DRC: Intervention Officer, Agronomist Forester

Jul 10, 2022 | Enabel
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Enabel is the Belgian Development Agency. It executes the Belgian governmental cooperation. The Agency also implements actions for other national and international organisations. Together with its Belgian and international partners, Enabel provides solutions to address pressing global challenges: climate change, urbanization, human mobility, peace and security, social and economic inequalities, and global citizenship. With 1,500 employees, Enabel manages some 150 projects in some twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.


Enabel has been active in the DRC since 2000, the activities cover several priority activity sectors, in particular: rural development/agriculture, technical education and vocational training, health.
 

Context

The DRC plays a key role in global ecological balances. The DRC plays a key role in global ecological balances. Ranked among the 5 countries in the world most vulnerable to climate change (ND-GAIN Index), it benefits from one of the richest biodiversity on the planet and has 52 protected areas (PAs) covering 13.8% of the surface of the country. It shelters, in terms of area, the second tropical forest massif which constitutes an exceptional carbon reservoir (storage of up to 2,000 tonnes of carbon per ha). 


But these forests are subject to multiple stresses that compromise their biodiversity and the ecosystem services they provide. Deforestation has indeed increased sharply in recent years, one of the main factors of deforestation being slash and burn agriculture.


The province of Sankuru is a forest, agricultural and mining (diamond and coltan) province. It plays a fundamental regulatory role for the ecosystems of the Congo Basin. The total forest carbon value of the Province of Sankuru is estimated at 2.9 Gigatons of Carbon in 9.3 Mha of forests (about 7.5% of the DRC's total national carbon). 


Located in the center of the DRC, the province is one of the most isolated areas of the country.  

The general objective of the “Rubber Agro-forest” project is to contribute to the maintenance of forest cover and the protection and restoration of the biodiversity of the equatorial forests of the Congo, sources of income, food and ecosystem services for local and global populations. 
 

Description of the function

Under the authority of the Intervention Manager, the Intervention Officer with focus on the partnership with research has the following tasks: 

  • You play the role of catalyst, facilitator and animator of the various activities carried out within the framework of the partnerships for the achievement of the results of the project; 
  • You ensure the proper start-up and follow-up of activities carried out in support and collaboration with research-action, higher education and national and international training structures.
  • You take care to integrate the results of the scientific analyzes in the implementation of the project (activities, strategies, etc.) and to ensure their popularization and dissemination. 
  • You provide support and follow-up to doctoral students and trainees hosted within the project;
  • You deal with the themes of the project in a transversal way, particularly in terms of the rubber industry, sustainable forest management and agrarian systems. 
     

Your profile

  • Nationality: Congolese 
  • You have a Master's degree in forestry, agronomy, environment, rural development.  

Experiences required:

  • You have good knowledge of research and development networks related to the theme of sustainable management, REDD+ and rural development at the national, regional and international level;  
  • You have skills in knowledge management and capitalization and in the popularization of research;  
  • You have relevant experience within a cooperation project or program of at least 2 years; 
  • You are able to move around in difficult areas, including on a motorcycle; 

Required Skills/Competencies 

  • You have excellent synthesis and analysis skills; 
  • You have great listening and dialogue skills as well as good interpersonal skills; 
  • You have knowledge in the preservation of ecosystems, the management of forest environments, agro-forestry and sustainable agriculture; 
  • You have knowledge of the systemic approach; 
  • You have planning, organization and management skills and a proactive attitude; 
  • You are familiar with results-based management;
  • You are autonomous in the work and you have the spirit of innovation; 
  • You are able to work in a team; 
  • You have knowledge of the Sankuru region; 
  • You have excellent writing skills (formulation of reports and other written documents); 
  • You have an excellent level of oral and written French, you master several national languages ​​including Tetela; 
  • You master common computer tools; 
  • You have practical knowledge of cross-cutting themes.
     

We offer you

  • An exciting and diverse role in an international environment.
  • A fixed work contract based in Mukumari, with a lot of travel to the villages of the territories of Lodja, Lomela, Benadibele.
  • A remuneration package including the gross monthly salary (corresponding to our scales), legal bonuses (housing, transport, etc.), a 13th month, holiday pay, a back-to-school bonus and an end-of-school "basket" year.
      

Interested? 


Apply no later than 07/29/2022 and attach your updated CV and a cover letter.