Senior Policy Officer

The Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia Program (WCS-IP) contributes substantially to the conservation of biodiversity in Indonesia through landscape-level conservation, protected areas, species conservation actions, and engaging local communities. WCS-IP has also successfully contributed to the conservation of biodiversity and also efforts to combat illegal wildlife trade in Indonesia. To increase the effectiveness of interventions on biodiversity conservation, wildlife protections, and law enforcement for tackling illegal wildlife trade, Wildlife Trade and Policy Program (WTP) is established.

The two over-arching objectives of the WTP are: i) Counter illegal wildlife trade through strengthening law enforcement capacity, intelligence-led approaches and improved inter-agency coordination; and, ii) Strengthen the national policy, regulatory framework and data management systems for species conservation and wildlife trade as well as the implementation of CITES and CBD. To achieve the objectives, WTP supports Government of Indonesia (GoI) through technical assistance, develop partner’s capacity, actively engage in dialogues and meetings with stakeholders, facilitating discussions and provides data and information. The activities are conducted in national level and throughout WCS-IP’s field sites.

The Senior Policy Officer will be required to contribute mainly in the project management activities, as well as research, related to national policy for species protection and wildlife trade. More specifically, the Senior Policy Officer is expected to provide assistance in the implementation of international convention commitment in Indonesia and to build comprehensive relationship with WCS-IP key stakeholders.

Position:              Senior Policy Officer             

Based in:             Bogor

Reports to:          Wildlife Policy 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/Vacancies/ID/13760/Senior-Policy-Officer.aspx

Senior Policy Officer > WCS Indonesia

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

 

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                                                                Deadline:

                                                          February 21, 2020

                              No correspondence, only short-listed candidates will be notified