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Position title: Director
Department: Admin & Management Services
Description: na
Reports to: Does not report to anyone
IUCN Level Job: LEVEL 4 - EXECUTIVE ?
IUCN Recommended position: Yes
Director skills:
| IUCN Code | Competence Statement | Category Name |
|---|---|---|
ADR 2.1 |
Prepare analytical and technical reports and assessments. | Administrative documentation and reporting |
ADR 2.2 |
Prepare formal reports of activities and projects. | Administrative documentation and reporting |
ADR 2.3 |
Contribute to and document meetings. | Administrative documentation and reporting |
ADR 2.4 |
Ensure and maintain accurate and secure documentation of data activities and events. | Administrative documentation and reporting |
ADR 3.1 |
Compile and prepare formal reports on protected area activities. | Administrative documentation and reporting |
ADR 3.2 |
Ensure documentation of meetings consultations and negotiations. | Administrative documentation and reporting |
ADR 3.3 |
Ensure that full activity records and documentation are maintained and secured. | Administrative documentation and reporting |
ADR 3.4 |
Implement measures for comprehensive monitoring and reporting on organisational performance. | Administrative documentation and reporting |
ADR 4.1 |
Compile and prepare formal national and/or international reports on protected area management activities. | Administrative documentation and reporting |
ADR 4.2 |
Ensure effective system level documentation of protected areas management activities and their effectiveness. | Administrative documentation and reporting |
ADR 4.3 |
Contribute significantly to international initiatives for protected area performance monitoring and documentation. | Administrative documentation and reporting |
APC 01 |
Demonstrate analytical skills. | Advanced Personal Competences |
APC 02 |
Address complex problems. | Advanced Personal Competences |
APC 03 |
Make effective decisions. | Advanced Personal Competences |
APC 04 |
Cope with hazardous working environments. | Advanced Personal Competences |
APC 05 |
Work effectively under pressure. | Advanced Personal Competences |
APC 06 |
Make best use of limited resources. | Advanced Personal Competences |
APC 07 |
Adopt a positive attitude to learning and personal development. | Advanced Personal Competences |
APC 08 |
Demonstrate commitment to transparency and participation. | Advanced Personal Competences |
APC 09 |
Enable and encourage team work. | Advanced Personal Competences |
APC 10 |
Support and encourage individuals. | Advanced Personal Competences |
AWA 1.1 |
Provide basic information about a protected area. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 2.3 |
Plan draft and oversee production of publications exhibits and signs. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 2.4 |
Plan oversee production of and operate technology-based exhibits. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 2.5 |
Plan and lead special public events. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 2.8 |
Work with the media to communicate information and stories about a protected area. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 3.1 |
Direct development of a protected area communication strategy and plan. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 3.2 |
Direct development of a protected area image and brand. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 3.3 |
Direct the design production and deployment of awareness and educational facilities and installations. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 3.4 |
Direct the design and production of awareness and educational materials. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 3.5 |
Direct the design and implementation of interpretive and educational programmes. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 3.6 |
Direct the design and implementation of local issue-based/advocacy campaigns. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 4.1 |
Coordinate development of a strategy for visibility awareness and education across a protected area system. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 4.2 |
Promote national awareness and understanding of a protected area system and its values. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 4.3 |
Promote the inclusion of protected area and biodiversity issues in educational curricula. | Awareness and Education |
AWA 4.4 |
Contribute significantly to international initiatives for improving awareness education and information related to protected areas. | Awareness and Education |
BIO 1.1 |
Recognise and identify typical ecosystems habitats plant and animal species and their signs. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 1.2 |
Recognise threats and problems affecting biodiversity in the field. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 1.3 |
Accurately record and report observations of wildlife habitats and ecosystems. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 2.1 |
Demonstrate a detailed knowledge and understanding of species habitats and ecosystems of a protected area. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 2.3 |
Plan lead and report on resource use surveys and monitoring programmes. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 2.4 |
Propose justified measures for conservation of species. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 2.5 |
Propose justified measures for conservation of habitats and ecosystems. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 2.6 |
Propose justified measures for sustainable use of natural resources. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 3.1 |
Direct biodiversity survey research and monitoring programmes. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 3.12 |
Direct ecosystem and habitat restoration projects | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 3.2 |
