A Site Project Specialist is needed for the GEF/UNDP five-year project “Strengthening the Protected Area Network within the Eastern Montane Forest Hotspot of Kenya”.
The Site Support Specialist will ensure technical support for project implementation, monitoring and evaluation, facilitate stakeholders and collaborating partners to deliver targets and outputs while at the same time building capacities of stakeholders to execute project activities.
The Specialist will liaise with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Nature Kenya to ensure adherence to GEF, UNDP and Nature Kenya procedures including timely work-planning, implementation, reporting, monitoring and evaluation.
The Specialist will work under the direct supervision of the Nature Kenya Executive Director, and in addition s/he will work closely with UNDP and Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources staff, GEF visiting staff and evaluators and directors of KFS, KWS, KEFRI, NEMA and NMK and local administration.The Site Support Specialist will ensure technical support for project implementation, monitoring and evaluation, facilitate stakeholders and collaborating partners to deliver targets and outputs while at the same time building capacities of stakeholders to execute project activities.
The Specialist will liaise with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Nature Kenya to ensure adherence to GEF, UNDP and Nature Kenya procedures including timely work-planning, implementation, reporting, monitoring and evaluation.
Qualifications:
- MSc in natural resource management, conservation biology or related discipline;
- a minimum of 5 years relevant experience;
- good understanding of global, regional and national conservation, development and related political issues;
- proven financial and project management skills;
- staff and adaptive management skills;
- ability to work strategically, co-ordinate a wide range of activities and stakeholders, and act independently;
- proven experience in the implementation of large conservation and development grants involving multiple stakeholders and community participation in day-to-day implementation; and
- proven technical report writing, communication and computer literacy.
Executive Director,
Nature Kenya,
e-mail: office@naturekenya.org
no later than 30th January 2011.
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