Project Manager, Boma-Jonglei Landscape Protected Areas

This is a full-time field based position responsible for managing WCS's day to day protected area management and conservation activities in cooperation with the Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism.  Duties include training and management of field teams in wildlife law enforcement, community outreach and education, and research, 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 occasion.  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, natural resource management, or related field, at least 3 years of experience working on conservation and protected areas management 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. 

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 November 26th 2011.

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 Southern Sudan Program visit our website at: http://www.wcs.org/international/Africa/sudanprogram