Landscape Coordinator at Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical and strategic advice and guidance as well as operational support to project management and others for planning and implementation of landscape- or community-specific activities;
• Liaise with regional government for coordination of landscape-specific project inputs; 
• Participate in relevant project activities, including but not limited to development of landscape-level strategies and plans for community engagement, resource management and conservation;
• Liaise with project management through at least quarterly meetings to share information on progress on project activities, needs arising and key issues requiring attention from the project, including information relevant to project compliance with all relevant policies and objectives;
• Provide information to the PM for use in communications and support the PM in developing project progress reports, donor reports and technical reports;
• Coordinate to maintain relationships and engagement with important landscape-level stakeholders such as regional government, ministries, line departments, civil society organizations, universities, LNGOs, INGOs and donors;
• Organize meetings of landscape-level stakeholders in a timely and efficient manner;
• Ensure that necessary documents (agenda, relevant background documents and technical reports) for meetings are circulated to members two weeks in advance, and that minutes of meetings are produced and disseminated within a week after the meeting
• Provide strategic guidance to project management regarding landscape level activities
• Oversee day-to-day implementation of landscape level project activities.

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENTS

The successful candidate must meet the following requirements: -

• Bachelor’s degree in related to biodiversity or other relevant fields;
• At least five (5) years of relevant work experience, related to biodiversity conservation, community-based natural resource management and/or sustainable livelihoods. 
• At least three (3) years of work experience preferably in a project involving biodiversity conservation, natural resource management and/or sustainable livelihoods.

Competencies

• Very good inter-personal skills;
• Proficiency in the use of computer software applications especially MS Word and MS Excel.
• Excellent language skills in English (writing, speaking and reading) and in local languages