African Wildlife Foundation Conservation Management Training Program

For more than 50 years, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has been a key player in African conservation and sustainable development. Through our African Heartlands Program, AWF has defined large conservation landscapes that are essential to securing the future of Africa’s wildlife. Within these priority landscapes, AWF employs an integrated approach to conservation including land-use planning, education and capacity building, development of conservation enterprise to improve livelihoods, and wildlife protection.

As part of AWF’s significant growth agenda, pursuing extension and impact into 25+ additional geographies that are both highly important for biodiversity, and present opportunities for effective conservation; , we will need access to a pool of highly qualified program leaders, well-trained in AWF’s culture and methodologies, and ready to take on new challenges and new places. AWF’s Conservation Management Training Program (CMTP) is therefore one strategy to develop this needed capacity.

CMTP is an intensive two year program that seeks to develop high potential future conservation leaders from the best master’s degree programs worldwide. Successful candidates will gain real-world experience working in AWF’s various programs, and emerge ready to serve as serious professionals in African conservation. The expectation is that CMTP graduates will take on long-term roles within AWF. In its second year since inception, AWF accepts only a small number of trainees (3-5 maximum) into the CMTP.

Candidate qualifications:

þ Candidate is a recent master’s degree graduate (within the last three years of the CMTP start date) with studies focused on conservation science, environmental economics and policy, climate change, social entrepreneurship, conservation program design, and other related fields. þ Candidate must have at least one year experience working on African conservation issues with a serious and proven dedication to Africa and AWF’s mission. þ Candidate will have superb written and oral skills. þ Fluency in English is required; fluency in French is a great advantage. Familiarity with other languages relevant to work in Africa (e.g., IsiZulu, Kiswahili, Maa, Fon, etc.) is also a major plus. þ Candidate must be willing to relocate to Nairobi, Kenya, and proceed to at least one long-term assignment at an AWF project site during the tenure of the program. þ Candidate must be a team player with high energy, a willingness to learn, and a drive to succeed, and must be able to work with ease within challenging and culturally diverse environments.

How to apply:

For further information on the position, AWF and application instructions, please visit www.awf.org/cmtp