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• Actively
  engage with remote communities to establish priorities for community-led
  natural resources management, and lead process for developing community
  NRM plans
• Work
  in liaison with the local government to advocate for community NRM needs
  and priorities, especially around land access and rangeland management for
  Karamoja and water resources for production as well as livestock watering.
• Identify
  opportunity areas for alternative methods of climate-smart agriculture,
  such as the “green” livelihoods zones, permaculture, agro-ecology and
  traditionally agriculturally intensive districts of Karamoja. Work with
  Mercy Corps technical staff, Consortium members such as University of
  Nairobi and local partners to establish locally appropriate pilots.
• Identify
  pilot opportunities for community NRM plan implementation and manage pilot
  projects and monitor for possibility of scale up.
• Work
  within national and local government strategic plans for resource
  management and advocate for cohesive implementation of projects that
  demonstrates government responsiveness to community processes.
• Work
  closely with private sector and line ministries to address environmentally
  harmful methods of extracting local natural resources and support policy
  formulation around sustainable methods, alternative energy mechanisms, and
  water management and conservation.
• Coordinate
  with counterpart agencies and organizations involved in conservation,
  climate change adaptation for information exchange, learning and
  optimizing efforts and resources.
• Actively
  engage pastoralists in inter-community dialogue around access to land and
  water for livestock management.

• Technically
  support the Programme Manager in the achievement of program targets and
  objectives and support efforts towards the design effective M&E
  systems and operations. Actively facilitate the coordination, scheduling
  and production of formal and informal reports and documentation and
  communication of reports and learning materials.

• Professional Development and Team
  building: Contribute
  to country team-building efforts, and ensure the integration of all team
  and consortium members into relevant decision-making processes.

• The
  ideal candidate should preferably hold a Postgraduate (MSc and PhD) degree
  in a related field of expertise (e.g. NRM, pastoral livestock management,
  animal husbandry, water resources, irrigation, agro-economy, rural
  development, conservation agriculture, environmental policy, etc).
• A
  minimum of eight years of technical and practical work experience in one
  of the required fields;
• Significant
  eperience and proven track record in rural development and participatory
  methods (including participatory integrated development plans)
• Detailed
  knowledge of various natural resource disciplines, including air quality,
  water quality, geomorphic and hydrologic processes, fire and vegetation
  management, fish and wildlife management, aquatic and terrestrial ecology,
  conservation biology and restoration ecology.
• Working
  knowledge and experience in either livestock and rangeland management, OR
  irrigation, water harvesting and water saving methods in arid lands, OR
  economic feasibility in agriculture and rural development;

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