Appel à candidature pour le recrutement d’un(e) Responsable des programmes de la foret du bassin de Congo basé à Brazzaville.

 

 

 

 

Job duties:

In support of the forestry teams of Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville and Cameroon). The position based in Brazzaville, will be under the responsibility of the Forest Hub Coordinator and will have the following main missions:
● Manage the implementation of field projects in conjunction with the WWF France, Cameroon, Congo and Gabon offices, by preparing, managing and reporting to public and private donors;
● Lead projects and provide technical support on the theme of community forestry;
● Develop payment for ecosystem services projects favorable to biodiversity and climate, with private forest concessionaires and/or community forests.

Qulifications

With a minimum BAC +5 training in ecology, management or forest economics (engineering school or university), you have a minimum of 5 years of experience during which you have acquired in particular:
● A practice of tropical forest management in the Congo Basin;
● An ability to develop and manage field projects;
● Proven knowledge of community forestry and the challenges of managing biodiversity and carbon in the forest;
● Knowledge of payment mechanisms for ecosystem services (including REDD+) as well as tools for managing and assessing biodiversity and carbon in the forest.

To succeed in this position, you also have the following skills and qualities:
● French and English (oral and written);
● Capacity development and project management;
● Good oral and writing skills;
● Force of conviction, good capacities for animation, communication and adaptation to different interlocutors, both in the public and private sectors;
● Ability to work transversally, in networks and in teams;
● Organization, rigour, autonomy.

Job conditions
● Position to be filled on a full-time permanent contract;
● Remuneration according to profile and experience;
● Position based at the headquarters of one of the WWF offices in the Congo Basin ecoregion;
● Plan regular trips to Gabon, Cameroon and Congo.

Please send your CV, cover letter and salary expectations to the following address: [email protected] no later than 27th July 2023 indicating imperatively in the subject line “CONGO BASIN FORESTS”.