to work independently without supervision and meet deadlines
  according to approved work plans
• Ability to provide concise reports accurately outlining activities
  undertaken, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Ability to present both in English and Lao language program
  activities during meetings and conferences.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multi-ethnic team and
  motivate team members that this position directly supervises. 
  
  
  
  

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