ICAN Research Project Coordinator Job in Karen, Nairobi, Kenya

The Institutional Canopy of Conservation (ICAN) Research Project
 

Job Title: Project Coordinator
 

Job location: African Conservation Centre offices, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya.
 

Contract length: Two year, Full time role renewable based on performance
 

Project Summary: This partnership project led the African Conservation Centre Nairobi, Kenya and McGill University, Montreal, Canada addresses the challenge of combining protection of biodiversity with strengthened livelihoods, whether through recognizing local rights over resources, livelihood diversification, or stimulation of a new green, postoil economy, including tourism. 

The major goal is to identify the most effective designs for future Community-Based Conservation programs by examining the impacts of ongoing conservancy experiments on community livelihoods and members’ attitudes and practices towards natural resources. 

The project will address critical issues of public policy at local, national and global levels. Geographic scope: The project will focus on the rangelands, wetlands and forests of the East African savannah, especially in the borderlands between Kenya and Tanzania.
 

Responsibilities and tasks: The Project Coordinator will play a vital role in the management and organization of this seven-year research project. He/she will carry out managerial functions, as well as contribute to the organizational leadership of the project. 

The Project Coordinator will regularly visit research field sites, and coordinate and integrate work being pursued in field sites. Further, s/he will play the key leadership role in project oversight and implementation of project plans, ensuring that project deliverables are produced and activities carried out according to schedule.

The Project Coordinator will ensure that emerging data from field sites is communicated to the Steering Committee and others as relevant. 

Finally, this job involves working on project budget adherence, taking a leadership role in all project communications, and managing data inputs and outputs. 

This is a full-time position requiring a high degree of leadership ability, motivational skills, and team building experience.

Organizational relationships: He/she will be based at the ACC offices in Karen, Nairobi reporting directly to ACC Executive Director. 

He/she will also work closely the research coordinator working in McGill University in Canada to ensure smooth continuity of administrative tasks on both the East African and North American sides of project activities.

Qualifications and Experience Required:

• A doctorate in a field related to project themes,
• Experience in research coordination and logistics,
• Strong communication skills, with proven ability to initiate and follow-up interactions and complex communications with large groups;
• Experience pursuing research in the social sciences, e.g. PhD research
• Experience in fostering broad partnerships for project synergy
• Ability to work in remote field sites with basic amenities;
• Ability to take initiative, map out and delegate tasks, and follow up with individuals on tasks assigned.
• Some familiarity with IT and web-based data systems.

To Apply:
 

If you possess the necessary qualifications and experience, send your application indicating current salary, a detailed CV, names of three referees and a daytime telephone contact, by Monday 29th December 2014 to:

African Conservation Centre 

P.O. Box 15289-00509, Nairobi. 

Or submit by Email: hr@acc.or.ke

quoting reference: ACC/ICAN/14. 

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted