Background
The Wildlife Conservation Society
(WCS) has a distinguished history of scientists exploring and saving wildlife
in some of the most remote and wild places remaining on Earth. WCS has long
recognized that successful conservation requires a long-term commitment to
individuals and places. Such a commitment has defined the culture and style of
the Global Conservation Program, including the Indonesia Program.
The Wildlife Conservation Society
Indonesia Program (WCS-IP) has significantly grown over the last decades, and
contributed substantially to the conservation of biodiversity in Indonesia. We
currently work in several landscapes in Sumatra and Sulawesi where we aim at
protecting threatened species and their habitat. In order to achieve our
overall goal of saving wildlife and wild places, the WCSIP programs are
strongly supported and backed up by field activities that aim to reduce and
mitigate human-wildlife conflicts, combat illegal logging, encroachment and
deploys patrol to protect the habitat, and monitor and sustain the health of wildlife.
Human-Wildlife conflicts in the
landscapes where WCS-IP works have increased over the last decennia as human
populations continue to expand into the wilderness areas. These have resulted
into negative impacts on people and their resources as well as wildlife species
and their habitat. Through a number of interventions, WCS-IP aims to mitigate
the human-wildlife conflicts and ensure a sustainable co-existence between
people and wildlife.
To increase the effectiveness of
our conservation interventions and to strengthen the role of WCS-IP in
mitigating human-wildlife conflicts, WCS-IP has decided to establish a unit,
called WRU (Wildlife Response Unit). As WRU unit covers the area of Bukit
Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP) and Bukit Balai Rejang Selatan (BBRS),
WCS-IP is looking for a strong and motivated WRU Team Leader to lead this unit.
The Team Leader will be required to plan, manage and run the unit. The work
will cover field interventions, compiling and analyzing data regarding
human-wildlife conflicts, and developing innovative interventions to address
the issues.
The Team Leader is also
responsible to run SMART patrol as an intervention approach to reduce forestry
crime including illegal encroachment, hunting, and logging by systematic
patrols. The Team Leader will work day-to-day with forest rangers and community
rangers to design the strategy and implementation of SMART patrol to protect
BBSNP. The Team Leader will be advised by Law Enforcement Legal Advisor and
assist law enforcement activities such as arresting illegal logger, encroacher,
and poacher during the patrol.
The position will be based in
Kota Agung, with intensive trips to the field to run the project. The Team
Leader will work under the general supervision of the WRU/TPU Coordinator, as
well as work closely together with other colleagues in the Kota Agung office as
a team. The position will be available for a period of 6 months from November
1, 2013, with possibility of extension depending on available funding.
The Team Leader will be responsible to oversee the responsibilities and
activities of this program by:
Human
Wildlife Conflict
Ø Carrying
human-wildlife conflict patrol surrounding BBSNP and BBRS border to detect
unreported human-wildlife conflict and gather the information, also history of
wildlife conflict from community.
Ø Initiating
community wardens to promote human-wildlife conflict intervention and methods
to community. Preparing the module and curriculum as well as circulating them
to the field staff in targeted area.
Ø Training
community to understand tiger ecology and behaviour, self defence from tiger
attack and building TPE (Tiger Proof Enclosure) to protect livestock from tiger
attack.
Ø Coordinating
with BBSNP and BKSDA Lampung in handling human-wildlife conflict to achieve
effective and efficient approach.
Ø Mitigating
human-wildlife conflict in BBSNP and BBRS, especially human-tiger
conflict to avoid victim of the tiger, people and livestock.
Ø Update
SIMONIK (Sistem Monitoring Konflik) database
Ø Preparing
recommendation to BBSNP and BKSDA Lampung for emergency case of tiger trapped
by snare, evacuation, or translocation issue.
Ø Preparing
monthly report to BBSNP and WRU/TPU Coordinator related to the mitigation
progress.
SMART Patrol
Ø Implement
SMART, including conduct training sessions, transfer knowledge and data
analysis from team leader to patrol member.
Ø Setting up patrol teams consist of WCS-IP staff, forest rangers, and
community rangers.
Ø Carrying SMART patrol training to patrol member including data gathering
from the field, input the data into SMART, and preparing report based on the
result of data analysis.
Ø Working together with BBSNP to develop strategy of patrol based on the
result and analysis of SMART patrol. The patrol evaluation and plan will be
scheduled per month in Kota Agung.
Ø Carrying out and coordinating monthly patrol in 3 selected areas in
BBSNP. The selected areas will be discussed intensively among Team Leader,
WRU/TPU Coordinator, and BBSNP.
Ø Creating monthly report to BBSNP and WCS in terms of SMART patrol
activities and the result.
Others
Ø Undertake
any other duties, as assigned by WRU/TPU Coordinator.
Job Requirements
Qualifications
The post holder should preferably
have a graduate qualification in biology and ecological science.
Experience
• Strong
background in human-wildlife conflict and wildlife health, biological
monitoring including collecting and analyzing data, and patrol.
• At
least 4 years working experience in human wildlife conflict and biological
monitoring with 1 years in managerial level.
• Proven
track record of program management, including project development,
implementation, staff supervision and budget oversight.
Competencies
• Strong
managerial capacities, as well as strategic technical and intellectual skills in
human-wildlife conflict and patrol activities as well as law enforcement
related with forest crime.
• Leadership,
results-orientation, team-building.
• Strong
facilitation, coordination, networking and negotiation skills.
• Ability
to maintain financial and technical control of projects in the field.
• Good
report writing and presentation skills.
• Excellent
interpersonal and communication skills.
• MS
Office, as well as database and other analytical software.
• Excellent
writing skills in both English and Bahasa Indonesia.
Please note that the above TOR
constitutes only the main responsibilities and duties of this position. As
WCSIP is a flexible organization, staff members are expected to undertake any
other tasks that are allocated to them but which are not part of their regular
TOR.
Apply by email to the Finance and Administration
Manager – WCS Indonesia Program at recruitment@wcsip.org.
Your application should include a short covering letter, an up-to-date CV,
expected salary, and three professional references.
Deadline: 13 December 2013.
