Natural Resources Management Team Leader, SCALE-NRM Project, Agriculture, Resilience and Water

POSITION TITLE: Natural Resources Management Team Leader LOCATION: Auki, Solomon Islands GROUP: Agriculture, Resilience and Water REPORTS TO: Chief of Party Nationals of Solomon Islands encouraged to apply Program Summary: Winrock International (WI) is currently recruiting for the position of a Natural Resource Management Team Leader in its Auki project office to support the five-year, USAID-funded Solomon Islands Strengthening Competitiveness, Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Environment – Natural Resource Management (SCALE-NRM) Program. The SCALE-NRM Program will foster conservation economies at a community scale that provide opportunities for income generation from NRM and drive provincial and national government commitment to natural resource governance. As USAID’s flagship NRM initiative in the Solomon Islands, SCALE-NRM will pave the way for future USAID investments in promoting competitive, sustainable, and inclusive economic development. SCALE-NRM has three objectives: · Promote a people-centered approach to resource governance, which will leverage the traditional connection among Solomon Islanders and a track record of communities organizing themselves around specific opportunities. · Strengthen markets for conservation through provincial and community-driven schemes that ensure communities have options to pursue alternative livelihoods and participate in diversified economic opportunities from environmental conservation. · Build the capacity of government in implementing a holistic, ecosystem-wide approach to NRM, which includes ecosystem health, land-use, climate change adaptation, and economic development. Essential Responsibilities: · Lead strategic planning for the Natural Resources Management function within the SCALE-NRM project. Provide NRM inputs into annual workplans. · Manage staff assigned to the Natural Resources Management unit, including recruitment, assigning of tasks, mentoring and support for staff, and performance management · Liaise with key stakeholders for the Natural Resources Management function, including at provincial and national government level, in CSOs, among the development community and in academic institutions · Ensure effective implementation of those tasks in the Annual Workplan which are assigned to the Natural Resources Management unit · Monitor progress with implementation of activities, and with the completion of tasks set out in the annual workplan. If implementation falls behind, or activities are not carried out to a high standard, make adjustments to the approach, reassign staff or make other changes as required to bring the activity back on track. · Ensure staff compliance with Winrock International policies and procedures · Provide NRM inputs to the annual budget. · Monitor expenditure against budget, and adjust expenditure as required to ensure that it neither exceeds nor falls significantly below the budgeted line item. · Provide NRM inputs to quarterly and annual reports. QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND: Education: Bachelor's degree plus additional certificates or Master’s degree in environmental or physical sciences, engineering, international development, political science, social studies or other related field. Experience: At least 7 years of experience in implementing NRM, forestry, conservation, community governance or related projects. Experience in managing projects in remote, multi-site environments, in developing countries. Prior experience managing programs in the Pacific Islands, and the Solomon Islands in particular, is highly preferred. Demonstrated experience in payment for ecosystem services (PES) and public private partnerships for NRM. Demonstrated understanding of the national, provincial and community level context and legal system for forest management in the Solomon Islands. Experience developing partnerships with and designing participatory methods for engaging with public sector stakeholders and non-governmental entities including the private sector, environmental NGOs, community forest enterprises, and local communities directly to reduce GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Skills/Knowledge: Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, including the ability to build and manage cooperative relationships with public and private stakeholders. Ability to build coalitions and networks with public and private sector actors that can provide synergies and sustainable solutions. Excellent management, communication, and organization skills are required. Excellent computer skills (word-processing, spreadsheets, and databases) are required. Proficient English language communications skills required. Ability to speak Pijin and native languages is preferred. Winrock is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and value diversity and inclusiveness. Winrock recruits, employs, trains, promotes and compensates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. 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