Job opening

Job offer

For the position of Livelihoods and Natural Resources Officer

 

Organization: Association for the Development of Protected Areas (ADAP), https://www.adap.ch/en/

Location: Kapumpa, Sikonge District, Tabora Region, Tanzania

Work percentage: 100%

Expected start date: as soon as possible

Application deadline: 22 February 2023

 

Background

ADAP is a Swiss non-governmental organisation set up in Geneva in 1997. It supports local community-based natural resource management initiatives in Africa. ADAP assumes that any conservation initiative that does not take into account the needs of the local communities is doomed to failure. ADAP has been supporting projects in Tanzania since 2002 and has a Tanzanian branch since 2008.

The Rungwa River corridor project was launched in 2018 and aims to support and accompany the villages bordering the Rungwa River Forest Reserve in establishing a joint forest management (JFM) to secure their rights to the reserve, its management and the income generated from it. The project will be developed along two lines, the first aiming to facilitate the establishment of village institutional structures for the management of the reserve, the second to support the development of income-generating activities for the benefit of the communities of 14 villages of the Mlele, Sikonge and Itigi Districts by focusing on two sectors: honey and wild edible mushrooms.

Job description

Responsibilities

Livelihoods and natural resources officer is responsible to implement all activities linked to natural resources users and ecological monitoring of the “Community forests management of the Rungwa corridor project”. She/he dialogues and collaborates with the different natural resources stakeholders.

Specific duties

Under the overall supervision of the Project Manager and local partners, the livelihoods and natural resources officer will do:

1. Implementation of livestock and non-timber forest products activities

  • Support the groups of cattle keepers, beekeepers and mushrooms gatherers with their daily challenges.
  • Assist in the organisation of trainings in modern beekeeping, cattle keeping and mushroom gathering.
  • Conduct monitoring about local livelihoods, cattle keeping practices, natural resources use and sales of honey and mushrooms on the local markets.

2. Support community-based natural resources management in the ecological corridor

  • Assist the project manager in the capacity building of the JMF committee of Rungwa River FF
  • Collect some ecological and social data for the management plan of Rungwa river FR
  • Assist the associations of producers to get the certification of their products
  • Participate in the conception and implementation of the Environmental Education component targeting schools from neighbouring villages.

3. Ecological monitoring

  • Supervise wildlife monitoring with camera traps undertaken by Village Game Scouts.
  • Store and sort out the ecological data collected by the Village Game Scouts.
  • Supervise the forest monitoring undertaken by Village Game Scouts.
  • GIS mapping.

4. Reporting

  • Submit monthly detailed reports about livelihoods and natural resources activities.
  • Send pictures and coordinates of the ecological observations and patrols arrests to ADAP Geneva.
  • Provide to the project supervisor and accountant all the information and documents they require to ensure a proper management.

Requirements

  • Bachelor degree in natural resource management, wildlife, beekeeping or relevant field
  • Proven track record of experience in community-based natural resource management, especially beekeeping and wild mushrooms
  • Knowledge of Tanzanian medium and large mammal species
  • Ability to use a GPS and strong skills in using GIS software
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft software Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
  • Good knowledge of Tanzania natural resource policies and legislations
  • Ability to drive a motorbike in the bush
  • Willingness to be based and work in remote rural area
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with rural communities
  • Excellent command of written and spoken Kiswahili and English is essential

 

Applications

Applicants are requested to send a cover letter and their Curriculum Vitae with the contacts of three references to the following e-mail address: recruitment@adap.ch. Deadline 22 February 2023.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

For any further information please contact: romanus.mwakimata@adap.ch

 

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