ThaiNGO

Working in เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่าสลักพระ จังหวัดกาญจนบุรี

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead partnership with Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Protection’s Wildlife Breeding Center Division, Research Division, and Protected Area Leadership;
• Collaborate with DNP in development of protected area-specific Tiger Prey Recovery Plans, including coordination of any data analyses or field studies identified through planned structured decision-making workshops;
• Hire and supervise temporary field staff as needed;
• Purchase supplies and equipment in collaboration with Finance Department
• Support DNP in translocations, including providing supplies, feed, and equipment for animal rearing, transport, holding, release, and post-release monitoring; Ensure compliance with WWF’s Translocations and Animal Handling and Environmental and Social Safeguards Standards;
• Supervise consultants as needed;
• Coordinate with partner INGOs/CSOs;
• Complete required permitting and reporting to Thailand government agencies;
• Monitor deadlines and tangible achievements;
• Report on activities according to donor requirements and M&E plan;
• Support other work as required.

Required Qualifications      

• Bachelor’s degree in wildlife or conservation biology, natural resource management, veterinary science, or related fields.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and diplomatic skills with the ability to manage and interact at all levels of an international, multicultural and multilingual organization;
• Ability to advance the goals of a new species recovery program that may experience scientific, management, and/or political uncertainties;
• Experience in training field staff;
• Familiarity with WWF’s Environmental Social Safeguard Framework (ESSF) or a similar framework preferred;
• Familiarly with governmental and non-governmental environmental conservation initiatives, key players, and challenges in Thailand;
• Fluency in Thai and competence in English strongly preferred.