Direct measures for protection/recovery of fauna species of conservation importance. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 3.3 |
Direct measures for conservation of habitats and ecosystems of conservation importance. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 3.4 |
Direct measures for addressing threats from alien invasive species. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 3.5 |
Direct programmes for sustainable harvesting of natural resources. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 3.6 |
Direct programmes for resolving human-wildlife conflict. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 3.7 |
Contribute to national conservation status evaluations. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 4.1 |
Coordinate development of national polices strategies and legislation for biodiversity conservation and protected areas. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 4.2 |
Coordinate national programmes for research survey and monitoring related to biodiversity. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 4.3 |
Coordinate national strategies plans and activities for species conservation and recovery. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 4.4 |
Coordinate national plans and activities for addressing threats from alien invasive species in a protected area system. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 4.5 |
Coordinate national plans and activities for ecosystem/habitat conservation restoration and rehabilitation. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 4.6 |
Coordinate national plans and activities for resource use in protected areas. | Biodiversity Conservation |
BIO 4.7 |
Contribute significantly to international initiatives for conservation of species habitats and ecosystems. | Biodiversity Conservation |
CAC 2.1 |
Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication. | Communication and Collaboration |
CAC 2.2 |
Make effective verbal presentations | Communication and Collaboration |
CAC 2.3 |
Communicate effectively in writing. | Communication and Collaboration |
CAC 2.4 |
Demonstrate effective collaboration and teamwork in the workplace. | Communication and Collaboration |
CAC 2.5 |
Provide mentoring and guidance for colleagues and supervised staff. | Communication and Collaboration |
CAC 3.1 |
Maintain effective communications within a protected area organisation. | Communication and Collaboration |
CAC 3.2 |
Maintain effective communication and good working relations with stakeholders and partners. | Communication and Collaboration |
CAC 3.3 |
Negotiate agreements and resolve disputes and conflicts. | Communication and Collaboration |
CAC 4.1 |
Contribute effectively to high level meetings conferences and negotiations. | Communication and Collaboration |
CAC 4.2 |
Enable effective communication across a protected area system. | Communication and Collaboration |
CAC 4.3 |
Enable effective communication with other organisations and sectors. | Communication and Collaboration |
CAC 4.4 |
Contribute significantly to international initiatives for improving communication and participation among protected areas. | Communication and Collaboration |
COM 2.1 |
Maintain productive and equitable working relationships with local communities and indigenous peoples. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 2.3 |
Facilitate and support agreements for community-based sustainable use of natural resources. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 2.4 |
Facilitate and support establishment of community development projects. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 2.5 |
Facilitate and support establishment of community-based economic enterprises. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 2.6 |
Plan lead and report on measures to safeguard cultural and historic sites structures and artefacts. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 2.7 |
Plan lead and report on measures to safeguard intangible cultural heritage. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 3.1 |
Direct the participatory collection and assessment of socio-economic and cultural information. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 3.2 |
Direct development of a strategy and plan for engagement by a protected area with local communities. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 3.3 |
Enable participation of communities in protected area governance and management. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 3.4 |
Negotiate and maintain formal agreements with communities. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 3.5 |
Ensure that protected area management activities respect policies and agreements and the rights of communities. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 3.6 |
Facilitate activities that support sustainable socio-economic development of communities. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 3.7 |
Promote and support the cultural identity and traditional knowledge and practices of local communities. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 3.8 |
Ensure the protection of sites features and objects of cultural importance. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 4.1 |
Enable formal recognition of the roles rights and needs of local and indigenous communities in and around protected areas. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 4.2 |
Enable integration of the needs and rights of local and indigenous communities into governance and management of protected areas. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 4.3 |
Institutionalise formal participation of local communities in governance and management of protected areas. | Local communities and cultures |
COM 4.4 |
Coordinate initiatives to support the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources (access and benefit sharing). | Local communities and cultures |
COM 4.5 |
Contribute significantly to international initiatives for improving engagement of local and indigenous communities in protected area management. | Local communities and cultures |
