DUTY STATION: Eastern Region of Nepal

PROJECT OVERVIEW

KTK-BELT is working with the Rainforest Trust to create new Conservation Areas in the eastern region of Nepal. The new Conservation Area will help expand protected areas, safeguarding endangered species on the IUCN Red List. To achieve this, KTK-BELT is building a team of project managers, thematic experts, community mobilizers, and youth fellows, to work at both the community level and at the advocacy level.

SCOPE OF WORK

The incumbent will create a strategic plan for assimilating date regarding threatened mammals including installation of camera traps to document movements of threatened mammal species in the proposed conservation areas such as snow leopard, musk deer, and pangolins.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define plans for improving wildlife conservation, protected area management, and policies based on research and science
• Identify important corridors for wildlife migration in the proposed Conservation Area and articulate the significance of these corridors for conservation of endangered mammal species as defined by IUCN
• Collect photos and video from camera trapping of threatened mammals in the region
• Compose memos and strategy papers
• Identify wildlife laws and policies which support local wildlife and arrange workshops to sensitize both staff and local communities to these frameworks

KEY QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE

• Masters or PhD in conservation biology or related field
• 3+ years’ field experience in species conservation work
• Publishing history and demonstrated writing/communication skills
• Fluency in Nepali and English Language
• Camera Trapping, radio collaring and other wildlife mapping/monitoring skills
• Experience in wildlife conservation, including invasive species, migratory species, habitat management
• Experience in undertaking activities aimed at improving wildlife conservation, protected area management (including community based conservation), wildlife laws and policies; experience working with protected area authorities and government counterparts

TIMING

Applications must be received by April 7, 2017. The position will be filled by the end of April 2017 and will be for an initial six-month term, with possibility of extension contingent on performance and funding.

RENUMERATION

Dependent on qualifications and experience and limited by allocation from the project funder.

APPLICATION PROCESS

The contract is for a six-month term with one-month trial basis. Please submit your cover letter, CV, 3 work samples and 3 references with a range for salary expectations to [email protected] or [email protected] including the position title in the subject heading of your email.