Principal Scientist

3 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa HotelJobs.co.za Full time

**Cedar Wood Recruitment is now recruiting for a Principal Scientist & Programme Manager for its sustainability Partner based either at the Clients head office in Johannesburg or at project sites in Mozambique or Zanzibar. The Client is an internationally acclaimed tour and safari destinations operator.**

**This is a specialised and crucial role within a marine conservation initiative. Through research, conservation, raising awareness and working closely with local communities, governments, and other stakeholders, the Partner strives to strengthen the conservation status of our island sites, expand opportunities for local community development, and contribute to global efforts to protect our oceans.**

**Key Performance Areas**
- Strategic programme management and development guidance, including responsibility for the delivery of all strategic programme and project outputs
- Scientific research, monitoring, and coordination of all conservation research initiatives, ensure data collated and stored, enable sharing of research results and insights.
- Co-ordinate and enable citizen science and / or guest involvement, including donor and Company guest impact visits
- Fundraising, grant writing, donor management and engagement, donor reporting, and the development and implementation of fundraising campaigns
- Co-ordinate and support all communications, and the dissemination of programme outcomes and results, through popular and scientific media.
- Enable and support liaison with local government departments, NGO’s, universities, and local authorities on a programme and project basis.
- Participate in relevant conservation and community boards and forums.
- Oversight of budgets, including finances, payroll, procurement and HR processes.
- Co-ordinate support between the Partner and the Company impact projects at regional level where required.
- Management of the Partner team, together with the relevant regional managers.

**Requirements: Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge, Experience**
- Minimum of a master’s degree in marine sciences, with a PhD being preferable.
- Proven experience in fundraising, project development and implementation, and budget management (eg project planning, grant management, compiling, and monitoring budgets, project cycle management, narrative and financial reporting), preferably in an NGO setting.
- Previous experience in developing and maintaining systematic and transparent records in order to keep track of projects and for accountability and auditing.
- Experience of effective and values-based partnership work between international and local organisations and communities preferable.
- Marine conservation impact experience.
- Must have a strong knowledge of project implementation, data management, analysis and reporting
- Advantageous to have strong East African marine impact networks, including donor, non-government, government and or educational institutions.

**Personal/Professional Attributes**
- Diligent and self-disciplined
- Tenacious, determined, resolute
- Self-motivated
- Confident with ability to influence
- Analytical
- Fluent in English with excellent communication skills
- Knowledge of relevant cultures and languages would be extremely useful.
- Passion for working in a not-for-profit environment.

**Remuneration and Package**
- Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience
- Further details will be discussed during an interview with the client

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