Location: Garoua, Cameroon
Reports To: Director BSB Yamoussa Project
Start date: November 2021
Position Type: Minimum 2-year full time contract (with possibility for renewal)
Organization Background
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues, crafting science-based solutions, and taking conservation actions that benefit nature and humanity. With more than a century of experience, long-term commitments in dozens of landscapes, presence in more than 60 nations, and experience helping to establish over 150 protected areas across the globe, WCS has amassed the biological knowledge, cultural understanding and partnerships to ensure that vibrant, wild places and wildlife thrive alongside local communities. Working with local communities and organizations, that knowledge is applied to address species, habitat and ecosystem management issues critical to improving the quality of life of poor rural people whose livelihoods depend on the direct utilization of natural resources.
Cameroon Program Overview
WCS first began working in Cameroon in 1988 with a study on elephants in Korup National Park. In 1992, this work extended to the Banyang Mbo Council Forest Reserve that become the Banyang Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary in 1996. During the same year, WCS conducted the first wildlife surveys in the Lobeké forest area in Southeast Cameroon. After subsequent work by WCS, Lobeké ultimately became a National Park in 2001. WCS organized the first broad exploratory biological and socio-economic surveys of the Mbam & Djerem region and in 2000, as a result of the information gathered, the Cameroon government declared the establishment of Mbam & Djerem National Park. In 2006, WCS Cameroon began work in the Deng Deng forest known to be home to an important population of western lowland gorillas, with the objective of upgrading the area to protected area status. As a result of research and advocacy work in the area, the government of Cameroon declared the creation of the Deng Deng National Park in March 2010. WCS Cameroon also started working in the Takamanda Mone landscape in 2001. The Takamanda National Park and the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary were established by the government of Cameroon in 2008. This area is one of the most biologically diverse in Africa and provides the last remaining stronghold for the Cross River gorilla in both Cameroon and Nigeria. WCS Cameroon has been actively involved in the Bouba Ndjida National Park since 2012 through support for anti-poaching operations and large mammal population surveys. In 2016, WCS received a generous grant from the German Development bank (KfW) for the implementation of a full-scale transboundary conservation project between Cameroon and Chad. WCS recently received a grant from the European Union for the implementation of the EcoNorCam project
Job Summary
WCS Cameroon is recruiting a Logistics Officer, who will be in charge of planning, coordinating and monitoring all logistics activities in Northern Cameroon. This includes procurement, construction of infrastructure, fleet management, and support for conservation activities while respecting WCS and donor protocols and standards.
He/she will work in close collaboration with the other divisions of the BSB and EcoNorCam projects. He/she must have excellent communication skills and have a solution-oriented and adaptable approach to a challenging working environment.
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