Senior Advisor on Biodiversity and Natural Resources Management

The Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a German international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations.

Due to a delay of institutional implementation the Biodiversity and Climate Change Project (BIOCLIME) of the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry, supported by the German International Cooperation (GIZ) on behalf of the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) seeks again qualified Indonesian experts for the following positions:

Senior Advisor on Biodiversity and Natural Resources Management

Based in Palembang, South Sumatra

Responsibilities:

Advice to/on

-       district government, private- and public institutions on monitoring of biodiversity, fragmentation, degradation and carbon stocks of relevant forest ecosystems.

-       development of biodiversity indicators and parameters to measure fragmentation and degradation of forest eco-systems.

-       establishment of nature conservation areas and development of protection and management concepts for selected forest eco-systems integrating emission reduction and carbon stock enhancement.

-       Support of facilitation of a multi-stakeholder forum for participatory planning and decision making for biodiversity preservation and  protection of selected forest ecosystems

Qualification:

·         Minimum Masters/MSc in the fields of biology, ecology, forestry or natural resources management

·         Minimum of 10 years professional working experience, preferably at province and district level, in the following issues.

·         Profound knowledge in the fields of biodiversity of forest eco-systems, management of conservation, protection and production forests, good knowledge of climate change
         issues and its impact on forest eco-systems, knowledge of international forest and climate relevant conventions, excellent knowledge of the Indonesian forestry and nature
         conservation sector.

·         Good written and spoken English skills.

Duration of the contract: May 2014 – Nov. 2016

Please submit your letter of interest in English with a comprehensive curriculum vitae and salary expectation (in Rupiah) by the 10^th of April 2014 to: helmut.dotzauer@giz.de and berthold.haasler@giz.de