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Savannah LSA Conservation Pilot
Wildlife Conservation Society
Posted TodayCentral Africa
Location
Central Africa
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
mid
Deadline
October 31, 2026
Category
Other
Job Description
he Rights & Communities Manager will provide strategic and technical leadership for the design and delivery of WCS’s Rights and Community Conservation programme in the Ishasha Sector under the Co-Management Partnership. Working closely with WCS leadership, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), technical teams, local government, communities and partners, the Manager will ensure that community conservation interventions are rights-based, inclusive, evidence-driven and aligned with the conservation priorities for Ishasha.
The position will provide technical supervision and coordination across Livelihoods, Governance, Behavior Change, Community Engagement and relevant Environmental and Social Safeguards functions. The Manager will guide these thematic areas to operate as an integrated community conservation delivery system that strengthens relationships with the 36 frontline villages, improves community participation and benefits, reduces the social and livelihood costs of living alongside wildlife, and builds stronger community stewardship for conservation.
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Requirements
- Provide high-quality technical inputs to donor reports, funding proposals, programme reviews and budget development, ensuring commitments related to community engagement, livelihoods, governance, safeguards and social outcomes are appropriately planned, resourced and reported.
- Lead documentation, learning and communication of Rights & Communities results, including development of technical guidance, lessons learned, case studies and other knowledge products that demonstrate how improvements in community wellbeing, relationships and participation contribute to conservation impact.
- Maintain close coordination with WCS Queen Elizabeth Landscape technical, programme and operational teams, ensuring consistency between Rights & Communities strategy, field implementation, conservation planning and organizational standards.
- Perform other related responsibilities assigned by the relevant WCS Uganda leadership, consistent with the purpose and level of the position.
Responsibilities
- Providing technical leadership, guidance and coaching to the Rights & Communities team, ensuring Livelihoods, Governance, Behavior Change, Community Engagement and Safeguards functions are coordinated, technically sound and implemented through an inclusive and collaborative approach.
- Promote participatory learning and adaptive problem-solving across the programme, supporting technical teams and field staff to use community feedback, social evidence and field experience to continuously improve intervention design and delivery.
- Lead the development, implementation and periodic review of the Ishasha Rights & Communities Strategy and annual workplans, ensuring alignment with the Co-Management Partnership, WCS Uganda conservation priorities, donor commitments and the needs and aspirations of frontline communities.
- Ensure rights-based approaches and Environmental and Social Safeguards are embedded in programme delivery, including meaningful participation, informed consultation and consent processes where applicable, gender and social inclusion, equitable benefit sharing, grievance mechanisms, accountability and protection of vulnerable groups.
- Ensure integration of community conservation with wider protected area management priorities, particularly human-wildlife coexistence, fence effectiveness, natural resource governance, livelihood resilience, conservation awareness and community participation in addressing threats to biodiversity.
- Provide technical oversight for socio-economic, behavioural and governance research and monitoring, working with Social Science, Conservation Impact and other technical teams to measure changes in community wellbeing, attitudes, trust, participation, behaviour and conservation outcomes and use this evidence for adaptive management.
- Strengthen strategic relationships and partnerships with UWA, local government, community institutions, civil society, private sector and development partners, ensuring conservation and community development interventions are coordinated, complementary and responsive to local priorities.
- Provide technical representation of the Rights & Communities portfolio in relevant government, donor, partner and community forums, and support WCS leadership in maintaining constructive relationships with stakeholders across the Ishasha landscape.
- Provide high-quality technical inputs to donor reports, funding proposals, programme reviews and budget development, ensuring commitments related to community engagement, livelihoods, governance, safeguards and social outcomes are appropriately planned, resourced and reported.
- Lead documentation, learning and communication of Rights & Communities results, including development of technical guidance, lessons learned, case studies and other knowledge products that demonstrate how improvements in community wellbeing, relationships and participation contribute to conservation impact.
- Maintain close coordination with WCS Queen Elizabeth Landscape technical, programme and operational teams, ensuring consistency between Rights & Communities strategy, field implementation, conservation planning and organizational standards.
- Perform other related responsibilities assigned by the relevant WCS Uganda leadership, consistent with the purpose and level of the position.
