The Organization: The Ol Pejeta Conservancy (OPC) – a leading
wildlife conservancy that works to conserve wildlife, provides a sanctuary for
great apes and to generate income through wildlife tourism and complementary
enterprises for re-investment in conservation and community development is
seeking high caliber, self-motivated and dedicated individual to fill the
position of Research Officer.
The Location: Located three and a half hours from Nairobi, Ol
Pejeta Conservancy lies directly on the equator, just outside Nanyuki town,
with Mt. Kenya rising up on the near horizon.
Links from Nairobi to Nanyuki are
excellent with the Thika Highway a proportion of the way and good roads the
rest of the journey. Nanyuki town is between 30-40 minutes’ drive from the HQ
offices in the Conservancy and has all major amenities and supermarkets.
Ol Pejeta sits on the Laikipia
plateau, recognized globally as having some of the richest densities of
wildlife anywhere in the world.
Role Summary: Responsible for ensuring an efficient management of
OPC’s rangeland by generating information from analyzed field data collected by
or in the domain of the Ecological Monitoring Unit and preparing reports while
highlighting any emerging trends and/or patterns of concern for management.
Role Deliverables
Role Deliverables
- Ensure all databases relevant to Ecological
Monitoring Unit are updated
- Assist in timely data analysis and production
of quarterly and annual reports on status, trends, viability of fauna and
flora or as per the agreed frequency and highlighting any trend or
patterns that may require further investigation or management intervention
- Assist in developing work plans and
implementing effective ecological monitoring program designs to ensure
consistency in data collection and analysis using appropriate statistical
software and tools
- Develop monitoring tools including a set of
indicators that allows for the collection and reporting of rainfall and
temperature data, wildlife mortalities, movements of wildlife across
corridors, grass biomass monitoring including NDVI data, and vegetation monitoring
in general
- Training of field assistants and interns in
field work projects that include among others, field preparation
activities, data entry templates, data cleaning and archiving of data sets
Competencies Expected:
Qualification
- Minimum BSc. degree preferably in statistics
and its application in natural resource management or related Science
discipline
Experience
- At least 5 years in the field of wildlife
management operations in Kenyan rangelands and data analysis skills.
Key skills and qualities
- Good written and spoken English.
- Proactive team-player requiring minimum
supervision and to work under pressure.
- Good administrative skills and capable of
working within the Kenyan rangelands environment.
Contacts Arising from the Job
Within the Organization;
- Chief Conservation Officer
- Deputy Managers in the Conservation Department
- All other Conservation Department personnel
Outside the Organization;
- Third party researchers on OPC, other local
wildlife conservation agencies including KWS, LEWA, Laikipia Wildlife
Forum etc
The Cultural Fit we are looking for:
We look for ‘Role Models’, people who lead and demonstrate every day the values and personality that we believe in.
The values we believe in are:
We look for ‘Role Models’, people who lead and demonstrate every day the values and personality that we believe in.
The values we believe in are:
- Guardianship: Our
people take their role as protectors of endan¬gered species, wildlife in
general and the environment seriously. Whilst we aim to have a fun and
humorous working environment, we keep in mind the global importance of
what we do.
- Innovation: Our
people are always looking for new and better ways to do things, from the
big (e.g. integrating cattle and wildlife) to the small (e.g. new
requisition systems). We are prepared to fail as long as we learn from it.
- Authenticity: Our
people keep scientifically credible conservation, and measurable community
benefits at the front of mind in every decision they make – especially the
commercial decisions.
The personalities we look for are:
- Responsibility: Our
people are accountable for their work, taking responsibility for both
successes and failures, focusing on long-term results and not just short
term tasks.
- Inspirational: Our
people get the people around them (whether it be their teams, tourists or
supports) excited about the value of the wildlife and of communities so
that they want to further support our aims. Our people have a sense of
humour and make work fun.
- Passion: Our
people get enthused and excited by conservation and community development
Interested and qualified candidates
should send their applications with updated CV, cover letter and testimonials
by Friday, 4th September 2015 to:
jobs@olpejetaconservancy.org
Address to:
The Human Capital Manager
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
P.O. Box Private Bag,
Nanyuki -10400
Address to:
The Human Capital Manager
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
P.O. Box Private Bag,
Nanyuki -10400
www.olpejetaconservancy.org