Conservation Management Trainee - AWF

For more than 50 years, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has been a key player in African conservation and sustainable development. Through our African Heartlands Program, AWF has defined large conservation landscapes that are essential to securing the future of Africa’s wildlife. Within these Heartlands, AWF employs an integrated approach to conservation, including land use planning, education and capacity building, development of conservation enterprises to improve livelihoods, and applied research.

Founded in 1961 at the height of the African independence movement, AWF (then known as the African Wildlife Leadership Foundation) was created to help newly independent African nations and people conserve their own wildlife. AWF’s first approach was to train and educate African conservation professionals. AWF helped establish the College of African Wildlife Management, as well as wildlife clubs in a number of African countries, and has sponsored dozens of African scholars in their pursuit of master’s and doctoral degrees in conservation. Consistent with our historic focus on conservation leadership development, AWF is now pleased to offer a program geared toward developing leadership capacity within AWF. AWF’s 24-month intensive Conservation Management Training Program will recruit high potential future conservation leaders from the best master’s degree programs worldwide. During this program, trainees will spend time in AWF’s Conservation Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, working directly with AWF’s best thinkers, and be deployed at one or more AWF project sites across the continent to gain on-the-ground experience. Trainees will emerge from the program ready to serve as serious conservation professionals in African conservation. Conservation Management Training Program (CMTP) will be geared toward high-potential future leaders in African conservation. AWF’s first approach was to train and educate African conservation professionals.

Conservation Management Training Program

The Conservation Management Training Program (CMTP) will be geared toward high-potential future leaders in African conservation.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

The Conservation Management Training Program (CMTP) will be geared toward high-potential future leaders in African conservation who meet the following criteria:

• You are a recent master’s degree graduate (within the last 3 years of CMTP start date) with studies focused on conservation science, environmental economics & policy, climate change, social entrepreneurship, and related fields.

• You have at least 1 year experience working on African conservation issues with a serious and demonstrable dedication to Africa and AWF’s mission.

• You have superb writing and oral communication skills. Fluency in English is required. French is highly desirable. Familiarity with other language(s) relevant to work in Africa is also a plus.

• You are willing to be based in Nairobi with at least one long-term assignment at an AWF’s Heartland project site (possibly remote) during the 24-month program.

• You are a well-rounded team player, who is energetic, driven to succeed, and comfortable working in sometimes challenging and culturally diverse environments.

For more information please visit www.awf.org/CMTP

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Individuals wishing to be considered for AWF’s Conservation Management Training Program must apply by 6 April 2012 by submitting the following:

a) AWF Conservation Management Training Program Application Datasheet;

b) Cover letter describing (1) applicant’s personal link to conservation in Africa, and (2) justification as to why s/he should be considered for the program (not to exceed 2 pages);

c) Curriculum Vitae (not to exceed 2 pages);

d) Summary of applicant’s Master’s thesis/project and its relevancy to AWF’s mission and work (not to exceed 3 pages); and

e) 3 professional and/or academic references.

Application materials should be well written and presented in a professional manner. Application items be should be consolidated into a single PDF document. Applications will be accepted via email only to the following account: cmtp-applicant@awf.org

For questions on the program or clarifications on the application process, please contact: Evelyn Wanyonyi

Director of Human Resources: ewanyonyi@awfke.org