Description du poste
Reporting to: Technical Director.
Working Relationships: Senior Consultant in Protected Area Management, Marine Landscape Coordinator, WCS Gabon technical teams, WCS park managers, ANPN, MINEF, DGPA, Ministry of the Sea, and other relevant government agencies.
Localisation
Work Location: Libreville, with frequent field assignments in national parks, landscapes, and project sites where WCS operates in Gabon.
Position Type: Full time
Overview of the Program in Gabon:
WCS’s history in Gabon began in 1985 with the first national census of forest elephants, followed by a comprehensive assessment of conservation priorities. This work contributed to the creation of the network of 13 national parks in 2002 and subsequently to the development of the network of marine protected areas. In October 2025, WCS and the National Agency for National Parks (ANPN) signed a partnership agreement establishing a roadmap to prepare for long-term collaborative management partnerships for several parks. This roadmap includes Priority Support Projects (PSPs) designed to address urgent operational needs, strengthen management systems, and lay the technical, institutional, operational, and financial groundwork for future Collaborative Management Partnerships (CMPs). Law enforcement and wildlife crime prevention efforts are further supported by several projects and funding sources within the WCS Gabon portfolio, notably the INL project to combat wildlife trafficking and the NaturAfrica project to support protected area management. The objective is to mobilize this support within a common programmatic framework by strengthening systems, capacities, and tools that can be used sustainably by national authorities and park managers, including in the preparation of future CMPs.
Job Summary
WCS is seeking a LEM/CWT ((Law Enforcement Management/ Counter Wildlife Trafficking) Technical Advisor to strengthen protection, monitoring, and law enforcement in terrestrial and marine protected areas supported by its program, in support of the relevant government agencies and in accordance with their sovereign mandates....