Jobs Project Officers (02), Project Assistant (01)
( IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Uganda )
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IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by supporting scientific research, managing field projects all over the world, and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government and NGO members and almost 11,000 volunteer experts in some 160 countries. IUCN’s work is supported by over 1,000 staff in 45 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world.
IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) covers twenty three countries in the Horn of Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean and is planning to implement a project on Building Resilience to Drought in the Karamoja Region through Sustainable Natural Resources Management (NRM) in Okok Sub Catchment. The project which is financed by European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) through Action Against Hunger (ACF) is seeking to improve understanding of the status of the natural resources, and the underlying causes of vulnerability in the area of Okok sub- catchment, improve institutional capacity of local people to develop and implement natural resources management plans to address the identified causes of vulnerability and degradation, and advocate for integrated natural resources management within policy forums and region-wide learning groups. As part of this project IUCN is the Learning Group Lead for water development for DRR with the Regional Learning and Advocacy Programme for vulnerable dryland communities (REGLAP). IUCN-ESARO is therefore inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacancies:-
Position: Project Officer, REGLAP (Regional
Learning and Advocacy Project). Purpose: Responsible for IUCN’s role as Water Learning Group Lead in REGLAP. Collate and disseminate best practice on integrated land and, water management. Produce policy briefs and research papers Provide technical backstopping and guidance to dryland projects in Uganda. Location: Kampala, Uganda
Position: Project Officer, Resilience to Drought
Purpose: Coordinate and implement the project activities in the project operational area in Uganda and link project activities to the Uganda country porgramme and the Eastern and Southern Africa regional programme where relevant. Location: Karamoja, Uganda.
Position: Project Assistant, BDR (Building Resilience to Drought).
Purpose: Support the Project Officer in the implementation of the project activities. Location: Karamoja, Uganda.
The detailed terms of reference for the above vacancies is available at: http://www.iucn.org/ involved/jobs/
Requirement:
The detailed terms of reference for the above vacancies is available at: http://www.iucn.org/ involved/jobs/
How to apply:
Applicants are asked to submit their CV in English and a supporting letter of motivation along with the names and contact details of three referees, one of whom should be a recent employer by e-mail before 25th July, 2012 IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office Email: earohr@ iucn.org
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