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Ca Global recruits 01 Field Operations Manager



Ca Global recruits 01 Field Operations Manager

Field Operations Manager (Parks / Conservation / Wildlife / Africa / Ranger / Anti-Poaching), Chad
Chad, Chad
Ref: MIM
Role Overview
To effectively develop and manage all aspects of the Reserve. This will include the standard; Park management & Infrastructure, Counter-poaching, Research & Monitoring, Building a Constituency for Conservation, Tourism once in place and, Administration, Human Resources and Finance
Client Description:
Our client is a non-profit organisation that takes total responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with governments and local communities.
Our client currently manages more than 12 parks in different African countries
Duties & Responsibilities, KPA:
Infrastructure development
To initially construct a basic forward operational base to be equipped with stores, communication equipment, a small workshop accommodation and office space from where the park can be managed.
To construct an all-weather access road from their existing park to the new park.
After establishing the protected area boundaries to open a boundary road that corresponds with the actual protected area boundary.
To open a road network inside the protected area.
To construct a basic all-weather access road to the interior of the protected area to serve as the logistical backbone to support ranger teams in the wet season.
To construct sufficient airstrips, including all-weather airstrips, to allow aerial support.
If necessary, ensure dry season water access for wildlife by enhancing existing waterholes.
Law Enforcement
To select and train a small ranger team for initial law enforcement operations in the protected area.
To initially stop nomads from entering the protected area. This will have to be handled sensitively through sensitization rather than by force.
To put in place a basic rotation schedule to ensure 24/7 presence in the protected area.
To be involved in the daily patrol deployments from the Control Room in order to be on top of the anti-poaching patrols.
Once possible to do regular surveillance flights.
To provide the park manager with a monthly report on the law enforcement effort.
Conservation, Research & Monitoring
To initially record all wildlife animals found in the protected area and to create an animal and bird species list.
To ensure firebreaks are put in place at the end of the wet season to protect the protected area from fires started outside the area.
To eventually put in place the necessary preparations to receive wildlife from other parks for translocation.
To monitor the movements of any translocated wildlife through satellite tracking.
Building a Constituency for Conservation
Through sensitization meetings inform all nomads upon arrival at the beginning of the dry season of the protected area boundaries and the benefits of having a protected area.
Through regular community meetings inform the sedentary villagers of the protected area boundaries and the benefits of having a protected area.
To assist the sedentary villages and the nomads upon their arrival with basic education through a schooling system similar to the elephant school project run by one of the parks.
After careful consideration, and within the guidelines of the development plan for the Melfi area, provide seasonal water for the nomads outside of the protected area.
Other
Build and maintain good relations with the local authorities in the area.
Ensure a motivated staff through team building initiatives and incentives when and where necessary.
Properly plan the use of shared resources, like earth moving equipment, with the PM.
Any other duties as requested by the park manager.
Reporting:
To provide the park manager with a standard format monthly report by the latest the 5th of each month on the activities in the protected area.
Other conditions:
Final employment will take place after the satisfactory completion of a 3-month probation period.
Proficiency in the French language.
Key relationships
Park Manager and Management Team in the neighbouring Park.
Regional law enforcement staff.
Local authorities
Objective:
Good relationships with all stakeholders.
Necessary infrastructure in place to manage the park and provide logistics for the law enforcement team.
Zero nomads entering the park and any poaching activities contained.
Certain key wildlife species translocated and settled in.
Local communities buy in to conservation as the best form of land use for the area.
Motivated staff.
Education & Experience Required:
Able to communicate in French.
Qualifications in protected area management;
Experience in protected area management;
Experience in counter-poaching, preferably military or police background;
Infrastructure development experience.
Ability to work in remote area on his/her own – can get along on their own away from other people with the bare minimum. The Park does not have any permanent structures and will continue to be a lonely place until it becomes a National Park and the full unit compliment is employed;
Practical development experience – the top priority for the FOM is to put in place the necessary infrastructure (roads, airstrips and bases);
Initiative – self-starter able to get things done and solve problems with minimal oversight;
Benefits and Contractual information:
Location: Chad
Reporting to: Park Manager (PM)
Direct Reports: The entire Park operation as part of the greater strategy
Start Date: to be discussed
Salary: Neg.
Duration: employment contracts run for 3 years, with the possibility to renew
Benefits: Emergency evacuation and hospitalization medical insurance, Group life and disability cover for up to 6X annual salary, 21 days leave (excluding max of 4 travel days) for every 100 days worked, 3 return economy class return flights annually to home country (if expat),
Please apply directly, by clicking on the Apply Button and visit www.caglobalint.com for the latest CA Global jobs.
Michelle Muir
Senior Associate
CA Global Africa Recruitment
If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

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