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The Orangutan Foundation - Projects Manager
Terms of Reference for Projects’ Manager
Background to the Orangutan Foundation
The Orangutan Foundation is a UK-registered charity whose aim is to ensure the
survival of orangutans and their tropical forest habitats, together with the
spectacular fauna and fauna these habitats contain. Orangutans are only found
in the wild on the islands of Sumatraand Borneo, but their habitat has been
reduced by over 90% through logging and clearance of the forest, primarily for
oil palm. The Foundation has been working in Kalimantan(Indonesian Borneo) and
Sumatrafor almost 20 years, supporting conservation, research and education
programmes. It does this through helping develop the capacity of local
conservation organisations, co-operating with other international organisations
and donors, and developing specific conservation action programmes.
Job description
Position: Projects’ Manager
Reporting to: The Foundation’s Director
Overall responsibility: To manage all of Foundation’s projects in
Indonesiato ensure they are implemented properly, on time, and in accordance
with both their contractual basis and local customs and regulations.
Specific duties and responsibilities:
* Manage all of the Orangutan Foundation’s projects in Indonesia to
ensure their agreed objectives are achieved and they are implemented and
administered properly in accordance with best professionalpractis e, including
producing work plans, budgets, technical reports and financial reports in a
timelymanner.
* Ensure proper controls are maintained to safeguard funds sent to the
field, as well as ensuring that all expenditure is properly accounted for, and
proper supporting documents are kept of all financial transactions.
* Ensure proper working relationships are maintained with local
partners and government institutions, especially collaborating NGO’s,
Forestry/PHKA representative agencies, police and local government (this
includes seeking approval of work plans, co-ordinating implementation of
activities, and submitting progress reports, to government agencies).
* Host and co-ordinate official visits from government agencies,
donors, film crews, journalists, researchers, partner NGO’s and other approved
official guests.
* Submit quarterly budget requests to the UK office in respect of
individual projects and the Foundation’s own operational requirements.
* Ensure sufficient photographic documentation and field reports of the
Foundation’s activities are sent to the London office in a timely manner,
especially content suitable for inclusion in the Foundation’s newsletter‘Red
Ape’.
* Develop project proposals and specific fund-raising activities.
* Ensure the Foundation’s Director is informed of all important
developments in the field.
* Carry out any other duties as required by the Foundation’s Director
or its Indonesia Programmes’ Manager.
Candidate profile
The preferred candidate should have the following skills and experience:
Essential attributes:
* A relevant degree or equivalent experience
* At least 5 years’ experience in nature conservation and/or natural
resources management
* At least 3 years’ project management experience, including financial
management and financial reporting
* Proven communication and leadership skills, as well as proven
capacity to collaborate effectively with government institutions and work
effectively in a team with numerous collaborators and stakeholders
* Demonstrable commitment to conservation issues, initiative, and
problem-solving abilities
Desirable attributes:
* At least 5 years’ experience of project management
* Experience of working in Asia , preferably in Indonesia
Experience in the following skills:
* Community education programmes and public relations work
* Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mapping
* Reforestation and/ or tree nursery management
Terms and conditions
Start date: October 2008
Duration of contract: Two years initially, but longer-term commitment preferred
Probationary period: Three months
Starting salary: Negotiable depending on experience
Location: Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Additional benefits:
* Furnished house in Pangkalan Bun
* International medical insurance, including emergency evacuation cover
* 5 weeks holiday per year
* Return airfare to place of recruitment once per year
Application procedure
The closing date for applications is 15 July 2008. Please send your
application, comprising a short covering letter, CV, and contact details of two
referees, to:
Ashley Leiman OBE
Director
Orangutan Foundation
7 KentTerrace, LondonNW1 4RP, UK
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