Social Equity and Rights Manager, Biodiverse Landscapes Fund Lower Mekong Landscape

Salary: USD 41,800 per annum

Start Date: As soon as possible

Contract Type: Three year fixed-term contract

Location: Phnom Penh, with regular travel across Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos

Fauna & Flora is seeking an experienced conservation and development manager to advance our
community centred approach in an exciting role within our new BLF programme. The primary
objective of this position is to ensure that human rights, human well-being and social equity
are at the core of our activities, project delivery and conservation goals. Integral to this
mission is the commitment to safeguarding and respecting the rights of the Indigenous People
and Local Communities. The role further entails strengthening governance systems that empower
these communities to effectively contribute to long-term nature conservation goals. You will
support Fauna & Flora country teams and our BLF consortium partners in Cambodia, Vietnam,
and Laos. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in supporting Fauna & Flora
Cambodia team and consortium partners, ensuring that project activities adhere to social
safeguards, address gender issues, and contribute to well-being and social equity. You will
have technical skills in the development, management, implementation, and monitoring &
evaluation of social equity, good governance and rights-based approaches, in a conservation
context. You will have a strong background in social science. Ability to think critically and
analyse complex and nuanced problems.

This position presents a unique opportunity to collaborate with and enhance the capacity of our
team, consortium partners, government, local NGOs, and local communities of Cambodia, Vietnam
and Laos PDR while advancing conservation objectives. You will have strong facilitation,
training, and coaching skills. You are self-motivated, independent, and resourceful, while also
being a team player with ability to seek out views of others and build positive working
relationships with people from different backgrounds and cultures. Able to work effectively in
a supervisory role, supporting managers, and decision makers.

You will be passionate about supporting others to develop their knowledge and skills while
being open to learning and able to quickly pick up new skills. And joining Fauna & Flora at
an exciting time as we seek to improve our ability to design, implement, monitor and evaluate
initiatives that have positive impacts on biodiversity while at the same time respecting the
rights of local communities and contributing to human well-being and social equity.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 24 March 2024.