Download JOB DESCRIPTION OF SECAD PROJECT EXECUTANT

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Position:
Project Executant
Reports to:
Ruvuma Landscape Program Coordinator
Supervises:
Four staff
Location:
Tunduru WWF Office/Matambwe
Background
The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania through a grant from the German
Government will be implementing a three year project to enhance conservation of the Selous
ecosystem through the Selous Ecosystem Conservation and Development Program (SECAD).
The major objective of SECAD is to effectively protect and manage the natural resources of
Selous Game Reserve and selected co-management zones in adjacent Districts while contributing
to the maintenance of the ecological integrity of the Selous Ecosystem. SECAD will be
implemented in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Frankfurt
Zoological Society (FZS), as well as an international consultant and will support the Ministry of
Natural Resources and Tourism’s Selous Game Reserve under the Wildlife Division as the
government overall implementing agency. When the Tanzania Wildlife Authority (TAWA) take
off and implement programs, this project and its management will then fall under TAWA.
WWF is one of the world’s largest and most experienced independent conservation organizations
and its mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future
in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world’s biological diversity,
ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable and promoting the reduction
of pollution and wasteful consumption.
WWF has set up a project team to support Selous Game Reserve Management and the Rovuma
Landscape, in planning, implementation and monitoring of project activities for the outreach
section and community based natural resource management (CBNRM) in the communities living
around SGR. In particular, WWF support will be integrated in the joint SECAD management
process (PMT project planning, implementation and monitoring). The main role of WWF will be
to advise the SGR management on the development of an outreach strategy for the Reserve as
part of the implementation of its GMP, setting up of an outreach section as part of its
management structure as well as ensuring that the management of natural resources around the
Reserve, in particular in the Selous Niassa Wildlife Corridor is brought in line with the SGR
overall conservation objectives.
It is against this background, that WWF is employing a Project Executant with the overall
responsibility to manage and oversee the WWF component of the SECAD Project to strengthen
its team in the WWF project office in Tunduru to implement the activities foreseen in the Selous
Niassa Wildlife Corridor. The Project Executant will be overall responsible for the fulfillment of
WWF’s role within the SECAD Project.
Responsibilities of the WWF SECAD Project Executant
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Oversee implementation of all SECAD field project activities; ensure delivery of results
within time plan and quality control of project deliverables. These refer in particular to:
o facilitate the marketing of 5 existing WMAs to produce the required output in attracting
and enable hunting and photographic tourism operations for AA income generation
o facilitate the improvement of AA internal management and coordination;
o support regular joint law enforcement and patrols of 5 AAs with Districts, zonal antipoaching unit and SGR sectors
o establish and support close dialogue with the key actors below:
 responsible local government officials from all the districts WWF work with in the
landscape; and
 key private sector actor players and development partners
o Strengthening 5 AAs, AAC and Districts in ecological and socio-economic monitoring to
evaluate impacts of WMAs
o contribute to the designing and development of criteria for livelihood and socio-economic
monitoring protocols at the field level
o facilitate the establishment of community natural resource business enterprises (beyond
hunting and photographic tourism) for priority villages that are part of the 5 WMAs;
including sustainable forest utilization on Village Land Forest Reserves (VLFR)
o support the implementing Resource Zone Management Plan (RZMP)/General
Management Plans in existing WMAs
o contribute to and support the implementation of environment education, public relations
and outreach/communication programs are implemented in 5 WMAs and SGR
o facilitate legal validation of SN Wildlife Corridor and support its recognition in regional
planning and TFCA (Trans-Frontier Conservation Area)
o Provide monthly progress reports of the SECAD activities to the Ruvuma Landscape
National Coordinator for incorporation into the Ruvuma Landscape Program as per the
TCO Country Strategic Plan
 Directly supervise WWF SECAD Field Project staff in Tunduru and Matambwe comprised
of M&E officer, Driver, Office Attendant and Outreach officer
 Facilitate the Organisation of Workshops at local level to review progress of activity
implementation within the framework of SECAD
 Support technical improvement of project implementation procedures to the districts and
facilitation of learning and knowledge management system
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Facilitate the establishment of a multi stakeholder/ multi-disciplinary project implementation
group within the landscape comprised of key interested stakeholders that will steer project
implementation inform and validate the data collection for informed decision making
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Contribute to oversee project consultants’ and development of ToR for engagement for
specific tasks contributing to the achievement of project results
Qualification
 At least Master Degree in natural resources related subject, with a minimum of 5 years
experiences in wildlife management and community work in Eastern or Southern Africa,
ideally in Tanzania
 Proven ability to work in and lead multi-cultural teams
 Flexible, culturally sensitive personality
 Strong project management skills
 Team leadership experience
 A coaching mentality
 Writing, reporting and presentation skills
 Language skills: Fluent in English, German and working knowledge of Kiswahili