CHIEF WARDEN – MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY, AND TOURISM 243 views

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY, AND TOURISM
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Post Designation Duty station Number of posts Salary Scale Transport Allowance Housing Allowance
Post Designation Duty station Number of posts Salary Scale Transport Allowance Housing Allowance
Post designation Number of posts Duty stations Salary Scale Transport allowance Housing allowance
Post designation Number of Post Duty station Salary Scale Transport allowance Housing allowance

Department: Natural Resource Management
Directorate of Wildlife and National Parks
Division: Wildlife Support Services
Sub-Division: Human Wildlife Conflict Management and Conservation Hunting
Chief Warden, Grade 7
Windhoek, Human-Wildlife Conflict Management
One (1)
N$ 277 264 – 331 358per annum
N$ 8 760 per annum
N$ 14 520 per annum
Qualifications, experience and skills:
⦁ A National Diploma at NQF level 6 in the following field of study: Nature Conservation, Wildlife Management, Protected Areas Management, Conservation Biology, Environmental Management or related biodiversity management field, plus three (3) year’s appropriate experience. Serving staff members must have their probation confirmed at the level of Warden Grade 9 plus three (3) years appropriate experience.
Additional requirements:
⦁ A valid Code BE Driver license.
Job description:
⦁ Develop Human-Wildlife Conflict solutions for regions and implement the “Guidelines and Measures for Implementation of the Revised National Policy on Human Wildlife Conflict Management’.
⦁ Conduct community awareness on Human Wildlife Conflict (HWC) Management, determine long-term trends, and establish a National HWC database and mapping.
⦁ Identify areas with chronic problems as HWC zones and provide the necessary support.
⦁ Training of staff members, conservancies, and community in the respective regions on problem animal control and the SMART system on predators and large herbivores.
⦁ Develop and implement technical solutions and mitigation measures to reduce HWC (kraaling, predator-proof enclosures, protection of crops, collaring, and early warning systems).
⦁ Attend to HWC claims and forward them to Game Products Trust Fund (GPTF) for payments (outside and inside conservancies).
⦁ Monitor and evaluate the effective implementation of programs and advise accordingly.