Team Leader of WRU Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (Based in Kota Agung, Lampung)
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 WCS-IP 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 January 2014, 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Coordinating with BBSNP and BKSDA Lampung in handling human-wildlife conflict to achieve effective and efficient approach.
- Mitigating human-wildlife conflict in BBSNP and BBRS, especially human-tiger conflict to avoid victim of the tiger, people and livestock.
- Update SIMONIK (Sistem Monitoring Konflik) database
- Preparing recommendation to BBSNP and BKSDA Lampung for emergency case of tiger trapped by snare, evacuation, or translocation issue.
- Preparing monthly report to BBSNP and WRU/TPU Coordinator related to the mitigation progress.
SMART Patrol
- Implement SMART, including conduct training sessions, transfer knowledge and data analysis from team leader to patrol member.
- Setting up patrol teams consist of WCS-IP staff, forest rangers, and community rangers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Creating monthly report to BBSNP and WCS in terms of SMART patrol activities and the result.
Others
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 inhuman-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 WCS-IP 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, updated CV, expected salary, and three professional references. Put Team Leader WRU BBS_your full name as the email subject.
Deadline: 27 December 2013.
