DRC Programs Coordinator – Half Time Position

Experience / Training

Specifications

We are looking for a dynamic individual who is motivated by our mission, able to take initiative, has strong leadership and communication skills and can adapt to change and complexity.

1. Technical skills and competencies

• Essential: perfectly fluent in French and English (written and spoken);
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills;
• Ability to lead strategic thinking and strategic project development;
• Ability to adapt strategies and plans to changes in local context and budget availability, while maintaining coherence and optimizing resources;
• Ability to solve problems creatively while getting the job done;
• Ability to develop realistic work plans and oversee their implementation;
• Ability to develop, implement, and review monitoring and evaluation plans;
• Willingness and ability to travel to DRC including in remote forest areas at least once per year;
• Willingness and ability to work remotely and to manage workload and priorities with relative autonomy and guidance.

2. Knowledge and experience

• Relevant higher education degree;
• At least 5-8 years’ experience of project management, monitoring, and evaluation in community forestry or related topic;
• Experience of working with local partners in the Congo Basin region, preferably in DRC;
• Experience in report and proposal writing;
• Excellent knowledge of/demonstrated interest in community-based forest management and related topics – conservation, climate change, biodiversity, agroforestry, agriculture, fisheries, NTFP, as well as implementation challenges;
• Demonstrated commitment toward issues of inclusion in community forests, including women and indigenous people;
• Good management skills; experience in managing staff and/or consultants;
• Experience in budget and financial management in a non-governmental organization;
• High level of competence in using software packages, including the main Microsoft Office applications.

Salairy

One-year contract with 3 month probation period; part-time consultancy, average of 20 hours per week. Compensation based on experience and geographic location.

How to apply

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to email their applications to [email protected] by January 31, 2021.

Applications should be submitted in English and should include:

• A cover letter (include compensation expectation for average 20 hour/week)
• A CV
• At least 3 professional references