Scope of Work:
The incumbent will be responsible for the overall development, coordination, and management of our conservation and environmental education and public awareness programs.

Qualification/Experience Desired:

• Masters in natural resource resources management, botany, ecology, biodiversity, plant sciences, or related fields
  
• Minimum of 3-5 years experience in biodiversity and habitat conservation, and/or environmental education and/or natural resources management (NRM)
  
• Ability to understand and share technical/scientific issues with diverse audiences
  
• Advanced knowledge of scientific, technical, or policy issues in the conservation discipline
  
• Knowledge of environmental science and conservation science
  
• Ability to explain conservation practices to technical and non-technical audiences
  
• Completing tasks independently with respect to timeline(s)
  
• Excellent communication skills via written, spoken and graphical means in English and other relevant languages
  
• Demonstrated passion and enthusiasm for the conservation of species and habitats
  
• Energetic, hard-working, self-directed, and able to take direction and work in complex teams to achieve difficult policy objectives
  

Key Responsibilities:

• Environmental Education Program Coordination
  
• In collaboration with our outdoor education team and BELT schools work on improving the existing environmental education curriculum
  
• Contribute to successful programming by preparing the modules and lessons for outdoor classrooms
  
• Provide an engaging, nurturing, and compassionate education to students
  
• Directly assist in the supervision and encouragement of students
  
• Safely lead groups on the outdoor education classes
  
• Develop of an outdoor education curriculum that interfaces with the existing school curriculum with the educational plant trails and Learning Grounds
  
• Work plan development and coordination of outdoor education
  
• Develop a monitoring framework to evaluate the impact of the program
  
• Training and Capacity Building
  
• Research into training opportunities for fellows to strengthen their understanding of environmental education
  
• Mentor, guide and work alongside selected fellows
  
• Government and school coordination
  
• Responsible for coordination between BELT schools, YPLG, KTK-BELT and other external partners
  
• Build and cultivate a strong partnership with faculty, staff, and community at assigned partner schools
  
• Coordination between government stakeholders including the Department of Education and Ministry of Education
  

Timing: Applications must be received by April 1st, 2018. The position will be filled by April 10th 2018 and will be for an initial three-month trial term, with possibility of extension contingent on performance.

Renumeration: Competitive salary package with benefits for the ideal candidate

Duty Station: Eastern Region of Nepal