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Title | Madagascar Fauna Group Program Manager |
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The Program Manager (PM) is responsible for developing and supervising the implementation of the Madagascar Fauna Group’s (MFG) strategic plan for Parc Ivoloina and Project Betampona. MFG is the official management authority for Parc Ivoloina. MFG is the conservation/research operator for Betampona Nature Reserve which is under the management authority of Madagascar National Parks (MNP). The PM position is based in and near the town of Tamatave on Madagascar’s east coast; the MFG has its office in Tamatave, which houses also our environmental library. Principal work sites are at Parc Ivoloina (12 km from Tamatave) and at Betampona Reserve (40 km from Tamatave). Typically the PM will spend the majority of his/her time in the Tamatave office with regular visits to Parc Ivoloina every week, and he/she typically will travel to Betampona once monthly. Parc Ivoloina is home to one of Madagascar’s two national zoos with a large lemur and radiated tortoise collection as well as some other Malagasy reptile, amphibian and bird species. The Parc encompasses a 282-hectare former forestry station that is being developed into a field station serving our Ivoloina Conservation Training Center (ICTC). The facilities which include a dormitory, laboratory, conference room, kitchen and dining hall allow the MFG to provide natural resource management and biodiversity conservation training workshops for Malagasy university students and decision-makers. The ecoagriculture model station and research sites, reforestation and endangered plant propagation programs along with mixed forest, lake and steam habitats offer a diversity of training experiences. The Parc has an active environmental education program in the region including activities for local schools and adults and often hosts public awareness events as well conferences and meetings as requested by partners. The second principal project site at Betampona Nature Reserve, a 2,228ha area of rare lowland rainforest habitat, focuses on conservation research which is carried out by a Malagasy team of conservation agents. Foreign researchers and university students (undergraduate, masters and PhD. students) also conduct a variety of ecological research studies with Malagasy student counterparts. A large scale forest restoration project around the Nature Reserve is currently in its 4th Phase and is conducted in close collaboration with MNP and the local communities The PM will work to ensure the sustainability of the two programs by providing operational support and oversight for all MFG activities and in-country budgets. The PM will work to increase the capacity of the Malagasy staff to professionally manage the projects with increasing independence. The PM will also drive implementation of a business plan with marketing steps to promote financial self-sufficiency of some aspects of Parc operations. The PM will work with 29 full-time Malagasy staff for the Ivoloina project and 8 full-time Malagasy staff for the Betampona project (many of whom speak French and/or Malagasy only) and 2 full time staff in the Tamatave office. Senior Malagasy project staff includes the Ivoloina Park /Conservation Research Manager, the Administrative Manager, the Coordinator of Environmental Education, the Forest Station/ ICTC Manager and the Head Conservation Agent at Betampona. The MFG’s Research Director (based in the U.K.) will support the projects by coordinating the Ivoloina and Betampona research programs with responsibilities for research communication and facilitation of international researchers and students. The MFG also supports and supervises Malagasy university students at both sites. Program Manager Responsibilities: Direct, oversee, coordinate and work with an experienced Malagasy team (39 staff) with diverse responsibilities including: You will have: For more information about the MFG’s work, members and structure, visit our website: www.SaveTheLemur.org |