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Environmental and Social Safeguards Officer
Mission of the Department
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council approved the 6-year Congo Basin Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program (CBSL IP) which encompasses a regional component, managed by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), and several national child projects in the countries of Congo Basin. The Cameroon Child project is managed by WWF-US as the GEF Agency, executed by the Ministry of Environment Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED) with WWF Cameroon as the Financial Administrator. It addresses the drivers of forest loss and degradation through strategies aimed at strengthening the integrated management of Cameroon’s globally important forest landscapes in the Congo Basin, to secure its biological integrity and increase economic opportunities and livelihoods for forest-dependent people. Over the six-year project period, these strategies will be advanced through the implementation of five components:
• Mainstreaming integrated land use planning (LUP) and management;
• Improving management effectiveness and governance of high conservation value forests, and targeted interventions to protect their endangered species;
• Advancing sustainable forest management (SFM) through non-timber forest product (NTFP) and hardwood value chains;
• Increasing benefit generation from biodiversity through sustainable tourism development;
• Monitoring and evaluation (M&E), knowledge management (KM), and regional coordination.
The project targets key Cameroon trans-frontier forest landscape, which stretches from the Rio Campo seascape on the coast, across the Cameroon segments of the Tri-National Dja-Odzala-Minkebe (TRIDOM) and Sangha Tri-National (TNS) landscapes towards the east. The target areas for project interventions under each strategy are dependent on site-specific considerations, including the potential to achieve meaningful results in the six-year project period, baselines and available co-financing, and the ability to manage all environmental and social safeguard considerations. Several partners and sub-contractors will be involved or hired for the implementation of different project tasks. Their contribution will need to be coordinated and constantly monitored about the environmental and social safeguards. Given the complexity of the project, with the high number of partners and sub-contractors involved in the implementation of different activities at the landscape level, we are looking for a Landscape Operational Assistant, based within the landscapes and responsible for day-to-day coordination of certain project activities at the local level. An Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF), as well as a Stakeholder Engagement Plan (ESP), are associated with the project document. They will be implemented throughout the project life to avoid, attenuate, or mitigate environmental and social safeguard risks, with technical support and constant follow-up by a dynamic, talented and committed ESS Officer.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
• A Master’s or diploma in an appropriate field: human rights/law/conservation/environment/ Social Sciences;
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in project/program environmental and social safeguards management and multi-stakeholder engagement in the fields of rural development and/or conservation for international development organizations;
• A track record of having worked directly with local communities in development, environment, or education projects;
• Familiar with social dynamics, including as regards Indigenous peoples, in rural Cameroon is preferred;
• Experience in Central Africa is strongly desired. Required Skills and Competencies:
• Knowledge of human rights, Indigenous people’s rights, grievance mechanisms and social safeguards;
• Good understanding of legal and policy requirements related to human rights, resource access, land rights, forest rights and wildlife protection in Cameroon;
• Expertise in gender-sensitive/responsive program development
• Knowledge of challenges evolving at the nexus of conservation and natural resource use
• Knowledge and proven experiences in rural development;
• Experience in the preparation and implementation of work plans;
• Strong facilitation and negotiation skills at all levels;
• Good knowledge of MS Office suite;
• Excellent skills in oral and written communication in French and English. Values & Behaviors:
• Aligns and identifies with the core values of the Government of Cameroon and the WWF organization: Courage, Integrity, Respect and Collaboration;
• Demonstrating behaviors: Strive for impact, listen deeply, collaborate openly, and innovate fearlessly;
• Acts with the highest integrity, accountability, and transparency.
Data Management and Programme Assistant
Mission of the Department
The Congo Basin countries are actively contributing to the Outcomes of some Practices (Wildlife, Forests, Food, Climate & Energy, Freshwater and Governance) implemented in their respective programmes. A strong and integrated monitoring programme has been designed and being implemented to demonstrate conservation impacts and promote key conservation outputs. The regional lead of the programme is engaged with the whole network to develop decision-making tools such as interactive dashboards and online databases with a user-friendly interface. The hiring of a Communication Assistant in line with the current Terms of Reference will help to support such ongoing projects for the promotion of key activities and results.
