Project Manager, Boma-Jonglei-Equatoria Landscape Protected Areas

Project Manager, Boma-Jonglei-Equatoria Landscape Protected Areas 

Key Responsibilities

This is a full-time field based position responsible for managing and providing expert support to WCS's protected area management 
and conservation activities in cooperation with the Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism in the Boma-Jonglei-Equatoria Landscape 
of South Sudan.  Duties include training and management of field teams in wildlife law enforcement and protected area management and 
operations, park infrastructure development, community partnership development, and representation in meetings with local communities 
and national authorities, training and mentoring of personnel, communications and development of collaboration with local partners, 
and ensuring sound project implementation and basic financial administration. The position will be based in the field, with travel to other 
sites in the landscape on occasions.  The Project Manager reports to the WCS South Sudan Program Director.  

Qualifications

The desired qualifications for this position are a Master's degree in conservation, protected area management, natural resource management,
or related field, at least 5 years of experience working on protected area management , wildlife law enforcement, and conservation 
issues in Africa, proven ability to work well in a team in multi-cultural situations and under difficult field conditions.  Fluency in written and 
spoken English required. Bush pilot qualifications and experience beneficial.

Interested candidates who meet the above qualifications, should apply by sending an application letter 

and CV together with the names and contact information of three referees to the below address not later than July 22nd 2012.

jkilonzi@wcs.org (file size should be limited to under 500kb)
Only short listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.
For more information about Wildlife Conservation Society and its South Sudan Program visit our website at: 

http://www.wcs.org/international/Africa/sudanprogram