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
Sumatera and Sulawesi where we aim at protecting threatened species and their
habitat.
A
partnership of prominent conservation NGOs, led by WCS, has developed the
Spatial Monitoring And Reporting Tool (SMART), to provides a platform to
standardize the collection, management, evaluation, and communication of
patrol-based monitoring data, such as from protected areas. It is aimed at
improving ranger and eco-guard based crime prevention patrolling–and thus the
quality and accountability of on-the-ground law enforcement efforts,
facilitating adaptive management by government authorities. SMART is currently
being rolled out across 31 sites across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
In
Indonesia, WCS’s strategic approach is to use SMART as a tool to encourage
Indonesian national parks to improve management practices and systems, with the
aim of curbing forest and wildlife crimes in key landscapes. This is currently
being rolled out in Gunung Leuser and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Parks in
Sumatra and at the national-level with PHKA (Ministry of Forestry).
WCS
is now preparing to scale up its implementation of SMART in Sulawesi and
Sumatra. In Sulawesi WCS will implement SMART in two new locations, focused
around the Bogani Nani National Park, and in Sumatra WCS will scale up its
existing work on SMART in three national parks – Way Kambas, Bukit Barisan Selatan
and Gunung Leuser. In order to increase the effectiveness of our concern, WCS-IP
is currently seeking for qualified candidates to fill the following vacancy:
Position: SMART (Spatial Monitoring And Reporting
Tool) Coordinator
Based in
: Medan or Lampung office
Duration
: 12
months ( possibility for an extension )
For more information about the vacant position and Wildlife
Conservation Society – Indonesia Program in details, please visit our website
at HERE
