To coordinate and provide technical oversight in piloting implementation of the wildlife corridors, dispersal areas, buffer zones, and migratory routes regulations to ensure that the piloting of the corridor regulations is in compliance with the Land Use Planning Act of 2007, Village Land Act Number 5/1999, Wildlife Act of 2009 and Wildlife Corridors regulation of 2018.
The Tanzania Natural Resource Forum is a network organization registered in 2006 as a Non-Governmental Organization, with the aim of promoting the improvement of natural resource governance to achieve more sustainable rural livelihoods and better conservation outcomes. TNRF works for improved natural resources governance by helping to bridge the gap between:
▪ People’s local natural resource management needs and practices, and
▪ National natural resource management priorities, policies, laws, and programs TNRF seeks to support its members by improving communication, sharing information, promoting collaboration and strengthening collective action.
TNRF has a growing membership of more than 3,800 people and organizations, supporting professional staff, and a steering committee drawn from the membership. TNRF facilitates member-driven ‘Working Groups’ on key policy and practice issues that are of direct interest to members. These working groups are very collaborative and provide an opportunity for TNRF’s diverse membership to tackle concerns at a range of different levels. There are currently working groups engaged in TNRF’s three main thematic areas of forestry, wildlife, and rangelands. TNRF communications work at a cross-cutting level, producing, for example, a website, weekly e-news, policy briefs in collaboration with partners and participatory film or radio targeted at advocacy. TNRF also successfully engages with other stakeholders in establishing round tables for CSOs, donors, international NGOs and government to discuss emerging issues related to the environment.
TNRF is implementing the project name “Engaging Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the private sector in developing advocacy agendas” to build on the successes of the first phase to influence improved wildlife conservation and tourism sector. Through this project, TNRF will strengthen advocacy approaches and supporting the piloting of the implementation of the new wildlife policies and regulations by engaging CSOs, local community institutions, the private sector and the government. In view of this, TNRF seeks to recruit a Project Officer -Land use Planning to provide technical oversight and coordinate piloting of wildlife Corridors regulation in one cluster in Northern Tanzania. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating and providing technical oversight on the day to day activities of piloting wildlife corridors regulations in one of Wildlife Corridors in Northern.
The coordinator will be responsible for the following outputs: -
i. Project reports and high-quality Outputs as indicated in the project document, focusing on the key deliverables (details for each deliverable will be provided in the project document)
ii. Viability assessment report of the proposed wildlife corridor and proposed boundaries
iii. Four approved village land use plans iv. A report documenting all comments with representation from villages covered by Wildlife corridors, CSOs, and other stakeholders submitted to the MNRT with observations and recommendations on the designation of Wildlife Corridor
v. Established institutions that manage resources sharing areas: Joint corridor management committee and village game scouts
vi. Model bylaws of wildlife corridors, dispersal areas, buffer zones, and migratory routes
vii. Joint Land Use Plan and Joint Land Use Agreement (JLUA) signed by villages that connect wildlife corridors viii. Resource Zone Management Plan (RZMP) approved by all villages
ix. Policy brief on the lessons learned in the processes of establishment of the wildlife corridor and suggested revisions (if any) for the Wildlife corridors regulations The Project Officer -Land use Planning will work closely with the implementing team; Project Coordinator, Communication and Advocacy Coordinator, and Monitoring and Learning Officer.
The Project Officer-Land use Planning will have the following broad skill-set:
This is a project funded position for which a full and attractive package commensurate with the nature of the position will be offered per 1 annual basis, renewable on the basis of performance and availability of funds.
Interested Candidates for this job are kindly requested to send their CV accompanied by a cover letter to recruitment@tnrf.org