CERCOPAN

Category: CERCOPAN staff fighting to save rainforest and endanger, Cercopan, Rain Forests, Saving endangered monkeys | Date: May 09 2009 | By: cercopan

CERCOPAN (Centre for Education, Research and Conservation of Primates and Nature: www.cercopan.org) is recruiting for a Volunteer and Ecotourism Coordinator to start in May /June 2009. This voluntary position is based at Rhoko, our bush site where we help the Iko Esai community to protect 2400ha of tropical rainforest. The site is home to 60 semi-free ranging forest monkeys, and an array of wildlife including pangolins, wild putty nosed guenons, Mona monkeys, bushbabies, duikers, golden cats and drills.

We are looking for a flexible, sociable, team-player with previous experience managing volunteers. The ideal candidate will be a people person, good at multi-tasking with strong leadership and communication skills. They must also have the ability to cope well under stress and live happily in basic but comfortable forest living conditions.

Duties include:

- Supervising all volunteers and visitors (meet and greet, preparing itineraries, menus, arranging logistics, supervising projects\research tasks, ensuring appropriate staff available, acting as point of contact etc.)

- Financial management of volunteer/tourism budget

- Training/ capacity building for staff involved in tourism (e.g. preparation of meals and accommodation, guided walk training, management of the community centre visitor centre by community members etc.)

- Preparing proposals for eco-tourism development

- Developing and implementing a national advertising strategy for tourism at Rhoko

- Ensuring all volunteer and tourism materials are constantly updated

- Tourism/ Volunteering related PR   

- Undertaking research, collecting data and assisting with camp management when cover is required.

Essential:

- Experience managing volunteers

- First Aid certificate or equivalent experience

- University educated, first degree

- Interest in Conservation/Primates

- Physically fit

- Good communication skills

- 4 wheel driving experience (or willingness to take four wheel driving course in UK)

Desired:

- Work experience in conservation

- Work experience with NGO                     

- Research experience

- Climbing (tree) experience

- Swimming/life saving skills

- Masters in conservation, biology, ecology, zoology, tourism

Provisions: Room and board will be provided for an initial 1 year contract. All flights, visa arrangements, insurance etc. are the responsibility of the volunteer.

Please send covering letter, references (preferably email contact) and CV to claire.coulson@cercopan.org

For further information, please see the CERCOPAN website www.cercopan.org and blog http://cercopan.wildlifedirect.org/

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