Terms of Reference

(SENIOR) MANAGER FOREST PROGRAMME / PROVINCIAL HEAD KHYBER-PAKHTUNKWA

Title: Manger Forest Conservation/Provincial Head

Grade: D2

Reporting line: Director Forest

Duty Station: WWF-Pakistan, Regional Office, Peshawar, KPK Operations: KPK with frequent traveling to other parts of Pakistan Type of Contract: Long term, renewable after one year.

Duties and Responsibilities:

General:

Responsible for overall technical, financial and administrative supervision of Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa regional programme in compliance with overall mission and objectives of the organization. He/she will be responsible for technical inputs; liaison and linkages; staff hiring, training and team building; concepts and proposal writing; programme planning, monitoring and reporting; vigilance; representation at various forums; research and resource mobilization.

Specific:

• Lead the process of developing a clear direction for nature conservation in KPK, in line with WWF’s Global Practices, national and regional conservation priorities, commensurate with WWF-Pakistan’s five-year strategic plan, as may be applicable

• Develop innovate concepts and proposals in consultation with the “Programme Development Team” to secure funding for priority conservation/development initiatives in the region with a strong focus on forest and wildlife

• Coordinate and liaison with partners and donor agencies to promote the USP (unique selling proposition) of WWF while ensuring that WWF-Pakistan’s priorities and resource needs are considered by the major donors

• Identify potential for local to regional interventions, assist in developing multi-year projects, and assist in securing the resources necessary to implement those initiatives for achieving nature conservation goals at desired level

• Assist in developing and implementing a robust and efficient system of project / programme monitoring and evaluation i.e., KPIs for measuring progress and assessing the impact of WWF- Pakistan’s conservation activities at scale, providing real-time information for both internal as well as external use and reference

• Ensure periodical compilation of conservation results as per envisaged goals and objectives of the regional projects /Programme. Propose project evaluation missions and facilitate the exchange of knowledge, experiences, ideas and lessons learnt

• Initiate and support targeted campaigns and activities responding to urgent, high priority conservation issues in the region

• Pro-actively promote the activities and initiatives of WWF-Pakistan within and outside the network, ensuring optimal delivery of desired results at scale

• Assist other employees and partner organizations in the region in developing conservation capacity to achieve agreed conservation goals and objectives. Also assess the long-term conservation capacity building needs and propose measures to meet such needs

• Represent WWF - Pakistan at relevant provincial, national and international dialogues and forums to highlight priority conservation issues, create a favourable image of the organization and promote its efforts and position on various conservation and sustainable development related issues;

• Highlight compelling stories from the field to promote WWF-Pakistan’s conservation efforts within and outside the WWF network and at all levels to create maximum impact

• Maintain cordial working relationships with print and electronic media, journalists, editorial writers and columnists to enhance conservation efforts of WWF-Pakistan in the region as well as internationally.