Community Centre Coordinator at Akagera Management Company: (Deadline 27 October 2023)

Community Centre Coordinator at Akagera Management Company: (Deadline 27 October 2023)

AKAGERA NATIONAL PARK VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Akagera Management Company Ltd (AMC Ltd) was created from the agreement between African Parks and Rwanda Development Board to manage Akagera National Park. AMC Ltd is seeking a suitable candidate for the position of Community Centre Coordinator at Akagera Community Center. The candidate must be familiar with the local communities around Akagera National Park, a friendly service-oriented individual who enjoys serving the local communities and ensuring a positive relationship with the park at maximum.

JOB TITLE: Community Centre Coordinator

REPORTING TO: Community Liaison Manager 

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Community Centre Coordinate is responsible for the day-to-day Community Centre’s successful operations.

Duties and Key responsibilities not exhaustive

1. Be responsible for the community center’s projects including tree nursery, vegetable garden, and savannah learning center among others.
2. Implement and oversee the community center’s programs and initiatives aimed at enhancing the livelihoods of local communities. This may involve training, capacity-building, and supporting sustainable income-generating activities.
3. Support the successful implementation of community projects at the center and ensure they are self-sustainable
4. Oversee the AMC infrastructures and materials at community center and ensure they are safe, clean, and tight.
5. Oversee the center’s guests and support park environmental education, engagement, and community development programs
6. Coordinate all community center activities in close consultation with the Community Liaison Manager
7. Ensure that visitors to the community center have an exceptional experience by offering guidance, information, and activities that showcase the unique culture and offerings of the local communities.
8. Performing any other reasonable tasks related to the community conservation assigned by the supervisor 

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Minimum Education and Qualification Required

• Diploma in business management, socio-economics development, rural development, biodiversity conservation, or equivalent
• Proven experience in community development, community engagement, or a related field
• Excellent computer literacy with high proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Strong commitment to serving and empowering local communities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Fluent in English and/or French
• Self-motivated, hardworking, and the ability to work unsupervised
• Good report-writing skills
• Experience living and working in a rural setting
• Demonstrated skills and experience in facilitating community meetings
• Clean record of conduct
• Preferably between 20 and 35 years

Added advantage

• Born and living near Akagera National Park
• Motorbike license is an added advantage
• Skills in local taxes

Note

1. Applications that do not meet the above criteria will not be considered.

Interested candidates should forward their application letter together with all relevant documents to the email address provided by Below no later than 27^th October 2023. The required documents should be submitted in scanned soft copies in pdf format (preferably as one document) to amc.recruit@africanparks.org.Successful candidates will begin with an immediate effect.

Applications must include the following documents:

• Application cover letter addressed to the Park Manager
• Stating where you heard about the position and why you should be considered
• Curriculum vitae including your details, education level, and any experience
• Name, address, and telephone numbers of three (3) references.

Please note that only candidates with the needed qualifications and relevant experience will be shortlisted, if you don’t hear from us within two weeks after the submission deadline, know that you have not been shortlisted.

Done in Akagera National Park on 13^th October 2023 

NDAHIRIWE Ladislas

Park Manager/CEO

Akagera Management Company