RESPONSIBILITIES
Rangeland Restoration
- Provide guidance for communities to implement the Herding for Health rest plan.
- Coordinate the movement of mobile kraals to treat bare ground.
- Ensure correct restoration methods are used to treat eroded areas and provide innovative ways to slow down erosion.
- Evaluation the effectiveness of restoration activities and provide guidance on improvements to enhance effectiveness.
- Monitor freshwater health in rivers and wetlands.
- Provide recommendations to freshwater restoration activities.
Monitoring & Evaluation
- Ensure that all landscape project indicators are captured in the landscape M&E framework.
- Set up a monitoring framework and Standards of Operations for new projects and indicator collection.
- Quarterly progress reports on indicators and project outputs.
- Provide input from MERL database to donor reports.
- Ensure project proposals are aligned with landscape indicators.
- Ensure spatial data collection of interventions.
- Using remote sensing data evaluate restoration areas.
- Provide guidance to Herding for Health team on the progress of project implementation.
- Report on quarterly landscape impact to relevant stakeholders.
- Conduct rangeland assessments with the assistance of the science associate to establish ground truth indicators.
Jobs for Nature
- Oversee the restoration activities of the Jobs for Nature participants as needed.
- Ensure site level planning is done for effective implementation of activities.
- Procurement of relevant materials and tools for restoration activities.
People Management
- Provide implementation guidance to direct reports.
- Ensure operation excellence by direct reports.
WORKING CONDITIONS
- The position to be based in the Namaqua landscape with travel to remote areas.
- Normal office hours will be adhered to, but the coordinator will need to do overtime from time to time.
- Will need to travel to other landscapes and head office, for project work, learning exchanges, workshops, training etc.
- This role will be a two-year fixed-term assignment anticipated to begin in July 2025 and end in March 2029
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- A Bachelor’s or similar degree in Environmental Management or some relevant science discipline.
- 2 to 4 years of experience in indicator monitoring and best practices of rangeland restoration.
- Experience in a lead support role is desired.
- Experience in the facilitation of stakeholder workshops.
- Experience in the development of dynamic communications materials, e.g. Fact sheets, articles etc.
- Experience in report writing and fact sheet development.
- Able to communicate in Afrikaans and English.
- Have experience in GIS mapping.
Skills:
- Can perform basic rangeland vegetation sampling
- Able to monitor freshwater health.
- Familiar with dashboard development
- Knowledge of low-cost, low-skill erosion control interventions.
- Excellent communication skills to present impact data to various levels of stakeholders.
Abilities:
- Able to work in a team and independently.
- Managing direct reports.
- Keep track of project activity budget spending
Preferred
- Honors in environmental management or a conservation-related field.
- Experience in communal rangelands and community stakeholder engagement.
- Experience with managing budgets and some financial management skills.
- Experience in remote sensing of rangelands.
To apply for this position please submit a resume and cover letter.
Salary
Competitive
Monthly based
Location
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Job Overview
Location
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
