WWF CONSERVATION OFFICER VACANCY - VIETNAM NATIONAL
WWF, the conservation organization, has a global network active in 96 countries. Through its Indochina Programme Office in Hanoi, WWF is working in partnership with the Forest Protection Department of Thua Thien Hue Province to implement a four-year project, "Green Corridor - meeting global conservation targets in a productive landscape", in central Vietnam. WWF is seeking applicants for two Vietnamese national project staff positions to be based in Hue City, Vietnam. Details are below:· Position : Conservation Officer (National)
The Project Conservation Officer is a 30 month full-time position to the project. The Conservation Officer will be contracted by WWF to assist in developing appropriate strategies for conservation and sustainable resource use management. S/he will undertake biological and socio-economic survey work, were appropriate, work with communities to develop participatory management plans and resource-use strategies, assist in conservation awareness and hunting and enforcement activities, aand other tasks were appropriate.
Required qualifications and experience:
· Bachelor's degree in conservation science, natural resource management or related fields.
· At least three years field experience in natural resource management, land-use planning, biological assessment or related fields
· Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams.
· Excellent written and oral communication skills together with the ability to act as a translator in the field and office as required. Good English language skills are therefore an advantage
· Experience in working with multi-disciplinary conservation projects is desirable.
- Interested candidates should send their job applications by the 15th January 2006 specifying for which position they are applying, and their CVs in English, to Chris Dickinson ( Chief Technical Advisor) by email ( chris-wwfhue@vnn.vn ) or by mail to the Green Corridor Project Office, c/o Chi Cuc Kiem Lam Thua Thien Hue, 18 Doan Huu Trung Street, Hue City . Informal enquiries should made to Van Ngoc Thinh (thinh-wwfhue@vnn.vn) or 054887323.
For information concerning WWF Indochina and its projects in Vietnam, consult our web site at http://www.wwfindochina.org . Only short-listed candidates will be notified.
