Cfr Landscape Project Manager : Environmental Programme

Worldwide Fund For Nature; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading conservation organization seeks a Cape Floristic Region Landscape Project Manager to enhance biodiversity and community rights in South Africa's eco-sensitive regions. The role includes overseeing project management, ensuring compliance with donor requirements, and actively engaging and empowering local communities. Ideal candidates are passionate, experienced, and results-orientated.

Qualifications

• Passionate and results-orientated.
• Brilliance in project management.
• Experienced in biodiversity and land management.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects focusing on ecological infrastructure rehabilitation.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements and deadlines.
• Empower communities and support their rights.

Job description

(This is a 30-month fixed term contract position based in Newlands, Cape Town)

WWF is the world s largest and most respected independent conservation organisation, with over 6 million supporters and a global network active in over countries.

WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

WWF South Africa is a national office that is part of the WWF network.

We are a local NGO that has worked for 50 years with the aim of inspiring all South Africans to live in harmony with nature, for the benefit of our country and the wellbeing of all our people.

WWFs work is for nature, for you .

Our work is challenging and exciting and we love what we do.

To join our team, you need to be brilliant at what you do, passionate, results-orientated and have a positive attitude.

BACKGROUND : The Cape Floristic Region Landscape Project Manager position contributes specifically to the securing of South Africa s Strategic Water Source Areas through supporting the use of various mechanisms grouped into enabling, implementation and adaptive management related mechanisms, within the Fynbos / Western Cape Landscape, Boland and Groot-Winterhoek SWSAs.

The project management undertaken includes projects that shall assist in achieving WWF s

• strategy through contribution to all the targets, but with emphasis on Impact Target 1 (Secure and improve 5million ha) and Target 2 (Benefit 5 million people) within the Cape Floristic Region Landscape.

Additionally, the position shall assist in effective and efficient operational functioning and project management, with a specific focus on oversight of two main donor requirements, reporting periods, deadlines and coordinating internal contracting and other processes.

The Project Manager will undertake the management of projects with a focus on land and biodiversity management for ecological infrastructure rehabilitation and protection, sustainable agricultural practices, climate resilience, SMME support, and community rights empowerment to ensure that communities engaged through WWF projects are both empowered and have their rights recognized and acknowledged.