In South Africa, TNC works with government, private sector, NGOs, and community stakeholders to restore priority catchments and conserve important landscapes, freshwater ecosystems, and oceans.

Key Responsibilities

• Collecting baseline data to inform and plan restoration activities.
  Quality control of invasive plant control and active terrestrial and freshwater activities.
• Planning restoration activities, including coordination and deployment of work teams
• Building the capacity of field teams to improve execution of restoration activities and methodologies.
• Providing guidance to field teams to improve worksite management and site safety.
• Coordinating training interventions to develop the skills of local field teams.
• Preparing progress reports, monitoring progress of work teams and capture key lessons to improve nature-based activities.
• Field surveys to determine condition of native vegetation and soils.
• Checking that the health and safety compliance procedures in field are adhered to and corrected as needed.
• Organizing, planning and hosting workshops
• Work in variable weather conditions, at remote locations, on difficult and hazardous terrain and under physically demanding circumstances.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years’ experience in natural resource management or similar field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience capturing and analyzing data.
• Experience managing work teams.
• Experience of broad ecological processes and biodiversity management
• Experience completing tasks independently with respect to timeline(s).
• Experience with communication via written, spoken, and graphical means in English and other relevant languages.
• Experience of using common software applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Web browsers).
• Working knowledge of Geographic Information System (GIS) software.
• Relationship building experience to work closely with a variety of partners, including government officials, internal scientists, local communities.
• Experience in data capturing and analyzing.
• Must have a valid code 8 driver’s license and over one year’s driving experience.

Desired Skills

• Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated.
• Over 5 years experience in natural resource management, similar field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability and willingness to apply science to decision-making and guide activities.
• Knowledge of ecological land management principles.
• Familiarity with principles of Protected Area declaration and post-declaration support.
• Knowledge of current trends and practices in conservation, land management and natural resource management.
• Ability to identify biological threats and present suitable solutions.