Mozambique: Mozambique Country Director

Start Date March 1, 2017

Based Maputo, Mozambique with frequent travel in Mozambique, East and Southern Africa, and to NY.

Reports to WCS Africa Program Executive Director

Overview

To effectively lead and manage the WCS Mozambique Country Program, based in the capital Maputo. The primary focus of the Country Program at this time is to support the single major landscape project in the Niassa National Reserve. Additional priorities involve insuring close collaboration with new Mozambique-focused initiatives, notably the Conservation, impact mitigation and Biodiversity Offsets (COMBO) project and the East and Southern Africa Regional Counter Wildlife Trafficking initiative. Also responsible for identification and assessment of additional opportunities as they arise.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead the WCS country program in Mozambique in consultation with the Africa Program team based in New York.
• Act as legal representative of WCS in Mozambique, working with the WCS Office of General Counsel.
• Act as political representative of WCS in Mozambique with all government partners including the Mozambique government (particularly ANAC), and bilateral donors/agencies (e.g., USAID, UNDP, AFD).
• Represent the WCS Mozambique Program to donors, the press, the Government of Mozambique, and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and manage the WCS Mozambique Country Program budget.
• Prepare and implement annual WCS Mozambique Country Program workplans and associated budgets, and approve related project workplans and budgets.
• Fundraise from public and private sources for the Mozambique Program in collaboration with other WCS fundraising teams (e.g., Africa Program, Program Development, Global Resources).
• Prepare annual country reports and oversee preparation of reports on projects and for donors, and evaluate on a regular basis progress against strategies and workplans.
• Collaborate with other WCS initiatives including but not limited to the WCS Marine Program, Species Program, and Conservation Solutions team.

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading and managing teams required.
• Successful experience developing, managing, and overseeing the implementation of conservation programs, preferably in Africa.
• Proven fundraising experience for conservation from public and private sources, preferably in Africa.
• Demonstrated capacity in financial planning and management.
• A track-record of success in conservation strategy, implementation, and fundraising.
• B.S. in conservation, ecology, or related discipline required, graduate degree preferred.
• Commitment to WCS’s mission.
• English language proficiency required, Portuguese language preferred.

Interested candidates, who meet the above qualifications, should apply by emailing an application letter and CV together with the names and contact information of three references to: africaapplications@wcs.org. Please include “Mozambique Country Director” in the subject line of your email. Candidates must also apply online via the WCS career portal by searching job title at: http://www.wcs.org/about-us/careers. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.