Vacancy: Sustainable Financing Specialist For The Bird's Head Seascape - Papua

The Nature Conservancy is a conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.

Currently we are searching for qualified candidates to fill the position of:

SUSTAINABLE FINANCING SPECIALIST for the BIRDa �S HEAD SEASCAPE

The Sustainable Financing Specialist provides technical advice and support to The Nature Conservancya �s program in the Papuan Birda �s Head Seascape. S/he develops innovative methods, analyses, tools, and frameworks to address sustainable marine resource use and management, in particular, focusing on good governance, institutional capacity building and sustainable financing. S/he will work with government, non-government and private sector partners at the regency, provincial and national level to develop opportunities to improve government funding for marine protected areas in Raja Ampat and the wider West Papua/Birda �s Head Seascape. S/he will explore alternative revenue streams for marine protected areas to ensure there are sufficient resources for effective management.

S/he will focus on developing and guiding the implementation of the Conservancya �s transition strategy, to ensure site based programs are effectively managed by the local government, communities and other relevant partners. S/he will assist in communicating the Conservancya �s transition strategy and new direction to partners.

The Sustainable Financing Specialist will be responsible for building institutional capacity for marine protected area management. S/he disseminates best practices, provides training and analyses to best implement organizational measures of success, and develops key partnerships with government, public and private organizations in order to identify and resolve technical issues and to widely communicate solutions and best practices. S/he will be responsible for writing up high level technical documents, and will be responsible for ensuring The Conservancya �s work at the site level is shared and leveraged across other sites in Indonesia and where relevant the wider Coral Triangle.

In this role, s/he will support the Birda �s Head Portfolio Manager to prepare work plans and budgets in line with the Conservancy and donors, and to meet conservation deliverables in the Birda �s Head. This position will report to the Birda �s Head Portfolio Manager.

REQUIREMENTS:Mastera �s degree and 7-10 years of experiences in developing good governance and sustainable financing frameworks and systems, and building the capacity of local institutions to manage natural resources.Successful experience in partnership development (partners, community, government, etc.) including extensive networking with high-level conservation contacts; political savvyKnowledge of marine protected areas, especially in Indonesia is an advantage.Demonstrated experience influencing, developing and implementing conservation policy and plans.Successful experience in developing, directing and managing multiple projects and objectives.Managing time and diverse activities under deadlines while delivering quality results.Communicating clearly via written and spoken English, and graphical means in EnglishProven interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.Please send your CV and application form to recruitment.indo--at--tnc.org, not later than January 31st, 2013. Please insert: Sustainable Financing Specialist for the Birda �s Head SeascapeN in your surat elektronik [surel/email] subject.
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