Community Conservation Officer WWF Uganda

The Community Conservation Officer will support Forestry and Wildlife Programme in implementing the Triple Benefit Project Entitled: Strengthening Civil Society role in promoting Nature-based Solutions for people, climate and biodiversity in Greater Virunga Landscape, Uganda. She/ he will implement actions related to the Triple Benefit Project (Entitled: Strengthening Civil Society role in promoting Nature-based Solutions for people, climate and biodiversity in Greater Virunga Landscape, Uganda.

Responsibilities
• Support Preparation and implementation of activity work plans and budgets in line with WWF UCO project guidelines,
• Support Planning of training and capacity building for targeted groups in the project area in line with WWF UCO guidelines and project documentation,
• Work with the CSOs and other community groups to deliver on Project Activities.
• Ensuring integrity, and timely accountability for project resources,
• Implement advocacy and awareness raising activities through sensitization meetings at local level with key partners in line with the WWF project guidelines,
• Work with the Project team to implement the project’s monitoring and evaluation plan;
• Ensure compliance and provide support in ongoing project assessment,
• Document best practices and lessons learnt in relation to the set performance indicators in line with the M&E framework
• Work with the team to ensure timely project’s reporting in line with WWF guidelines.

Required Qualifications/Experience
• A Bachelor’s (honors) degree in environmental studies, climate change and development, forestry, natural resource management or related field.
• A training in project planning and management, M&E, is an asset.
• At least 3 years work experience in a field related to biodiversity conservation, climate change, nature based enterprises, community livelihoods and other related fields;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills about biodiversity, forestry, environmental, and or other natural resources issues to specialists as well as non-specialist
• Experience in areas of conservation advocacy to influence policy will be an added advantage.
• Experience in organization development related work for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Community Based Organisations (CBOs) will be an added advantage.
• Experience in Ecological and Socio-economic data collection, analysis.
• Experience in GPS mobile data collection apps, tools and use of GIS for Mapping will be an added advantage
• Fluency in English and at least one other major language spoken (Swahili, Luo and/or Runyakitara) in the Albertine Graben.

Required Skills and Competences
• Highly developed conceptual, analytical and innovative problem-solving ability;
• Demonstrate ability to handle complex process and information integration issues;
• Experience in training at the field/community level with good reporting skills.
• Strong community mobilization skills
• Makes conscious efforts to promote cooperative practices, behaviors, and ways of working across many groups and individuals.
• Good knowledge in the use of the Google Workplace apps, and Microsoft Office (especially word, power point and advanced excel)
• Ability to speak, read and write one of the local languages spoken in the project areas.
• Ability to establish priorities and to plan, budget, coordinate and monitor work plan.
• Excellent organization skills; Excellent oral and written communications skills;