40%

Duty: Leadership
Tasks Include:

• Assist the Kawau Project Manager with organization, leadership, and supervision of staff, contractors, and volunteers.
• Identifies, establishes and maintains relationships with partners, stakeholders, and communities instrumental to the successful implementation of projects and IC’s mission.
• Demonstrates and ensures a commitment to safe work practices.
• The Assistant Project Manager will exemplify gender equality, disability, and social inclusion principles in all decisions and interactions with work colleagues, local communities, and stakeholders
• Seeks and provides feedback to improve the effectiveness of work
• May include direct supervision of staff

40%

Duty: Project Planning, Management, and Implementation
Tasks Include:

• Works with the Kawau Project Manager and partners to identify and secure the compliance requirements for project to proceed.
• Trail camera network maintenance, image processing and management.
• GIS mapping and data analysis.
• Assists with project planning and implementation
• Implements steps to establish and maintain the enabling conditions necessary for successful project implementation
• Assists with logistics of transporting project equipment and resources to Kawau Island.
• Assists with field duties including field-based eradication techniques, fencing, and other general tasks.
• Works with Community Liaison lead to plan upcoming hunting operations.
• Proactively identifies and communicates critical issues and risks to the project and ensures they are managed in collaboration with the Kawau Project Manager, project staff and partners.
• Ensures or directly compiles and analyzes data collected in the field, reports and summarizes data.
• Reports progress on deliverables, financial and non-financial indicators, risks and issues internally and as required by partners and funding sources.
• Complies with all relevant IC policies related to travel, financial approvals, purchasing and contracting, etc.
• Exemplifies gender equality, disability and social inclusion principles in all decisions and interactions with work colleagues, local communities and stakeholders.

10%

Duty: Strategic Development and Innovation
Tasks Include:

• Contribute to regional and organizational strategy development
• Scans the external environment for information, trends, best practices and innovation
• Brings new ideas and opportunities forward for discussion
• Writes reports, scientific, popular articles, and presents based on project activities, and research and monitoring data

4%

Duty: Organizational Integration
Tasks Include:

• Coordinates with ICEAT to ensure project quality
• Collaborates with Partnership team on partner engagement
• Collaborates with IC’s Innovation and Impact programs to ensure project scope is defined in alignment with IC’s strategic vision
• Collaborates with IC’s Partnership and Communications teams to maximize opportunities for Island Conservation’s mission
• Collaborates with Communications team share Island Conservation’s story
• Collaborates with other IC conservation staff to share and learn from successes and failures

5%

Duty: Learning and Development
Tasks Include:

• Increasing skills and capacity through stretch assignments, formal training, and peer learning
• Completes required trainings as defined by the organization and project needs
• Supports the development of colleagues, direct reports and partners by providing training, sharing information about projects, etc.
• Sets and reports on goals as defined by organizational processes

1%

Duty: Administration
Tasks Include:

• Completing tasks required to support the function of Island Conservation, including but not limited to timely submission of expense reports and time sheets