CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: Agriconsulting
Country: Sierra Leone
Closing date: 21 Nov 2014

Agriconsulting is looking for a Forests and Carbon Inventory expert for the EU funded project “Technical Assistance for the REDD+ and capacity building project in Sierra Leone”

Qualifications and skills

-A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a recognized university in forestry (or natural resource/ environmental management) or related disciplines e.g. biometrics, statistics, geography. Post-graduate qualification in a related field will be additional value.

-Additional qualifications in education/training, training of trainers, lecturing or provision of extension services would also be added value.

General professional experience

• A minimum of 8 years of proven experience in designing and implementing forest inventories and/or forest carbon stock inventories in developed or developing countries.
• Experience in implementing sustainable forest management practices will be an added advantage.
• Proven experience in transferring analytical inventory results into simple and workable modules.
• Excellent oral and written presentation and documentation skills.
• Proficiency in GIS/remote sensing software and MS Office applications.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Specific professional experience

• A minimum of 2 years of proven experience of practical experience with using appropriate technology, i.e. GIS and remote sensing techniques for forest and carbon inventories, ground-truthing and mapping.
• Proven experience in training field staff in forest inventory techniques, including GIS proficiency.
• Direct experience working with projects related to international climate change, and specifically, REDD+ developments and discussions is an added value for this position.
• Experience in producing training materials, guidelines and manuals.

The assignment should start in February 2015 and the period of implementation will be of 14 months**. The expert will be required for 13 months.**

How to apply:

Interested people can apply by submitting their CV to Mrs Letizia Alimonti (l.alimonti@agriconsulting.it) by 21 November 2014.

Please note that only selected candidates will be contacted back.