International Research Manager
Save Vietnam’s
Wildlife
Duration: 2 years
Expected starting
date: May 2016
Salary:
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Save Vietnam’s Wildlife will provide basic salary sufficient to cover
living costs in Vietnam for the first year. There after the field research
manager will be responsible for raising funds for research projects including
her/his salary and associated costs such as travel, food, accommodation,
research assistance and equipment.
•
Save Vietnam’s Wildlife will provide a one-way airfare to Hanoi, and
airfare to home country after a minimum of two years service.
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Save Vietnam’s Wildlife will cover cost of the position visa and health
insurance while in Vietnam
Work place: Save
Vietnam’s Wildlife, Cuc Phuong National Park, Nho Quan, Ninh Binh
Organization
profile: Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) is a national Non-Profit Organisation in
Vietnam that was established under the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology
Associations with registration license from Ministry of Science and Technology.
Our aims are:
• Delivering effective education programs to
empower people to take informed action.
• Working with Government to effect positive,
long-lasting change for wildlife.
• Rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing
confiscated threatened wildlife, and contributing to conservation-breeding
programs for globally-threatened species, in support of wild populations.
• Increasing understanding of conservation
requirements of threatened wildlife through rigorous scientific research.
• Demonstrating and promoting good animal
welfare to organizations throughout Vietnam.
Accommodation:
Provided at Cuc Phuong National Park
Benefits: 12 working
days annual holiday following Vietnamese Labour law, plus 10 national holiday
days.
Hours of work: 8
hours each day 5 days a week. However, as the animals within the centre are
nocturnal it is expected that the employee may sometimes work during the
evenings. Any overtime will be accrued and time given off in lieu.
Working with: Save
Vietnam’s Wildlife, including staff based at Cuc Phuong National Park and
overseas; other NGO partners; government departments; visiting researchers; and
community organisations.
Job mission:
Transfer skills and develop capacity of the SVW research team, as well as local
conservationists and scientists thereby contributing to the conservation of
wildlife in Vietnam. This will entail
the development, implementation, supervision, and fundraising of both in situ
and ex situ research projects.
Research Priorities
of SVW:
• The status, distribution, ecology and
behaviour of SVW priority species (including Chinese and Sunda pangolin).
• The illegal wildlife trade of SVW priority
species in Vietnam.
National Vietnamese conservation policy.
National Vietnamese conservation policy.
• Social research on illegal wildlife trade
of pangolins in Vietnam.
• Tracking and post release research on
wildlife.
Job activities: The
field research manager will be responsible for developing and supervising the
SVW research team, as well as developing, fund-raising for, and implementing
research projects in line with organizational objectives. Developing the capacity
of the SVW research team is a priority of this position. Specific activities
are as follows, in no particular order:
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Lead and manage research project/s aligned to research priorities of
SVW.
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Support the professional development of the SVW Vietnamese research
officers.
•
Assist Vietnamese Research Officers to join international training
courses and workshops.
•
Fundraising for research activities and subsequent compliance and
acquittal.
•
Provide technical assistance to forest rangers carrying out field
surveys.
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As this position is to be funded after the first year by research grants
the following criteria are essential
Essential criteria:
Qualifications:
A post graduate
degree in a relevant science or conservation based discipline
Knowledge and
experience:
• Proven fundraising skills and experience
writing successful grant applications
• Demonstrable team leadership experience
• A track record of peer-reviewed
publications
• Practical knowledge of wildlife and habitat
conservation
• Experience of living and working in field
conditions
• Demonstrable experience of working
effectively with a number of partners including communities, government
departments and NGOs
• Current vaccinations including rabies.
Skills and personal
qualities:
• Dynamic, effective team leadership skills
with ability to work under own initiative
• Good communicator; able to write, speak and
present with a high level of proficiency in English
• Excellent administration and organisational
skills
• A working knowledge of data analysis
software
• Highly motivated, good humoured and
positive personality
• Creative, adaptable and resourceful to meet
the demands of a challenging environment
• Active, fit and healthy.
Desirable criteria:
• Familiar with south-east Asian conservation
issues and living/working in Vietnam/Asia
• Driving license and ability to ride a
motorbike
• Ability to maintain basic equipment and
vehicles
• Some knowledge of Vietnamese would be
advantageous
• Willingness to travel as required.
How to apply
Interested
candidates should send their recent CV and a cover letter to email:
info@savevietnamswildlife.org or kimanh@savevietnamswildlife.org by 26th
February 2016.
Acknowledgements will be sent to short-listed applicants only.
Phone contact:
0303848053
Application Deadline
Friday, 26th
February 2016
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