Showing posts with label Rehabilitation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rehabilitation. Show all posts
Apr 27, 2013
Mar 30, 2013
Apr 9, 2012
Primate Release Programme – Diani, Kenya
Job Description: 4 x Volunteer Field Research Assistant
Background Information and Position Description
The Colobus Trust, Kenya, facilitates the rescue and rehabilitation of confiscated, orphaned and injured animals and where feasible their return to the wild. It is from this base I am conducting my PhD data collection and require 4 field assistants to assist in this process.
In September 2011, data collection will begin. One research assistant is required to collect comparative and baseline data on the wild Sykes and vervet troops in Diani. The study troops have already been selected and habituated and are waiting a dedicated volunteer to collect behavioural and feeding ecology data over an 18 month period. A second research assistant is required to collect data on the primates scheduled for release, both pre-release while still captive and once released. Once released each troop of primates will be monitored daily for 12 months by a research team, collecting twice daily census information, behavioural focal follows, including feeding ecology and recording all wildlife interactions.
The release programme is based in Diani, Kenya and offers a unique opportunity to live in a beautiful beach and forested area, with many western comforts. Our accommodation has been kindly supplied by The Colobus Trust, and comprises unisex bedrooms in a communal house, hot/cold showers, 3 meals a day, laundry and housekeeping. There is good mobile phone and internet coverage, and using Sarfricom, the local network supplier, text messages to the UK are very cheap (approx 8p). This accommodation is also used for the Colobus Trust volunteer programme, and as such there may be up to 8 people sharing the facilities at any one time. Many of the volunteers on this programme are not serious researches and as such will be performing different duties and working different hours. Any researcher accepting this position needs to be aware of these differences.
Field time will be scheduled as 6 days a week, working 8-12 hours per day. Data collection periods will rotate between 6am-12noon and 12noon-6pm (4 days per week) allowing 1-2 hours a day for travel to and from the research site, phenology work, reliability tests and inputting the data, on a daily basis, on to the database. Full day follows, 6am-6pm will be conducted 2 days per week, Holidays will be formulated dependant on your terms of commitment, but will be loosely based around 4 week’s holiday per year. As this data is going to be used as baseline information for a PhD thesis, researchers are not permitted to take the data away, nor use it for any form of personal analysis.
This is a volunteer position and as such no wage or stipend is currently available. The volunteer is responsible for their return flight to Mombasa, visa, which will need extending after 3 months for an additional 3 months, comprehensive travel and medical insurance, food and accommodation as mentioned above (approx 70 Euros per week, eating a local food diet), all field clothing, including adequate walking boots. Please note that if funding applications are successful then the project will cover all food and accommodation cost – however, no funding is currently secured.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential requirements
Experience of working on a scientific research project, collecting and working systematically with data, ideally an observational/behavioural projectSignificant foreign travel or living/work experience, within a developing country and ideally the tropicsInterest in animal behaviour, conservation and welfare, and preferably a university level qualification in animal behaviour, primate conservation, zoology or other relevant subjectThere are 4 positions available, each looking for a six month long commitment. However, consideration will be given to candidates looking for a shorter commitment period, although a minimum of 3 months is required.In addition, applicants must have certain QUALITIES: they must be energetic, patient, open, responsible, flexible, healthy, able to work independently but also as part of a team, be highly motivated and not easily distracted by the holiday mentality found here in Diani. Applicants must also be hardworking and able to keep going, and do so cheerfully! Our schedule is demanding and unconventional (6 days work, 1 day off), up to 12 hrs field time per day and no guarantee of getting lunch, but monkeys permitting we try our best. The position is not ideal for someone who needs a lot of personal time, or for someone who easily feels lonely. The ideal applicant must be comfortable being unplugged and a distance from easy communication with the outside world, although there is good mobile phone and e-mail communication, but sometimes things just don't work. They must also have above average resistance to social/psychological stress with a tolerance towards local customs and beliefs and be comfortable with other conditions and risks that are simply part of tropical fieldwork, such as limited healthcare, monotonous diet, rare confrontations with noxious plants or animals. This is very intense work - if your main goal is not gaining scientific research experience, you will probably not be happy in this position.
Mar 20, 2012
Mwangaza Rehabilitation Centre is a project of Development Kenya Action (DKA) & eRko Support Office. 
Mwangaza is a drug rehabilitation centre for boys who having been living on the streets and have drug and substance abuse problems.
The residential rehabilitation programme has capacity for 30 clients every six months.
Clients in the programme are provided with follow-up support into education, vocational training or apprenticeships.
The role of the Director is to provide overall leadership to staff and strategic direction to the work of Mwangaza Rehabilitation Centre.
The Director is supported by two Heads of Department and with them will ensure smooth co-ordination of the day-to-day affairs at the Centre.
The Director will work with the Board and other stakeholders to develop and implement strategies that will ensure a sustainable organisation offering high quality of service to clients.
