TRAFFIC is the leading non-governmental organization working globally on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.<\/p>\n
TRAFFIC International is a charity and limited company registered in the UK. TRAFFIC\u2019s head office, based in Cambridge UK, provides worldwide leadership, coordination, cross-regional and corporate functions. TRAFFIC\u2019s local engagement is managed through programme offices operating under the auspices of the UK charity, with staff based in a hub office and at other strategic locations where necessary. Programme offices operate within a geographic area of responsibility focused on one or multiple countries where TRAFFIC aims to help deliver priority programme outcomes. TRAFFIC works in strategic alliance with IUCN and WWF on wildlife trade issues.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Project Manager \u2013 TWIX Western Africa\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n PROJECTS BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/p>\n The West Africa Biodiversity and Low Emissions Development (WABiLED) Program is a four-year program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with 3 core objectives: combat wildlife trafficking and enhance great ape conservation; reduce deforestation, forest degradation, and biodiversity loss in key transboundary forest landscapes; and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon sequestration from land use. WABiLED is implemented by Tetra Tech ARD with five subcontracting partners including TRAFFIC, Born Free USA, Winrock International, Re:wild and Dalberg Associates.<\/p>\n As part of its SOW under the WABiLED program, TRAFFIC will support the establishment of a Western Africa Trade in Wildlife Information eXchange (Western Africa-TWIX) network. Based on similar TWIX networks operating in other Africa regions, the Western Africa-TWIX will facilitate the exchange of information between wildlife law enforcement officials who are registered users of the system<\/p>\n JOB DESCRIPTION This is a project management role with responsibility for the planning, implementation and reporting function of various activities under the Western Africa-TWIX initiative of the WABiLED project.<\/p>\n SPECIFIC DUTIES<\/p>\n \u2022 Work closely with partner states, ECOWAS, inter-governmental organizations and other stakeholders to harness support for the proposed Western Africa-TWIX system and ensure the smooth implementation and expansion of WA TWIX, both in terms of countries and recruitment of users. REQUIREMENTS<\/p>\n \u2022 Advanced university-level degree is preferred (e.g. Masters) in law, policing, biological sciences or another related field. \u2022 This position is open to Ghanaians or foreign nationals with the legal right to work and live in Ghana, and to travel extensively in the region<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TRAFFIC is the leading non-governmental organization working globally on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. TRAFFIC International is a charity…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-gDV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCHARACTERISTIC DUTIES<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Conduct country assessments and consultations with Government law enforcement agencies and WABiLED partners to identify target countries and nominated LE personnel for a phased establishment of TWIX membership across the region.
\n\u2022 Support the design and launch of the Western Africa-TWIX website and provide ongoing website management and IT development support.
\n\u2022 Manage the Western Africa-TWIX mailing list, which includes but is not limited to, keeping the mailing list active, managing the server of the mailing list, liaising with the server provider in case of problems, and ensuring that all queries on the mailing list are addressed.
\n\u2022 Provide supervision, technical support and training to the WA-TWIX project assistant
\n\u2022 Organize and facilitate registration and training workshops for nominated users of Western Africa-TWIX and provide ongoing technical assistance to the membership base.
\n\u2022 Provide support in connecting law enforcement agencies across borders to facilitate the investigation and conclusion of specific cases of IWT.
\n\u2022 Convene and facilitate meetings to promote, consolidate and strengthen project collaboration at the country and regional level. Produce TWIX meeting minutes\/reports with agreed outcomes and actions and follow up accordingly.
\n\u2022 Engage with TRAFFIC TWIX staff in Cambridge and Brussels office on the co-ordination of TWIX platforms.
\n\u2022 Manage the TWIX project budget and provide quarterly financial reports on expenditures.
\n\u2022 Produce regular narrative reports on project activities and progress against indicators.
\n\u2022 In collaboration with the WABiLED Communications team, promote Western Africa -TWIX among ECOWAS target audiences and to external audiences, including USAID and local Missions.
\n\u2022 At the end of the third year of the WABiLED project, facilitate a TWIX learning event with participation from Central, Eastern, Southern Africa and Europe TWIX users, to share experiences and facilitate discussions on opportunities to strengthen global networks.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 A first-level university degree OR equivalent academic education, or professional training with certification from a recognized international\/national police, customs or other staff training institution, with specialization in criminal justice, crime prevention, criminal investigation, law enforcement, border management or other related areas, in combination with additional years of qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
\n\u2022 A minimum of five years of professional experience working in wildlife policy, conservation or law enforcement, with government, an international non-governmental organization (NGO), inter-governmental organization (IGO), or research institution.
\n\u2022 Strong organizational skills with a minimum of five years\u2019 experience working in a project management capacity, covering planning, budgeting, financial and narrative reporting.
\n\u2022 Strong communication, networking and collaboration skills and ability to work with sensitivity in different cultural contexts.
\n\u2022 Strong IT literacy and Microsoft Office skills and an analytical mind.
\n\u2022 Previous experience in delivering training \/ teaching and providing mentorship support to government agencies.
\n\u2022 Experience of working in Africa, ideally West or Central Africa.
\n\u2022 Fluency in written and spoken English and French is essential.
\n\u2022 Experience of working with law enforcement agencies and\/or knowledge of wildlife conservation issues and environmental crime would be an advantage.
\n\u2022 Experience of staff management would be an advantage.
\n\u2022 Must be able to travel extensively throughout the West Africa region, which may require frequent periods of up to ten days away from home.<\/p>\n