Elephant Program Manager

Venture: Preservation of Guinea’s flagship areas and species / Préservation des espaces et des espèces phares de Guinée.

Abstract

The longer term Pinselli-Soyah-Sabouyah (PSS) Nationwide Park is included within the Outamba-Kilimi-Pinselli-Soyah-Sabouyah Panorama. This venture is an initiative of the European Union known as NaturaGuinée carried out by the Wild Chimpanzee Basis (WCF) in partnership with the Ministries of Atmosphere and Sustainable Improvement of the Republic of Guinea. This motion of the NaturaGuinée program goals to enhance the resilience of Guinea’s ecosystems, flagship species and rural populations. NaturAfrica’s three-pillar strategy can be carried out, combining biodiversity conservation via protected space administration, the event of a inexperienced economic system, and the advance of territorial governance. The motion can be divided into two parts: the territorial element (conservation of pure ecosystems) primarily based on NaturAfrica’s panorama strategy and oriented in direction of the safety of the “Savannah” and “Forest” Biomes and the thematic element (species conservation) which focuses on the conservation of Guinea’s flagship species on the nationwide stage. The intervention landscapes of the territorial element of this motion are the Badiar Nationwide Park (“Savannah” Biome) and the long run Pinselli-Soyah-Sabouyah Nationwide Park (“Forest” Biome). These two landscapes have been recognized within the EU Technique for Conservation in Africa as key areas for biodiversity conservation and growth on the African continent (WAF/KLCD).

In 2023, one other initiative of the European Union for Built-in Panorama Administration (OKKPS) facilitated the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Guinea Workplace of Nationwide Parks and Wildlife Reserves (OGPRNF) and Nationwide Protected Space (NPAA) in Sierra Leone to facilitate the joint administration of this transboundary panorama. One of many values of this panorama is the presence of the elephant inhabitants that continuously migrates between the 2 international locations. This inhabitants is threatened by railway development actions in Guinea and by uncontrolled bushfires, poaching and human settlements in Sierra Leone.

It’s of the utmost urgency to determine a mechanism to guard this elephant inhabitants. This program goals to arrange instruments to observe elephant populations, and mitigate conflicts with native communities. We goal to determine long-term monitoring to evaluate inhabitants numbers and perceive the dynamics of the distribution of those pachyderms all through the panorama. We additionally goal to strengthen the capacities of nationwide companies that handle nationwide parks and native populations, in an effort to enhance the circumstances for elephant safety within the transboundary panorama. The actions to be carried out will embody:

1. The set-up of a monitoring plan (digital camera traps, line transects, and so on.) for elephants all through the PSS and to enhance collaboration with Kilimi Nationwide Park;
2. Session with, and integration of, “native communities” into elephant safety actions within the panorama;
3. Contribution to the event of mitigation measures for the damaging impacts of railway actions on the inhabitants dynamics of elephants within the PSS;
4. set up motion maps, particulars about conduct, social construction of this distinctive transboundary elephant inhabitants in Guinea;
5. Improvement of instruments for knowledge assortment and operational capability constructing for nationwide park companies;
6. Improvement of partnerships with specialised establishments in Human-Elephant battle administration;
7. Collaboration with different applications carried out within the PSS panorama such because the forest restoration program, inexperienced economic system and native governance, safety and group ecoguards;
8. Identification of elephant people from digital camera entice movies.

The purpose is to arrange a long-term monitoring system for the elephant inhabitants and to forestall human-elephant conflicts within the PSS space.

Position and Duties

Reporting to the Pinselli-Soyah-Sabouyah (PSS) element supervisor, the Elephant Program Supervisor may have the next duties:

• planning and implementation of elephant monitoring actions;
• monitoring the influence of the event of railway development actions on elephant inhabitants sooner or later PSS Nationwide Park;
• monitoring the actions foreseen within the annual motion plan;
• capability constructing of rangers on knowledge assortment instruments;
• characterization of the pachyderm transhumance hall within the transboundary panorama;
• take part in searching for potential sources of funding to make sure sustainability.

Necessities and expertise

• PhD most popular, however Grasp’s diploma in biodiversity conservation or a associated discipline will even be thought-about, or a minimal 3 years of expertise in elephant conservation-related actions together with a deal with wild inhabitants monitoring;
• Expertise in numerous monitoring strategies and implementing elephant conservation applications within the discipline;
• Capability to work in a multicultural crew;
• Communicate and write in French and English;
• Self-confidence and talent to advise, educate and encourage;
• Capability to handle stress and work beneath strain;
• Capability to be proactive and present initiative and creativity;
• Wonderful means to plan, manage, prioritize, remedy issues;
• Willingness to tackle a variety of unexpected duties and work a versatile schedule, together with some weekends;
• Capability to work independently in addition to lead and handle a crew;
• Capability to take care of a tolerant {and professional} angle;
• Software program expertise: GIS, Phrase, Excel, R programming a plus;
• Good understanding of wildlife monitoring by digital camera traps, systematic sampling, distance sampling strategies, capture-recapture, abundance and inhabitants estimation.

Different features

Please be aware that this job description isn’t meant to cowl an exhaustive record of actions, duties or duties which are required for this place. Duties, duties and actions might change primarily based on this system’s priorities.

Length

Begin date: earliest 1 Might 2024

Length: 12 months, with the potential of renewing.

Compensation: In accordance with WCF wage scale and expertise.

How one can apply

To use, please ship your CV and canopy letter with 2 references by e mail to Lukas Bösch lukas.boesch@wildchimps.org

In CC: Mimi Arandjelovic arandjelovic@wildchimps.org Pacifique Kizila kizila@wildchimps.org

with “Elephant Program Supervisor” within the topic line.