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Endangered Ecosystems - Northern Tanzania (EENT) is a Cooperative Agreement (AID-621-A-15-00004) funded by USAID/Tanzania. The project focuses on protecting rangeland habitat for people and wildlife in northern Tanzania. EENT is entering a new phase in July 2018, with a focus on (1) joint visioning, exchange of lessons, and planning of multiple organizations, communities, and institutions through a stakeholders’ forum on healthy, connected rangelands, (2) harmonizing land use planning across village boundaries for rangelands connectivity in key wildlife corridors, (3) piloting systems for community-based, holistic rangeland management, restoration, and monitoring, and (4) improved collaboration and communications of multiple organizations through a partnership called the Northern Tanzania Rangelands Initiative (www.ntri.co.tz).
As Communications Specialist, you will lead communications and outreach for a dynamic project and partnership of organizations that are working together to promote the health of northern Tanzania’s rangelands and human communities.
The Communications Specialist manages and expands communications platforms of the Northern Tanzania Rangelands Initiative (NTRI) and leads communications initiatives for activities supported through the EENT project. He/she prepares written and visual communication materials, provides editorial reviews of technical and performance reports, and leads updates to the website and social media. This is a term-limited position for the remaining duration of the 5-year USAID funding window (ending September 2020), and will report to the EENT COP. The position is based at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) office in Arusha, Tanzania.
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