Monitoring Officer Job in Kenya

Position: Elephant Monitoring Officer

Job Ref.:

 LEWC-280180

Location: Isiolo, Kenya

Sector: Environment &

Conservation

The organisation, based in Isiolo Kenya, works as a catalyst and a model for

the conservation of wildlife and its habitat. 

We are

looking for an experienced, skilled, self-driven and dedicated Elephant

Monitoring Officer with a commitment to undertake all aspects of ecological

monitoring and evaluation of elephant on the Wildlife Conservancy and Borana

Conservancy Landscape and adjacent areas. 

This

includes identifying, monitoring and reporting on human-elephant conflict (HEC)

incidents as well as the demographics and spatial ecology of associated family

and breeding groups.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify,
  
  monitor and determine the movements and association patterns of the family
  
  groups of elephant on the Lewa – Borana landscape and the Mount Kenya
  
  Elephant Corridor;


• Perform
  
  regular monitoring patrols to identify individual elephant and groups,
  
  their association and develop an understanding of their socio-spatial
  
  ecology;



• In
  
  liaison with the fence supervisor, identify and monitor elephant causing
  
  HEC incidents including destruction of fences in the landscape;


• Take
  
  photographic records and associated metadata of elephant causing destruction
  
  to the fences and breakage points;


• Working
  
  with Borana Conservancy and other relevant stakeholders, set-up and
  
  oversee the collection of HEC incidents, as well as identify the movement
  
  patterns of elephant family groups;


• Update
  
  the Elephant Database with individual elephant causing HEC incidents;


• Update
  
  the Elephant Database with family groups utilizing the Lewa – Borana
  
  landscape and the immediate neighbouring areas;


• Undertake
  
  post-intervention monitoring of elephants to assess effectiveness of
  
  management interventions;


• Monitor
  
  injured elephants in the Conservancy while following their recovery
  
  post-treatment;


• Interpretation
  
  and production of timely quarterly reports on elephant family groups as
  
  well as those causing HEC incidents. This will include making assessments
  
  of and recommendations for the effectiveness of HEC mitigation activities
  
  and management interventions.

• A
  
  diploma in natural resource management;


• 1
  
  year experience in wildlife monitoring;


• Excellent
  
  communication skills in both written and verbal English and Swahili.


• Excellent
  
  interpersonal skills as well as report writing skills;


• Bush
  
  craft skills will be an added advantage.

Applications

If you meet the above requirements and are interested in joining a team of

hardworking staff, please send your resume and application letter to the

address below indicating your current gross pay and salary expectation for this

position. 

Provide

your daytime telephone contact and contacts of three professional referees to

eastafricaposting@gmail.com

Please

quote the job ref in your application

This role will be on a one year contract with a possibility of renewal.

NB: only shortlisted candidates will be contacted