Summary
Date Posted: Monday, May 23, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Position: Administrative and Conservation Intern
Reports to: Upper Zambezi Landscape Manager
Location: Mongu, Western Province
Background:
The World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is the world’s leading independent conservation organization with a global network in over 100 countries. Our mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which people live in harmony with nature. We have been working in Zambia since 1962 organizing our efforts across Freshwater, Wildlife, Forests and People.
WWF Zambia seeks to recruit a young Zambian with an interest and passion in Conservation and Administration, willing to take up the position of Administrative and Conservation Intern to perform various Conservation and Administrative tasks and support the Barotse Field Office processes and daily activities for a period of 12 months.

The Role:
Conservation and Knowledge Management Intern responsibilities include conducting administrative work, communication support, conservation support and basic knowledge management. The conservation and Knowledge Management intern will be responsible for driving the knowledge management strategy focusing on the critical valuable facts of operational information, best practices and conservation lessons that will be created both within and outside the Barotse Floodplains and Greater Liuwa Ecosystem.

Specific duties and tasks:
Under the supervision of the Upper Zambezi Landscape, the intern shall amongst other tasks provide:
Administrative support.
• Liaise with the finance department and procurement on the various relevant aspects of the Barotse Field Office.
• Work closely with the Upper Zambezi Grant Accountant in record keeping of finance and procurement documents for the field office; Assist in the purchase and supply of goods and materials in the field office;
• Ensuring that there is a proper filing system for incoming and outgoing mails and other documents for the core management;
• Liaise and coordinate with the WWF Zambia Communications Officer on Landscape awareness activities around biodiversity conservation, management and sustainable development aspects.
Conservation and Knowledge Management of Field Activities.
• Support the documentation of field activities through reporting photography and videography in the cloud-based database.
• Assist in regular populating and maintenance of a monitoring and evaluation framework for conservation initiatives in the Greater Liuwa Ecosystem and Barotse Floodplain;
• Assist in organizing online meetings (e.g. webinars), stakeholder meetings and curating content for knowledge-sharing platforms;
• Work closely with the Barotse Field Officer in outreach and engagement with local communities, traditional leaders, district and provincial offices and relevant government departments to ensure synergy and support for site activities.
• Perform any other project-related activities/duties as the supervisor requires and directs.
Required Qualifications, Skills and Competencies
• A recent graduate with a BSc. in Environmental Economics, Wildlife Management, Ecology and Biodiversity —Management, Environmental Science, Fisheries Science, Forestry Science or similar field.
• Experience as a Research / Field Assistant or similar junior Conservation Management role is a plus
• High interest in data science with a familiarity with SPSS, R, and Stata for data analysis
• Added advantage of basic Knowledge of GIS (Arc or Quantum), Google Earth Pro, and SMART for monitoring implementation and progress of field activities.
• Experience with MS Office (Excel, Word, Access)
• Basic understanding of Knowledge Management (KM) and Project Management (PM) cycle
• Basic knowledge of Zambian laws in natural resources management (Acts, Regulations, Policies, etc).
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English;
• A good command of spoken and written Silozi is an added advantage
• Ability to work in a culturally and professionally diverse team;
Working Relationships
Internal: Interacts regularly with other WWF ZCO staff.
External: Interacts with various partners in government, private sector, CSOs, traditional authorities and community members.
This job description covers the main tasks and conveys the spirit of sort of tasks that are anticipated proactively from staff. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary according to organizational needs for effective programme implementation.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Job application procedure
All interested applicants should send their applications (Cover Letter & CVs) to wwfcareers@wwfzam.org by end of day, Tuesday 31st May, 2022.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
This Job Description is in line with WWF’s values: Collaboration, Courage, Respect & Integrity.

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