Background
African Parks Congo is the management entity of Garamba National Park, DRC. The NGO is directly affiliated to African Parks Network who is a non-profit organization that takes total responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with governments and local communities.

Supervises: All field operation activities through the:

- Infrastructure maintenance and new building projects (road, bridges, houses, offices, and other buildings)
- Procurement and logistics
- Stores (fuels, spare parts, building materials, etc.…)
- Fleet management (16 cars, 4 trucks, 4 large machines)
- Aviation management (2 aircraft, 1 helicopter)
- Telecommunication (VSAT, HF, GPS and others tracking & telecommunication device, etc.…

Key functions:
- Draft, propose and implement the annual work plan, annual budgets and five-year Business Plan for operations activities described as above.
- Management contracted staff as well as the daily organization of their work, holidays and evaluation of their performance.
- Develop national workforce talent
- Provide reports and record keeping as required by grants and hierarchy related to operation activities described as above
- Oversee procurement, logistics, and importation for and to the complex including exoneration
- Ensure compliance with quality and security standard for all constructions and works done
- Promote and maintain good working relationships with all stakeholders concerned including Suppliers and services provider, national and local government, local communities, donors and other conservation partners.

Capabilities, competencies and experience required for the position:
- University degree or equivalent academic background in project management, civil works or rural engineering.
- Strong African background with minimum 10 years of management experience in construction, fleet management and logistics.
- Strong willingness to live in a remote setting and with previous experience of living in remote locations, ideally in Central Africa.
- Ideally, competence in rear link communication services
- Very good technical knowledge of fleet management and infrastructure development.
- Demonstrable leadership and people management skills.
- Demonstrable experience managing and working in partnership with other organizations.
- Must be fluent in French and English (written and spoken).
- Good Computer Literacy.
- Good report writing skills.
- Good team player and experience in management of multicultural teams under challenging conditions.
- Ideally experience in conservation.

How to apply:
Please send your application by email to the address Garamba-RH@africanparks.org, with the reference RH/GNP/2018/FOM in the subject.

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