dimanche 9 octobre 2011

Camp Administrator, Democratic Republic of Congo

Camp Administrator

Hiring Organization:
Max-Planck-Institute for Evol. Anthropology


Position Description:
Camp administrator for an ongoing long-term 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, financial accounting, organizing supplies, maintenance of camp infrastructure, communication with our base in Kinshasa and with local villages. The camp administrator represents the project to regional administrators, wildlife authorities, and village leaders. Language skills in French (oral and in writing) are an essential requirement. Information about the field site and research activities at LuiKotale is available at www.eva.mpg.de/primat

Qualifications/Experience:
Essential requirements are: (1) field experience, (2) language skills (French and English), (3) above average physical fitness, (4) high resistance to social/psychological stress, and (5) practical and technical skills to supervise and maintain the camps technical infrastructure such as solar electricity, generator, satphone, sw-radio. In addition, candidates are expected to organize and supervise simple construction work (e.g. make-shift buildings in camp). Candidates should have social skills, a sense of leadership, a strong motivation to take on responsibility, and tolerance. They should be able to achieve tasks by improvisation, using the limited sources that are available and must have the capacity to live and work with an international team of students, volunteers and local staff. Candidates with medical training will be preferred.

Salary/funding:
300 Euro/month

Support provided for internship/volunteer positions (travel, meals, lodging):
- food (mainly local food and some western food items)
- lodging (in tents) at the field site
- one domestic flight from Kinshasa to the field and back
- contribution of up to 1000 US$ to an international return flight (reimbursement ONLY AFTER SUCCESSFUL COMPLETITION OF A 9 MONTS TERM OF APPOINTMENT)
- expenses for visa (reimbursement ONLY AFTER SUCCESSFUL COMPLETITION OF A 9 MONTS TERM OF 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 Januray 2012

Application Deadline:
November 15, 2011

Comments:
Applicants should send a letter of interest that provides information that is useful for evaluating the qualifications outlined above, a CV, and two letters of recommendation

Contact Information:
Dr. Gottfried Hohmann
Deutscher Platz 6
Leipzig 04103
Germany

Telephone Number:
++49 341 3550 208

Website:
http://www.eva.mpg.de

E-mail Address:
hohmann@eva.mpg.de