• Company: BioCarbon Partners
• Location: Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia
• State: Lusaka
• Job type: Full-Time
• Job category: NGO Jobs in Zambia

Position: Community Engagement Manager (CEM)

Location: Mfuwe Site

Project: USAID Community Forests Program (CFP)

Reporting To: Community Engagement Coordinator

Contract: 1 year, renewable

BCP is seeking a dynamic, talented, hard-working individual to serve as a Community Engagement Manager for REDD+ activities at the Mfuwe Site. This is a field-based position based in Mfuwe town, with frequent travel to rural areas in Eastern Province in basic camping conditions. We are looking for someone who has managed complicated projects in rural settings, before. The individual in this role must have a passion for conservation and community engagement and must be very comfortable with working in remote, rural, field-based locations.

This is an Equal Employment Opportunity and applicants will be evaluated based on technical qualifications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team management: Oversee, manage and coordinate Community Engagement Team members.
• Planning, Budgeting, and Reporting for team and site activities related to REDD+ implementation.
• Community stakeholder consultation, sensitization, engagement using PLA techniques in line with FPIC.
• Coordinating with GRZ and implementing partners to implement activities, including REDD+ viability assessment activities, participatory land-use planning and forest demarcations, community stakeholder engagement and livelihoods interventions implementation.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years demonstrated professional Project Management experience.
• Degree in Social Work/Community Development/Environmental Studies, Natural Resource Management, or other relevant fields.
• Fluency in English and relevant local languages (Eastern Province).
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Experience living and working in rural areas; comfort with basic field-based accommodation and camping in remote/rural areas, and significant time spent in rural villages.

Preferred experience:

• Conservation or REDD+ experience, to support and guide REDD+ project sourcing process.
• Experience implementing USAID-funded projects.

Compensation: A competitive salary will be offered.

 

How to Apply

Application Process: Interested candidates, please send a copy of your Resume/CV and a cover letter explaining how you match these requirements by email to [email protected], with CEM-MFUWE in the title, or deliver hard copy applications to the BCP/CFP Office in Mfuwe.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.