Head of Durrell Conservation Training
Job
Title: Head
of Durrell Conservation
Training
Department: Durrell
Conservation Training Ltd. (Mauritius)
Location: Mauritius
Reporting
to: Head of Conservation
Learning and Development (Jersey)
Full time /
Part-time: Full
Time
Permanent /
Contract: 2 Year Contract
This is a unique and
exciting opportunity to lead the day-to-day management and strategic
development of the training programme delivered through Durrell Conservation
Training Ltd, Mauritius. We are looking
for a proactive and strategic individual with a positive attitude and with
proven management and communications skills.
If this is you,
please get in touch!
The Role
• To
provide strategic direction for Durrell Conservation Training Ltd and the
development of multi-year strategic plans (with underlying budgets) that
deliver the organisation’s capacity-building goals in line with the broader
strategic plan of Durrell’s international training programme;
• To
develop and deliver a programme of conservation training courses in Mauritius
designed to attract participants from the international conservation community;
• To
line manage staff within Durrell Conservation Training Ltd as and when they are
employed and ensure all day to day functions of the organisation are allocated
to appropriate staff or contracted out;
• To
oversee the legislative requirements placed on DCT Ltd as a Mauritian-based
not-for-profit, limited company, including the organisation of and
participation in bi-annual Board meetings and national reporting
requirements.
• To
represent the organisation at the Board of Directors meetings held to oversee
the development of the organisation;
• Monitor
and maintain quality standards within the training programme and ensure that
annual KPIs are met;
• Maintain
current local partnerships and develop local and international institutional
partnerships that enhance the quality and quantity of the training being
provided by the organisation;
• Seek
and follow up on local funding possibilities, work with Durrell’s fundraising
team for international funding, produce fund-raising proposals and manage donor
relations in support of the organisation’s training work;
• To
support and, where appropriate, deliver Durrell’s training activities within
Western Indian Ocean, including Madagascar, Comoros and the Seychelles;
• To
support the delivery of Durrell’s broader investment in Mauritius through
support to project administration, fundraising and donor reporting associated
with delivery of the 2017 – 2025 Durrell Strategy;
• To
support Durrell’s wider conservation training programme as and when required;
• Other: to recruit, line-manage and develop staff as
employed by Durrell Conservation Training Ltd in Mauritius. This role also requires the ability to
co-ordinate and manage the delivery of training initiatives involving staff
from other partner organisations, such as the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation. To
additionally recruit interns and volunteers where appropriate.
The successful
candidate will have:
• A
Minimum MSc in a biological or related wildlife management/ conservation field;
• A
minimum of 3 Years financial/project management experience within an
international organisation;
• Proven
experience as a professional conservation trainer and facilitator and evidence
of a valued reputation within the conservation sector;
• Excellent
communication skills;
• Bilingual
in French and English;
• Excellent
people management skills and a team player;
• Enthusiastic,
energetic, innovative and entrepreneurial;
• Commitment
to be part of a team taking Durrell to a new level of reputation, profile and
conservation impact.
How to apply
To apply for this
position please send your updated CV, completed application form and cover
letter to
recruitment@durrell.org
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Peter Dickinson
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