Associate Scientist – Protected Areas (PA) and Other Effective Areas-based Conservation Measures (OECM) Governance

  • Dakar Senegal
  • Deadline: 28 February 2025
  • Partner: CIFOR-ICRAF

CIFOR-ICRAF

This position will provide technical leadership on protected areas & OECMs management and governance in the development and implementation of the Regional Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity & Forests initiative. A focus will be made on the outreach of the Interactive Management Effectiveness Tool (IMET) and the capacity building of coaches, national administrations in charge of PAs, and PA managers.

Duties and responsibilities

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  1. Animate and support the network of
    IMET coaches in developing training tools and approaches for IMET users (PA
    & OCEM managers, national administrations, regional networks, etc.)

  2. Support the training of PA/OECM
    managers,
      national and regional
    administrations on the use of the IMET and Decision Support System (DSS) for
    the analysis, planning, monitoring and evaluation of conserved and protected
    areas

  3. Organize recycling training of IMET
    coaches, PA managers and national administrations.

  4. Organize and participate in
    conferences, workshops, seminars and study tours

  5. Facilitate communication using
    publications to raise awareness on PAs and OECMs governance and solution to
    address biodiversity issues and restore degraded natural resources

  6. Facilitate reviews, baseline studies
    and IMET assessments of biodiversity in protected and conserved areas and
    approaches for landscape rehabilitation.

  7. Ensure timely project deliverables
    (research output, trainings, synthesis, tools, and quality scientific
    publications) and reporting

  8. Facilitate the coordination between
    IMET stakeholders (JRC, PA managers, Regional Centres of Excellence,
    NaturAfrica regional technical assistance (RTA)).

  9. Develop partnership within and outside
    CIFOR-ICRAF for advancing the science, particularly related to forestry,
    protected areas and ecosystems governance and biodiversity.

  10. Represent CIFOR-ICRAF in government
    programs and working groups when requested, and at external meetings where
    appropriate

  11. Contribute to governance-related
    research and analyze, document, and publish project findings.


Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Natural Resources
    Management (Forestry, Agroforestry, Agriculture, Ecology, Natural Resource
    Management) with strong expertise in biodiversity conservation

  • Three (3) years of relevant experience
    in protected areas management, with an extensive knowledge of the IMET and
    other PAME tools.

  • Proven experience in protected and
    conserved areas management and governance approaches and biodiversity across
    Africa

  • Extensive knowledge of ecological
    interactions at landscape level and environmental services

  • Extensive knowledge of PAME assessment
    tools, methods

  • Proven experience on capacity building
    and stakeholder training on PAs/OECMs, integrated landscape approaches, natural
    resources management

  • Experience in technologies and tools
    to collect and analyse field data, models and approaches coupled with scenarios
    development for decision making

  • Experience in participatory design of
    natural resources management plans.

  • Experience in collaborating with
    multi-disciplinary teams, private and public sector partners, and governments

  • Good experience coordinating
    multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary research for development projects

  • Experience in supervising staff and in
    mentoring young scientists and technical staff.

Education, knowledge and experience

•Master’s degree in Natural Resources Management (Forestry, Agroforestry, Agriculture, Ecology, Natural Resource Management) with strong expertise in biodiversity conservation
•Three (3) years of relevant experience in protected areas management, with an extensive knowledge of the IMET and other PAME tools.
•Proven experience in protected and conserved areas management and governance approaches and biodiversity across Africa
•Extensive knowledge of ecological interactions at landscape level and environmental services
•Extensive knowledge of PAME assessment tools, methods
•Proven experience on capacity building and stakeholder training on PAs/OECMs, integrated landscape approaches, natural resources management
•Experience in technologies and tools to collect and analyse field data, models and approaches coupled with scenarios development for decision making
•Experience in participatory design of natural resources management plans.
•Experience in collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams, private and public sector partners, and governments
•Good experience coordinating multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary research for development projects
•Experience in supervising staff and in mentoring young scientists and technical staff.

Terms and conditions

•This is a Locally Recruited position. CIFOR-ICRAF offers competitive remuneration in local currency commensurate with skills and experience.
•The duty station will be in Dakar, Senegal CIFOR-ICRAF Offices.

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