Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, July 25 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Tasks and responsibilities
The National Specialist (Human-Wildlife Conflict Management) will undertake the following tasks:
• Examine the nature, extent and severity and root causes, for the human wildlife conflict in the selected project districts and how it profoundly impacts HWC consequences related to livelihoods, food security and ecosystem.
• Analyze the most prevalent HWC hotspot areas including the level of tolerance, land use/land cover change and its drivers as well as their effects on the human-wildlife interactions in the project target districts.
• Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the nature of the coexistence between communities and wildlife in the project target districts and propose potential improvements.
• Analyze measures for management and monitoring of HWCs based on best practice and experience at project target districts.
• Propose sustainable approaches that communities will benefit from the presence of wildlife as an alternate income to reduce conflicts; increase tolerance and promote peaceful co-existence, food security and wildlife conservation.
• Conduct an in-depth analysis of the laws and policies related to HWC. The analysis should also include the policy gaps if any and recommendations to address such gaps.
• Identify and assess the capacities of CSOs, community-based organizations, and other local institutions and their networks operating in the target areas dealing with HWC management, identify their capacity gaps and recommend strategies to strengthen their institutional and their network capacities.
• Examine the extent which the gender dynamics add into Human-Wildlife Conflicts and wildlife conservation measures. This information should include a gender-disaggregate data associated with human-wildlife conflict (HWC) in a participatory conservation context.
• Adheres to indicative reporting outline.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
• At least MSc Degree in Wildlife Management, Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation, Land Use and Geography or related disciplines.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Human Wildlife Conflict management, biodiversity and ecosystem conservation/restoration, Wildlife Management and Law Enforcement, land use planning and rural development.
• Fluent in working languages of English and Swahili.
• National of Tanzania or a legal resident in the country.

FAO Core Competencies
• Results focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building effective relationships
• Knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

Technical/Functional Skills
• Ability to gather, organize and analyse information.
• Capacity to interact professionally with a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Willingness to work and respond to reporting outlines.
• Ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Good communication and computer literacy.
• Proven knowledge on policy instruments related to wildlife management, biodiversity conservation/natural resources management and livelihoods.
• Experience to work on similar assignments in the same or other landscapes of Tanzania or elsewhere in the world.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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