DKA & eRko is seeking applications from candidates who meet the following requirements:
Candidates who meet these requirements should send a letter of application, a CV and contact details for three references to:
DKA &eRko Support Office,
P. O Box 17699-00500
Nairobi or send an email to dkaerko.so@gmail.com.
By 5.00 pm Monday March 26th 2012.
Please do not send copies of testimonials or certificates at this stage.
Mar 16, 2012
Primate Release Programme – Diani, Kenya
Job Description: 1 x Volunteer Rehabilitation and Release Co-ordinator
Background Information and Position Description
The Colobus Trust, Kenya, facilitates the rescue and rehabilitation of confiscated, orphaned and injured animals and where feasible their return to the wild.
The Colobus Trust have successfully hand-reared the first Angolan Black and White colobus monkey to 9 months old and she is now ready to be prepared for release back in to the wild. This is brand new work and as a colobus of this species has never before been successfully hand-reared this type of release has never occurred with this species.
The juvenile colobus needs a full-time carer to teach her tree climbing, foraging and feeding and to monitor her soft release in to our home troop of wild Angolan colobus monkeys. In addition her transition in to the night enclosure with vervet and Sykes monkeys also needs to be monitored.
Once her transition in to the night enclosures has been achieved the general working day with the colobus will begin between 7-8am when she will be removed from the night enclosure. The rest of the day will be a mix of tree climbing, foraging and feeding lessons within our nature trail and a slow introduction to our home troop. The home troop have seen the juvenile colobus most days for the last 9 months but there has not been any physical contact. The colobus will be returned to her night enclosure around 5pm, given time to feed alone before joining the other vervet and Sykes monkeys for the night. .
Prior to the colobus’ transition in to the night enclosure there may also be some night care giving requirements (approx 2 nights per week on a rota system with the manager).
The Colobus Trust is based in Diani, Kenya and offers a unique opportunity to live in a beautiful beach and forested area, with many western comforts. Our accommodation comprises three unisex bedrooms, with four beds per room, in a communal house, hot/cold showers, 3 meals a day, laundry and housekeeping. There is good mobile phone and internet coverage, and using Sarfricom, the local network supplier, text messages to the UK are very cheap (approx 8p).
This is a volunteer position and as such no wage or stipend is currently available. The volunteer is responsible for their return flight to Mombasa, visa, which will need extending after 3 months for an additional 3 months, comprehensive travel and medical insurance, food and accommodation as mentioned above (150 Euros per week), all field clothing, including adequate walking boots, mobile and internet expenses.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential requirements
You need to be physically fit, have a lot of patience and an affinity for working closely with animals.Ideally we would like someone who has a working knowledge of the rehabilitation and release process with primates, as well as captive care skills, who can contribute ideas and solutions.Significant foreign travel or living/work experience, within a developing country and ideally the tropicsInterest in animal behaviour, conservation and welfare, and preferably a university level qualification in animal behaviour, primate conservation, zoology or other relevant subjectIn addition, applicants must have certain QUALITIES: they must be energetic, patient, open, responsible, flexible, healthy, able to work independently but also as part of a team, be highly motivated and not easily distracted by the holiday mentality found here in Diani. Applicants must also be hardworking and able to keep going, and do so cheerfully! Our schedule is demanding and unconventional (6 days work, 1 day off), up to 8 hrs field time per day. The position is not ideal for someone who needs a lot of personal time, or for someone who easily feels lonely. The ideal applicant must be comfortable being unplugged and a distance from easy communication with the outside world, although there is good mobile phone and e-mail communication, but sometimes things just don't work. They must also have above average resistance to social/psychological stress with a tolerance towards local customs and beliefs and be comfortable with other conditions and risks that are simply part of tropical fieldwork, such as limited healthcare, monotonous diet, rare confrontations with noxious plants or animals.
Feb 27, 2012
Primate Release Programme – Diani, Kenya
Job Description: 4 x Volunteer Field Research Assistant
Background Information and Position Description
The Colobus Trust, Kenya, facilitates the rescue and rehabilitation of confiscated, orphaned and injured animals and where feasible their return to the wild. It is from this base I am conducting my PhD data collection and require 4 field assistants to assist in this process.
In September 2011, data collection will begin. One research assistant is required to collect comparative and baseline data on the wild Sykes and vervet troops in Diani. The study troops have already been selected and habituated and are waiting a dedicated volunteer to collect behavioural and feeding ecology data over an 18 month period. A second research assistant is required to collect data on the primates scheduled for release, both pre-release while still captive and once released. Once released each troop of primates will be monitored daily for 12 months by a research team, collecting twice daily census information, behavioural focal follows, including feeding ecology and recording all wildlife interactions.
The release programme is based in Diani, Kenya and offers a unique opportunity to live in a beautiful beach and forested area, with many western comforts. Our accommodation has been kindly supplied by The Colobus Trust, and comprises unisex bedrooms in a communal house, hot/cold showers, 3 meals a day, laundry and housekeeping. There is good mobile phone and internet coverage, and using Sarfricom, the local network supplier, text messages to the UK are very cheap (approx 8p). This accommodation is also used for the Colobus Trust volunteer programme, and as such there may be up to 8 people sharing the facilities at any one time. Many of the volunteers on this programme are not serious researches and as such will be performing different duties and working different hours. Any researcher accepting this position needs to be aware of these differences.
