Position of camp administrator
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are searching for a camp manager for an ongoing long-term field
project in LuiKotale, Salonga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo. The
person will be in charge of camp management, logistics, and
communication. This includes organizing working schedules of local
field assistants, payments to local workers, organizing food and
other supplies, maintenance of camp infrastructure, communication
with our base in Kinshasa and with local villages. The camp manager
is also in charge of processing and maintaining the plant sample
collection at camp. Fresh plant samples are brought from the forest
on a daily basis and have to be photographed and herborized before
they are dried and stored for transport to the herbarium in Kinshasa.
The camp manager is also in charge of representing the project in
communications with local authorities and village leaders.
Information about the field site and research activities at LuiKotale
is available at <http://www.eva.mpg.de/primat>www.eva.mpg.de/primat
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential requirements are: (1) field experience, (2) language skills
(English and French), (3) above average physical fitness, (4) high
resistance to social/psychological stress, (5) practical and
technical skills to supervise and maintain the camps technical
infrastructure such as solar electricity, generator, satphone,
sw-radio,etc. (6) the ability to achieve tasks by improvisation,
using the limited sources that are available, (7) the capacity to
live and work with an international team of students, volunteers and
local staff. Candidates need to have social skills, a sense of
leadership, a strong motivation to take on responsibility, and
tolerance. Candidates having medical and resccue training will be preferred.
SALARY/FUNDING
300 Euro/month
SUPPORT
- food at the field site (mainly local food and some western
food items)
- lodging (tents) at the field site
- airfare for one flight from Kinshasa to the field site and back
- contribution of up to 1000 US$ to an international return
flight (reimbursement ONLY AFTER SUCCESSFUL completion of the full
appointment.
- expenses for visa (reimbursement ONLY AFTER SUCCESSFUL)
completion of a full appointment)
- please note that expenses during the stay in Kinshasa on
the way in/out of Congo as well as the costs for a health insurance
can not be covered by the project
TERM OF APPOINTMENT
9 months starting in January 2012
Additional information: the camp administrator will be trained by an
experienced person for about 2 weeks before taking over camp duties.
Following 6 months of camp administration, possibilities for
conducting field work during the remaining 3 months will be
considered in case this meets the expectations of the candidate.
Candidates should send a letter of interests, a CV, and letters of
recommendations to hohm...@eva.mpg.de
