Vacancy #: 6111 Unit: Sri Lanka Programme Coordination Organisation: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Location: Sri Lanka Country Office, Colombo, Sri Lanka Based in Anuradhapura Reporting to: Project Manager-“Managing Together\" project Work percentage: 100% Grade: A3 Expected start date: 20 August 2022 Type of contract: Fixed-term (24 months with possibility of renewal) Closing date: 20 August 2022 BACKGROUND This is an IMMEDIATE local recruitment. Only Sri Lankan nationals, individuals with residence status or the appropriate employment visa for Sri Lanka are eligible to apply. Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted on a rolling basis and we may close the opening early. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest.
IUCN is a Membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organizations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organizations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together. IUCN Sri Lanka’s programs support sustainable natural resource management initiatives of Members and Partners.
IUCN is the responsible party for the implementation of the Ministry of Environment (MoE) led, Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project through UNDP, titled “Managing together: Integrating community-centred, ecosystem-based approaches into forestry, agriculture and tourism sectors.” This four-year GEF cycle 6 project aims to establish a holistic landscape approach incorporating biodiversity conservation into planning and implementation in agriculture, tourism, and forestry sectors in the Malwathu Oya Basin of North-Western Sri Lanka. The project will use IUCN in-country and global experience and has the potential to develop a number of multi-sector models to upscale at national and sub-national levels while sharing experience globally.
To support effective project delivery, project cycle management and facilitate professional networking with government, private sector and other stakeholder entities at field level, on behalf of MoE and UNDP, IUCN seeks a suitable candidate for the position of Upper Malwathu Community-Based Conservation Expert. H/She will be locally recruited and be responsible for the community level operations within the Malwathu Oya basin, including the Trial Landscapes. S/he will support the Project Manager and Project Assistant (Coordination) daily and seek advice from the Senior Technical Advisor, as needed. JOB DESCRIPTION KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the direct guidance of Senior Technical Advisor and overall supervision of the Project Manager (PM), and also in collaboration with LCO, Upper Malwathu Community-Based Conservation Expert would focus on development and implementation of participatory consultation within communities and between communities and local government, the development of village-cluster level land-use plans and technical and material support for livelihood-focused project interventions in natural resource management (Outputs 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5).
SPECIFIC DUTIES
• Organize and implement with the LCO a public information and involvement programme in the selected Focal Village Clusters of TL1 so that the general public and community-based organizations understand and embrace the aims of the Project (Output 3.1)
• Slowly get to know the local community and its environs and carry out a public consultation to inform people about the landscape design and the FVC land-use plans and answer questions that people have.
• Collect opinions regarding people's understanding of the impacts that as themselves and b) others
• have on biodiversity and ecological services and what impacts they might have in the future both locally and further afield (through pollution or overuse of water, for example), including on vegetation, on wild species of plants and animals
• Design, with local stakeholders, Project staff and consultants, and with the input of relevant organizations a process to engage slowly and patiently over the whole project period as a resident, with individuals and organizations in the community and local government officials (Output 3.2)
• Coordinate and oversee the collection of data required for local land-use plans and the development of livelihood-focused interventions (Output 2.3)
• Support the LCP and the ILCA during the landscape design process with particular reference to providing socio-economic and biophysical data for the FVCs
• Carry out a slow and steady consultative land-use planning process, building community confidence, engaging side-lined groups (such as women and the disabled) traditionally. For possible approaches, see papers such as Felix G. Bello, Neil Carr & Brent Lovelock (2016) Community participation framework for protected area-based tourism planning, Tourism Planning & Development, 13:4, 469-485
• Make contact with and develop links through the PM with public and private sector partners who are interested in collaborating on livelihood-focused interventions under Output 3.5
• Arrange periodic exchange meetings so that CCEs and members of the FVC teams from different Trial Landscapes can compare progress and conditions
• Other duties assigned by the line manager. REQUIREMENTS • A demonstrated ability to take the initiative in difficult situations
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills
• Able to live and work in remote areas
• A Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field with 3 years of working experience
• At least 2 years of work experience in the field of biodiversity conservation, consensus building with communities and community organizations regarding natural resource management.
• Excellent command of the English and Sinhala or Tamil language (verbal/written) and coupled with excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience in office applications (MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and web-based management tools, systems and internet search SALARY The minimum gross annual salary for this position is LKR 1'127'353. While this is an indicative amount effective as of the current date, changes may occur as per IUCN's compensation practices without prior notice. The same applies to other organisations hosted by IUCN.
APPLICATIONS
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