Field time will be scheduled as 6 days a week, working 8-12 hours per day. Data collection periods will rotate between 6am-12noon and 12noon-6pm (4 days per week) allowing 1-2 hours a day for travel to and from the research site, phenology work, reliability tests and inputting the data, on a daily basis, on to the database. Full day follows, 6am-6pm will be conducted 2 days per week, Holidays will be formulated dependant on your terms of commitment, but will be loosely based around 4 week’s holiday per year. As this data is going to be used as baseline information for a PhD thesis, researchers are not permitted to take the data away, nor use it for any form of personal analysis.
This is a volunteer position and as such no wage or stipend is currently available. The volunteer is responsible for their return flight to Mombasa, visa, which will need extending after 3 months for an additional 3 months, comprehensive travel and medical insurance, food and accommodation as mentioned above (approx 70 Euros per week, eating a local food diet), all field clothing, including adequate walking boots. Please note that if funding applications are successful then the project will cover all food and accommodation cost – however, no funding is currently secured.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential requirements
Experience of working on a scientific research project, collecting and working systematically with data, ideally an observational/behavioural projectSignificant foreign travel or living/work experience, within a developing country and ideally the tropicsInterest in animal behaviour, conservation and welfare, and preferably a university level qualification in animal behaviour, primate conservation, zoology or other relevant subjectThere are 4 positions available, each looking for a six month long commitment. However, consideration will be given to candidates looking for a shorter commitment period, although a minimum of 3 months is required.In addition, applicants must have certain QUALITIES: they must be energetic, patient, open, responsible, flexible, healthy, able to work independently but also as part of a team, be highly motivated and not easily distracted by the holiday mentality found here in Diani. Applicants must also be hardworking and able to keep going, and do so cheerfully! Our schedule is demanding and unconventional (6 days work, 1 day off), up to 12 hrs field time per day and no guarantee of getting lunch, but monkeys permitting we try our best. The position is not ideal for someone who needs a lot of personal time, or for someone who easily feels lonely. The ideal applicant must be comfortable being unplugged and a distance from easy communication with the outside world, although there is good mobile phone and e-mail communication, but sometimes things just don't work. They must also have above average resistance to social/psychological stress with a tolerance towards local customs and beliefs and be comfortable with other conditions and risks that are simply part of tropical fieldwork, such as limited healthcare, monotonous diet, rare confrontations with noxious plants or animals. This is very intense work - if your main goal is not gaining scientific research experience, you will probably not be happy in this position.
Feb 14, 2012
Feb 13, 2012
Rehabilitation Centre is a project of Development Kenya Action (DKA) & eRko Support Office. Mwangaza is a drug rehabilitation centre for boys who having been living on the streets and have drug and substance abuse problems. The residential rehabilitation programme has capacity for 30 clients every six months. 
The Head of Finance and Support Services ensures the smooth daily running of Mwangaza Rehabilitation Centre through planning and managing finances and a range of support functions (housekeeping, facilities management, security) for the Centre.
They are directly responsible for administering and keeping records of account and for developing and implementing sound financial policies and procedures.
DKA & eRko is seeking applications from candidates who meet the following requirements:
DKA &eRko Support Office,
P. O Box 17699-00500
Nairobi
or send an email to dkaerko.so@gmail.com.
By 5.00 pm Feb 17th 2012.
Please do not send copies of testimonials or certificates at this stage.
Visit http://www.kenyan-jobs.com/ for many more jobs in Kenya
Head of Rehabilitation Services
Mwangaza Rehabilitation Centre, Katani, Nairobi
Rehabilitation Centre is a project of Development Kenya Action (DKA) & eRko Support Office. Mwangaza is a drug rehabilitation centre for boys who having been living on the streets and have drug and substance abuse problems.
The residential rehabilitation programme has capacity for 30 clients every six months. Clients in the programme are provided with follow-up support into education, vocational training or apprenticeships.
The Head of Rehabilitation Services is responsible for designing and implementing a successful rehabilitation programme for street boys with drug addictions that meets all legal requirements and NACADA standards.
The Head of Department is responsible for co-ordinating plans and supervising a multi-disciplinary team of counsellor, social worker and teachers to provide high standards of care. In addition the Head of Rehabilitation Services is expected to undertake direct client counselling work.
DKA & eRko is seeking applications from candidates who meet the following requirements:
DKA &eRko Support Office,
P. O Box 17699-00500
Nairobi
or send an email to dkaerko.so@gmail.com
By 5.00 pm Feb 17th 2012
Please do not send copies of testimonials or certificates at this stage.
Visit http://www.kenyan-jobs.com/ for many more jobs in Kenya
