Description du poste
Job Description Position: Regional Community Conservation Manager Reports To: Regional Technical Director Positions Managed: None Location: Kigali-Africa Regional Hub Position type: Full-time Scope/Capacity: Regional Sudano-Sahel Coordinate with: Regional social safeguards coordinator, country community conservation leads, WCS Global Markets team, WCS global Rights+Communities team. About WCSThe Wildlife Conservation Society is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City working to save wildlife and wild lands and to meet global challenges in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and the world’s oceans. Africa is one of WCS’s largest field engagements, with approximately 1, 500 staff in 13 country programs managed through three regional programs (Central Africa, Sudano-Sahel, East Africa, Madagascar and Western Indian Ocean)Our Mission is to save wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education and inspiring people to value nature. Our VISION is a world where wildlife thrives in healthy lands and seas valued by societies that embrace and benefit from the diversity and integrity of life on earth. Our GOAL is to conserve the world’s largest wild places in 13 priority regions, home to more than 50% of the world’s biodiversity. Our VALUES are Respect, Accountability and Transparency, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion, Collaboration, and Integrity. Organization Background The Sudano-Sahel Region presents unparalleled opportunities for WCS to play a direct role in saving some of the last remaining intact wildernesses on the planet and to contribute significantly to the security of people and wildlife. The savannas, forests, and wetlands of the region support key populations of elephants, northern giraffes, lions, and elands. Communities also depend on the land for their livelihoods through pastoralism, agriculture, fishing, and hunting. WCS has a strong conservation history and proven success in protected area management and a significant presence within the Sudano-Sahel Region. The countries within Sudano Sahel where WCS has conservation initiatives include Chad, Central African Republic (CAR), Nigeria, and Cameroon. Specifically, we have significant existing protected area commitments in the north of Central African Republic and are developing new protected area initiatives in Chad as well as sup...