County Conservancies Coordinator at Northern Rangelands Trust

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee effective implementation of NRT member conservancy planned activities and programs.
• Attend and represent Northern Rangelands Trust at respective conservancy board meetings and sub-committee meetings and facilitate appropriately.
• Attend and facilitate the convening of annual and bi-annual respective Conservancy community members feedback meetings to address conservancy issues and share progress of work.
• Mentor all tiers of community governance implementation.
• Technically guide conservancy managers in developing and implementing community development and conservation action plans alongside annual and quarterly operational work plans and reports.
• Undertake capacity building training and refresher targeting conservancy management staff, board/committee representatives, women and youth on relevant aspects of management, financial administration, and governance.
• Coordinate with other NRT program staff in the development and implementation of enterprises within the community conservancies, e.g. tourism, fodder banks; gums & raisins, livestock to market etc.
• Guide in development of benefit sharing policy to ensure equity, fairness, and support transparent distribution of benefits accruing from conservation and wildlife-related business.
• Organize and co-ordinate community exposure tours, workshops, and seminars to increase the knowledge base of the conservancy members.
• Facilitate the Council of Elders’ meetings attendance and ensure matters arising from the meetings are addressed appropriately.
• Support research and monitoring programs within member conservancies.
• Promote community engagement forums to improve awareness and understanding of wildlife values and conservation benefits within constituent communities.
• Facilitate timely communication and feedback within the conservancy and the broader community.
• Strengthen Regional and national government policy, laws and financial support to enhance the community conservancy ‘s self-reliance.
• Oversee the management of the donor budgets and expenditure.
• Compile and submit regular reports to Northern Rangelands Trust and donors on a timely manner.
• Perform any other duties delegated from time to time by the Director of Programs.

Candidate Profile:

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Community Development, development Studies, Social Science, or any other relevant degree.
• At least 5 years’ community development work experience with various and diverse communities.
• In-depth knowledge and demonstrated commitment to sustainable socio-economic development, wildlife conservation and natural resource management.
• Computer literacy, including Microsoft (Word, Excel, Power Point) and E-mail plus virtual knowledge, skills, and ethics.