Responsibilities
• Produce a quarterly newsletter to promote programme activities and results, while supporting national programme newsletters;
• Support content creation on programme activities and results for the WWF social media channels;
• Supports national communication managers to create and develop close and continuing relations with journalists, editor and other media producers to showcase the programme achievements;
• Develops a tool to assess the success of communication efforts;
• Provide support to any other activity of the programme.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
• Minimum MSc Degree in Biology, Natural Resources Management, Conservation, Database construction and management, Protected Area Management; Ecological Monitoring or related subjects;
• GIS analysis (particularly ArcGIS or QGIS); Data analysis and reporting (Excel, R for Windows, other relevant software); Management of large databases and files in the cloud. Required Skills and Competencies:
• Demonstrated experience with wildlife monitoring methods and tools (line transects, occupancy, camera traps, acoustic monitoring, drones, etc.);
• Experience in data analysis and data management in the field of ecological monitoring (Wildlife, Human-wildlife-Conflicts, Law Enforcement, Landcover and Land Use, etc.) is a very important asset;
• Good computer skills (MS Office package, Online researches, etc.);
• Proven experience in managing project administrative and logistical tasks is a plus;
• Very good in English and French (written and verbal);
• Capable of working with minimal supervision;
• Able to work effectively in various cultural environments;
• Only Scientific background candidates will be accepted. WWF’s Values & Behaviors:
• Able to demonstrate WWF behaviors in ways of working: strive for impact, listen deeply, collaborate openly and innovate fearlessly.
• Aligns and identifies with the core values of the WWF organization: Courage, Integrity, Respect and Collaboration.
Junior Accountant
Mission of the Department
In a spirit of excellence, integrity, and dedication, the Finance Department is committed to providing timely, accurate, clear and complete information, and support for Conservation Department’s overall goals to be achieved by the Cameroon Country Office (CCO) and ROA Unit at large.
Responsibilities
1. Process payments and documents such as invoices, journal vouchers, employee reimbursements, and statements;
2. Enter, update, and/or retrieve accounting data from automated systems;
3. Determine content and assemble data in order to prepare monthly reports for review;
4. File and/or remove records and reports;
5. Assist in the timely closing of monthly account by ensuring cash management, Accounts payable and General Ledger data is up to date;
6. Perform assigned roles in the different tools (AP, GL, AGIS, Oracle, Bridger, GFS, Panda Pays, etc.);
7. Assist in preparing cost recovery journals;
8. Respond to accounting, budget or financial queries regarding data from staff in the field site primarily;
9. Prepare bank reconciliations and conduct analysis of general ledger accounts manually and in the Oracle system;
10. Maintain proper control over various financial records such as commitments and expenditures against budgeted amounts; initiate actions related to the following: general financial information, travel payments, and procurement transactions;
11. Provide assistance to all staff services such as travel, expense claims, document retrieval, etc;
12. Perform other related duties as required.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
● Degree in Accounting/finance or a related field. A professional accounting qualification such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA) is an advantage;
● At least two (2) years of progressively responsible professional experience in financial accounting, preferably in an international environment (NGO or Company);
● Experience working with government and donors;
● Proficiency in the use of MS Office applications, particularly advanced level in MS Excel is required;
● Experience in using ERP systems is highly desirable. Required skills and competencies
● Knowledge of automated accounting systems. Knowledge of Oracle would be an added advantage
● Knowledge of spreadsheets and database software;
● Knowledge of general record-keeping and filing systems;
● Ability to understand and apply current accounting guidelines, system updates and revisions, and policy changes;
● Ability to reconcile and/or balance financial transactions and accounts;
● Ability to manage contracts and update bank signatories
● Ability to assist others in solving work problems;
● Adherence to WWF’s values, which are: Courage, Respect, Integrity & Collaboration.
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