Background
The mission of the Wild Chimpanzee Basis (WCF) is to enhance the survival of the remaining wild chimpanzee populations and their habitat, thereby serving to to safeguard the behavioral variety of this fascinating species. WCF’s philosophy is threefold: to implement schooling, conservation and analysis tasks for and by the African folks.
In Guinea, the WCF supported the creation of the Moyen-Bafing Nationwide Park, adopted in 2021 by presidential decree, which is dwelling to over 3,000 chimpanzees, the first hotspot in West Africa for the survival of untamed chimpanzees. Since 2022, WCF prolonged conservation motion within the Outamba-Kilimi- Kuru Hills- Pinselli – Soyah – Sabouya (OKKPS) between Guinea and Sierra Leone with the imaginative and prescient of a giant forested hall from the Niokolo-Koba Nationwide Park in Senegal, by the Foutah Djallon area with the Moyen-Bafing Nationwide Park to the Outamba Nationwide Park in Sierra Leone. To develop the preservation of chimpanzees inside this massive hall, we plan to extend the variety of surveys throughout this 12 months.
Job description
Assist, coaching, and growth of ecological monitoring in WCF’s intervention areas in Guinea. Census of enormous mammals over a minimum of 10 websites and 25 000 km²; Examine of the influence of a railway line on the preservation and distribution of wildlife; Administration of big information base, supervision of information assortment high quality.
Duties and predominant actions
The Biomonitoring Skilled will likely be anticipated to carry out the next duties:
- Supervise WCF biomonitoring work in Guinea
- Prepare WCF groups and companions in information assortment and evaluation
- Oversee the administration of databases of every survey
- Guarantee correction and high quality of biomonitoring database
- Assist report writing for the totally different environmental monitoring tasks in collaboration with the challenge leaders
- Actively collaborate with native biomonitoring employees, WCF Regional biomonitoring professional, WCF Guinea Nation Director, WCF Regional Director, WCF President, WCF representatives, companion establishments, and authorities officers.
{Qualifications}/Expertise
This place is geared toward a certified and skilled particular person within the subject of ecological monitoring
{Qualifications}
- PhD/MSc in Ecology/Biodiversity/Atmosphere/Biology or equal;
- Earlier skilled expertise within the subject is important;
- Expertise in ecological monitoring tasks; information assortment and eport writing;
- Skill to put in writing stories in English
- Wonderful abilities in Microsoft Workplace (Phrase, Excel, PowerPoint)
Profile / Desired abilities
- Robust listening and communication abilities;
- Good interpersonal abilities and staff spirit;
- Skill to synthesize info and have wonderful written and oral expression abilities in French;
- Robust curiosity in biodiversity conservation and the safety of pure assets within the context of a protected space;
- Data of specialised pc instruments (QGIS, SMART, CyberTracker, Distance, and so forth.);
- Willingness and open-mind to work in a world, intercultural and multidisciplinary setting;
- Be stress resistant (battle administration and dealing with of unexpected occasions) and versatile in working hours;
- Have a way of group, autonomy and self-discipline of their work.
Language necessities
French/English (superior studying and comprehension abilities)
In all areas of exercise, the worker have to be proactive, i.e., be capable to make proposals for enchancment or adaptation. This job description consists of the primary tasks inherent to this place. Nonetheless, the Biomonitoring Skilled could also be requested to hold out duties aside from these listed above, and to be versatile in anticipated work duties with out this being thought-about as a modification of the contract.
Office
Guinea/Conakry
Methods to apply
Please ship your CV, contact particulars of two referees, and a canopy letter/letter of motivation to crunchant@wildchimps.org and in cc to lukas.boesch@wildchimps.org, arandjelovic@wildchimps.org
and with the job reference: “Skilled Biomonitoring Guinea” within the topic line.