Vacancy #: 6948 Unit: Bangladesh Programme Coordination Organisation: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Location: Bangladesh Project Office, Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh Reporting to: Programme Manager, Species and Habitats Work percentage: 100% Grade: A2 Expected start date: 28 August 2024 Type of contract: Fixed-term (6 months) Closing date: 14 August 2024 BACKGROUND IUCN, represented by its Bangladesh Country Office, is implementing a project with support from the FAO to implement human-wildlife conflict mitigation activities in Cox’s Bazar. IUCN requires Programme Assistant for smooth operation of the project in Cox’s Bazar, over the project period. JOB DESCRIPTION Under the overall guidance from the Country Representative of IUCN Bangladesh and the Programme Manager, Species and Habitats, the Project Manager the Programme Assistant will be responsible for the following matters related to the project:
The Programme Assistant will be responsible for the following matter related to the project:
10.1 Assist the project team to implement the project by developing and executing the work plan, and designing and conducting surveys, assessments, research, and field interventions.
10.2 Support to the project manager and team in identification and selection of elephant non-preferred crop farmers, provide them training and non-preferred crop cultivation support like seed, fertilizers, fencing materials etc.
10.3 Support to the project manager and team the selection of non-preferred crop varieties in consultation with community people and DAE.
10.4 Support to the project manager and team the requirement collection and distribution of FAO procured non-preferred crop planting materials and other agriculture inputs in collaboration with FAO.
10.5 Support to the project manager and team regular communication with Elephant Non-preferred crop farmers and collect crop raiding information to measure the effectiveness of Elephant Non-preferred crop.
10.6 Support to the project manager and team the development of monitoring protocol with specific indicators in line with the signed LoA and use it for project performance monitoring from activity to results levels.
10.7 Lead in analyzing the risk in non-preferred crop cultivation and take proactive measures to address those risks in advance in coordination with project team.
10.8 Maintain regular communication with wildlife response team, community people, Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) and BFD staff to maintain field level coordination.
10.9 Lead in organizing different project events with people of concern and other stakeholders (e.g. discussions, meetings, workshops, training sessions, knowledge sharing events, and promotional opportunities for the project) in Cox’s Bazar.
10.10 Assist project team in data collection from the fields on human-wildlife conflict to understand the nature, scale, and related attributes (e.g. elephant movement routes, corridors, environment, social structures, nature of loss and damage caused by elephants) that are affecting the conflicts.
10.11 Assist project team in the formation of Wildlife Response Teams from host communities with support from Bangladesh Forest Department and, FAO.
10.12 Assist project team to arrange training programme for Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) frontline staffs on wildlife rescue and distribution of wildlife rescue tools.
10.13 Assist project team to organize capacity building activities for Wildlife Response Team to ensure their effective engagement as per the project documents.
10.14 Assist project team in providing logistics to the Wildlife Response Team members and Bangladesh Forest Department’s (BFD) frontline staffs (e.g. high-powered search lights, hand mikes, whistles, torch lights, wildlife rescue tools) and ensure proper utilization and maintenance of those items.
10.15 Assist project team in collecting information on the impacts, lessons, and challenges of human-wildlife conflict mitigation measures undertaken by the project in and around the camp area.
10.16 Assist project team in developing, location selection, installation and distribution of project communication materials like signboards, posters and flyers.
10.17 Assist the project team members in preparing project documents and reports, including donor reports, event reports, case studies, factsheets, and web-stories.
10.18 Ensure that IUCN’s and FAO’s policies and mandates as outlined in the LoA is duly complied with in all project activities.
10.19 Undertake any other tasks that may be assigned by the Country Representative of IUCN Bangladesh and the Programme Manager, Species and Habitats. REQUIREMENTS • MSc in Zoology/Wildlife Biology//Forestry/Agriculture/ Environmental Science, or other related field
• 2-3 years’ working experience in the relevant to the terms of reference.
• Excellent presentation, writing and spoken communication skills in English and Bangla are essential. APPLICATIONS
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