PROTECTED AREAS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT LEAD, USAID-VIET NAM BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

Posted on September, 30 2020

Based in Hanoi or Hue City, Vietnam

WWF was one of the first International non-government organizations working in Vietnam. In 1985, WWF began working on a national conservation strategy and since then has worked closely with the Vietnamese Government on a diverse range of environmental issues and implemented field activities across the country. Find out more at http://vietnam.panda.org/.
WWF recognizes that its employees are its most important asset. A competent workforce, thoroughly trained, properly motivated, and bound together by mutual trust and common objectives is crucial to the success of WWF.
We are looking for passionate candidates with solid background for the position: Protected Areas and Law Enforcement Lead, USAID-Viet Nam Biodiversity Conservation program, based in Hanoi/Hue.

Major Functions: Responsible for technical management and thought leadership of Strategic Approach 2 and 3 including support of provincial team members engaged in these Strategic Approaches. This role will ensure the integration of SUF/PF forest management, biodiversity monitoring, species conservation, and law enforcement approaches both within and outside the protected forests. (S)he will also lead a project-wide law enforcement approach to ensure forest rangers, Forest Protection Departments (FPD) under the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), local communities, police, environmental police, prosecutors and judiciary are engaged, coordinated and delivering effective law enforcement to increase detections, arrests, prosecutions, and convictions.

Requirements: The ideal candidate for this position will have extensive experience supporting improved protected area management and deployment of law enforcement approaches, including prosecutorial, in relation to natural resource management. With an understanding of how to engage communities in natural resource protection and co-management arrangements, the candidate will preferentially understand Vietnamese legal frameworks. The candidate should have at least 10 years of applied work experience in this area.

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