- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND , Diploma
- Experience2 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldProject Management
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development of Nature Based Enterprises from locally available resources (herbs, Gum and resins, pasture production).
- Provide additional life skills for children in the selected schools.
- Identify and support water infrastructure development to serve people and animals, and support livelihood systems.
- Support climate smart energy options (solar, school-level improved cook stoves, household level cookstoves to reduce usage of unsustainable fuels).
- Engage communities to understand, build and document the traditional ecological knowledge and practices relevant to improving natural resource availability.
- Identify and document appropriate best practices in community-based approaches to natural resource management.
- Roll out land restoration interventions that create new forms of income and provide essential inputs to support implementation.
- Implement participatory Management training manuals that support livelihoods.
- In coordination with the Monitoring and Evaluation team, update and maintain the project database.
- Conduct community outreaches to create awareness of increasingly extreme weather conditions and risks to their natural capital base.
- Undertake activity reporting and documentation.
- Perform any other relevant duties that may be assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements and Skills
- Diploma in Natural Resource management, climate-related studies, environment, wildlife management, conservation biology or equivalent. A degree in similar courses is an added advantage.
- Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in community-based approaches including County-level engagements.
- Ability to carry out Participatory Needs Assessments.
- Ability to develop annual work plans and reporting.
- Ability to facilitate relevant training/events/workshops.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a field setting and remote environment with minimal supervision.
- Ability to travel frequently, if required.
- Possession of a clean and up to date riding license.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office.
- Fluency in spoken English and Kiswahili required.
- Knowledge of a local language (Gabra – Hurri Hills, Rendile – Mt Kulal and Samburu – Laisamis) is required.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to African Wildlife Foundation on recruiting.ultipro.com to apply.