Position: Section Manager
Reports to: Field Operation Manager
Location: Irangue –Niassa Reserve Eastern Section HQ – Cabo Delgado
Country Program/Sector: WCS Mozambique
Capacity: Country
Coordinates with: Departmental heads
About Us:
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a private, nonprofit U.S. organization founded in 1895. Its mission is to preserve wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues, developing science-based solutions, and taking conservation action that benefits nature and humanity. With more than a century of experience, long-term commitments in dozens of landscapes, a presence in more than 60 countries, and experience in creating more than 150 protected areas around the world, WCS has accumulated the biological knowledge, cultural understanding, and partnerships necessary to ensure that wild places and wildlife thrive alongside local communities. Working with local communities and organizations, this knowledge is applied to address species, habitat, and ecosystem management issues that are critical to improving the quality of life for poor rural people whose livelihoods depend on the direct use of natural resources.
Job Purpose:
The Section Manager will implement management strategies, activity plans, fauna monitoring, community development initiatives and coordinate activities between Law enforcement patrol commands, patrol leaders and the Head Law Enforcement Manager under supervision of the Field Operation Manager.
Major Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage activity plans, budget estimates for the section ensuring an effective implementation and with good quality of performance, to be analyzed and approved by the management team of the Niassa Reserve;
- Implement effective and efficient law enforcement strategies based on the use of effective intelligence and scientific information;
- Coordinate law enforcement operations at section level, including monitoring, planning and implementation of the patrol plan and operations and collaboration with other law enforcement forces;
- Enable standard policies and procedures for all operational aspects of the section;
- Ensure that offenders are prosecuted in accordance with the law and that cases are properly followed up during the judicial process, in close coordination with the Head Law Enforcement and NSR Lawyer;
- Organize and make possible with the other managers, the complete logistics (food, accommodation, transport and equipment) for the section;
- Supervising the collection of information, leading to action and directing the collection of information at the level of the section in coordination with the Intel Database Analyst;
- Ensure that the entire section staff are equipped with the appropriate tools, equipment and clothing to carry out their work properly;
- Coordinate the development of the operations infrastructure and maintenance at the Section;
- Build relationships and strengthen coordination and communication mechanisms with the police, operators, relevant local authorities and communities;
- Manage and control all stocks & inventories of the equipment and material allocated to the Section as well confiscated materials, recovered trophies;
- Ensure the compliance with the legal procedures for the tourism activities (Conservation hunting or Ecotourism) developed within the Section;
- In Coordination with the Community Department, promote community livelihood initiatives at the villages in Section or community development areas;
- Maintain the motivation, standards and discipline in the section team and carry out the management and performance assessment;
- Coordination of the production of the file and the monitoring of ongoing processes;
- Operates in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Mozambique, the internal regulations of the Reserve and the policies and procedures of ANAC and WCS Mozambique;
Minimum Requirements and Job Skills (Required):
- A minimum of a master’s degree in social or environmental sciences; PhD preferred;
- At least 5 years’ field experience designing and implementing socioeconomic development projects in conservation areas.
- Strong staff management and team-building skills.
- Experience in designing annual work plans and budgets, coordinating reporting and field personnel.
- Experience in managing large bilateral or multilateral donor projects on socio-economic development.
- Ability to work and report in English; Portuguese / Kiswahili is an advantage but not a requirement
- Good analytical and reporting skills.
- Skilled in building consensus with conservation partners and other stakeholders, such as local government officials, community leaders and concession operators.
- Self-motivated, disciplined and able to work in rudimentary and remote camps for long periods of time.
- Flexibility, optimism, good humour, passion for excellence, self-motivation in reaching a collective end.
How to Apply
Interested candidates, who meet the above qualifications, skills and experience, should send their applications via this email wcsmozambique@wcs.org, please indicate Section Manager Manager in the subject line before October 15, 2023.
WCS is an equal opportunity employer, and the organization complies with all employment and labour laws and regulations that prohibit discrimination in hiring and ensures that candidates from all backgrounds are fairly and consistently considered during the recruitment process.