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TRAFFIC VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
TITLE: Timber Trade Programme Officer, TRAFFIC East/SouthernAfrica
REPORTS TO: Regional Director – TRAFFIC East/SouthernAfrica
DURATION: 36 month fixed-term with the possibility of extension and an expected start date of June 2013.
LOCATION: PrimarilyWindhoek,Namibiawith occasional visits toPretoria,South Africa
SALARYRANGE: USD40,000 – USD45,000 per annum dependent on skills and experience CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 27th May 2013 TRAFFIC is seeking a Timber Trade Programme Officer for its regional East/ Southern Africa Programme. The Programme Officer will play a pivotal role in developing TRAFFIC East/Southern Africa’s regional timber trade programme and will be responsible for the implementation of timber trade related projects in the region. The Programme Officer will be responsible for implementation of a timber trade project in northernNamibiaon the border withAngolaandZambia. It is anticipated the staff member will work in bothSouth Africa and Namibia. BACKGROUND TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, works to ensure that trade in wild animals and plants is not a threat to the conservation of nature. We actively monitor and investigate wildlife trade and provide information to diverse audiences worldwide as a basis for effective conservation policies and programmes. TRAFFIC is a strategic alliance of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and is an international network, organised into eight regional programmes. DUTIES The Programme Officer will play a key role in developing and implementing the East/Southern Africa elements of TRAFFIC’s Timber trade sub-programme, working in close collaboration with other TRAFFIC’s offices and TRAFFIC´s partners WWF, the global conservation organization, and IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The Timber Trade Programme Officer will, amongst others, be responsible for the co-ordination and implementation of activities to be conducted as part of a Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Use programme (SASSCAL), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in Namibia. This project seeks to increase available knowledge on trade dynamics of timber, represented by Kiaat, Pterocarpus angolensis, extracted from miombo woodlands and associated socio-economic factors by collecting baseline data amongst primary industry stakeholders and promote sustainability of indigenous forest and timber industry in Namibia, and neighbouring countries, through the development of an appropriate legality framework. SPECIFIC DUTIES
REQUIREMENTS
SUPERVISION: Supervises consultants and TRAFFIC Staff as required.
Applications
Applicants are asked to submit their CV and a covering letter in English. The letter must specifically address the job requirements in the order presented above. Applicants should further provide the names/contact details of three referees, including one recent employer.
Applications should be submitted, preferably by email with the subject header "Job Application: TESA Timber Trade Programme Officer", before 27th May 2013to:
Regional Director TRAFFIC East/SouthernAfrica c/o IUCN East andSouthern AfricaRegional Office PO Box11536, Hatfield,Pretoria South Africa e-mail: trafficESA@traffic.org
For further information about TRAFFIC visit our website at http://www.traffic.org.
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