Vacancy Announcement "LIVELIHOODS DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST"

The WCS Indonesia Marine program focuses on the establishment and effective management of MPAs and development of sustainable fisheries, as interlinked strategies to secure and manage Indonesia’s coastal marine resources. WCS is committed to assisting the Government of Indonesia to meet its national and international commitments to MPA establishment and management – including the commitment to achieve 20 million hectares of MPAs by 2020. MPAs benefit both biodiversity and fisheries management by protecting habitats and protecting breeding populations of important marine organisms. The basis of all of our work is scientific data. Our teams of marine biologists, fisheries scientists, and socioeconomic specialists inform project design with baseline surveys. Regular monitoring of resources informs all subsequent decision making.

WCS has started marine work in Indonesia in 2002 and has expertise in marine and socioeconomic surveying, fisheries science, marine protected area creation and management, marine and fisheries policy, and law enforcement. Through KfW funding for the period of 2019 – 2025, within these area of expertise, WCS will continue to support the Government of Indonesia through Sustainable Fisheries Management, Decreasing threats to coral reefs and Supporting the designation and management of protected areas.

This project aims at conserving Indonesia’s diverse marine ecosystems and important fisheries through creation and improvement of marine protected areas (MPA) and improved management of commercially and ecologically important fisheries. It will benefit the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, fisheries managers in West Nusa Tenggara, North Sulawesi and Aceh provinces, and local communities who rely on marine resources. It will address threats of overfishing, destructive fishing, and loss of marine habitats.

Under general supervision of the WCS Indonesia Country Director, the Livelihoods Development and Community Engagement Specialist will directly report to the KfW Marine Project Coordinator and coordinate closely and significantly on daily basis with other Program Manager(s) and Advisor(s) of the WCS Indonesia Marine team.

Position:              Livelihoods Development and Community Engagement Specialist

Based in:             Bogor

Reports to:          KfW Marine Project Coordinator

For more detailed information about Wildlife Conservation Society – Indonesia Program, the position and how to apply, please visit our website at:

https://indonesia.wcs.org/About-Us/Job-Vacancies/Livelihoods-Development-and-Community-Engagement-Specialist.aspx

When you are interested on the above position and consider that you possess the necessary qualification, please submit your job application consisting of updated curriculum vitae, expected salary, three professional references and a cover letter explaining your interest towards this work and/or this organization to wcsindonesia@wcs.org.

 

Please fill the “subject” column of the e-mails in this format "Livelihoods Development and Community Engagement Specialist_(name of candidate)"

 

                                                                     Deadline:

                                                                June 17th, 2019

                                 No correspondence, only short-listed candidates will be notified