FLD 1.3 |
Follow good safety and environmental practice in the field and the work place. | Field Craft and Site Maintenance |
FPC 02 |
Work in compliance with instructions briefings laws regulations and procedures. | Foundation Personal Competences |
FPC 03 |
Demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach to work. | Foundation Personal Competences |
FPC 04 |
Maintain good relations with others in the workplace. | Foundation Personal Competences |
FPC 05 |
Communicate effectively verbally. | Foundation Personal Competences |
FPC 06 |
Demonstrate basic literacy (reading and writing). | Foundation Personal Competences |
FPC 07 |
Demonstrate basic numeracy. | Foundation Personal Competences |
FPC 08 |
Demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to cultural ethnic gender and ability issues. | Foundation Personal Competences |
FPC 09 |
Maintain good practice for security safety and environmental protection in the work place and in the field. | Foundation Personal Competences |
FPC 10 |
Avoid prevent and report dishonest and/or illegal practices. | Foundation Personal Competences |
FPC 11 |
Maintain personal health hygiene and fitness. | Foundation Personal Competences |
FPC 12 |
Communicate in other languages and/or dialects. | Foundation Personal Competences |
FRM 3.1 |
Ensure compliance with legislation and required procedures for financial management and use and allocation of resources. | Financial and Physical Resources |
FRM 3.2 |
Prepare a protected area business plan/sustainable financing plan. | Financial and Physical Resources |
FRM 3.3 |
Prepare annual budgets financing and resourcing plans. | Financial and Physical Resources |
FRM 3.4 |
Direct preparation of financial reports and information required for audits. | Financial and Physical Resources |
FRM 3.5 |
Identify and secure funding for protected area management. | Financial and Physical Resources |
FRM 3.6 |
Identify and secure physical resources required for protected area management. | Financial and Physical Resources |
FRM 3.7 |
Negotiate and oversee contracts and financial terms for constructions concessions and management agreements. | Financial and Physical Resources |
FRM 4.1 |
Coordinate mobilisation of funding for protected areas. | Financial and Physical Resources |
FRM 4.2 |
Coordinate mobilisation of physical resources for protected areas. | Financial and Physical Resources |
FRM 4.3 |
Institute system-wide policies procedures and norms for financial and resource management. | Financial and Physical Resources |
FRM 4.4 |
Contribute significantly to international initiatives for financing and resourcing protected areas. | Financial and Physical Resources |
HRM 3.2 |
Oversee and ensure adoption of comprehensive personnel procedures within a protected area administration. | Human Resources |
HRM 3.5 |
Institute capacity development programmes for protected area personnel stakeholders and partners. | Human Resources |
HRM 4.1 |
Institute system-wide human resource management policies and procedures. | Human Resources |
HRM 4.2 |
Develop and institutionalise capacity development programmes for protected area personnel. | Human Resources |
HRM 4.3 |
Promote the professionalisation of protected area management at the national level. | Human Resources |
HRM 4.4 |
Contribute to international initiatives for human resource management and capacity development in protected areas. | Human Resources |
LAR 3.1 |
Direct the development and implementation of a strategy plan and operating procedures for protected area law enforcement. | Upholding laws and regulations |
LAR 3.2 |
Direct preparation and implementation of security assessments and strategies. | Upholding laws and regulations |
LAR 3.3 |
Direct law enforcement and crime prevention operations. | Upholding laws and regulations |
LAR 3.4 |
Coordinate law enforcement and security activities with other responsible agencies and with the judiciary. | Upholding laws and regulations |
LAR 3.5 |
Direct the development of local regulations and by-laws for activities in a protected area. | Upholding laws and regulations |
LAR 3.6 |
Direct major investigations into environmental crime and/or security threats. | Upholding laws and regulations |
LAR 4.1 |
Coordinate analyses of law enforcement compliance crime prevention and security issues affecting biodiversity and protected areas. | Upholding laws and regulations |
LAR 4.2 |
Coordinate national policies strategies laws and regulations for addressing environmental crime and security threats. | Upholding laws and regulations |
LAR 4.3 |
Coordinate development and implementation of standards and operating procedures for law enforcement crime prevention and security in a protected area system. | Upholding laws and regulations |
LAR 4.4 |
Coordinate law enforcement strategies and operations with other agencies. | Upholding laws and regulations |
LAR 4.5 |
Contribute significantly to development of international policy and/or legal responses to major threats affecting biodiversity and protected areas. | Upholding laws and regulations |
ORG 3.1 |
Build the organisational capacity of a protected area administration. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 3.10 |
Secure certified recognition of the quality of management of a protected area. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 3.2 |
Establish procedures for strategic planned and adaptive management of a protected area. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 3.3 |
Establish regular and systematic planning and monitoring of management activities. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 3.4 |
Establish systems and procedures to ensure high standards of ethics and behaviour among staff and partners. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 3.5 |
Build networks and develop collaborative relationships with other organisations. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 3.6 |
Ensure establishment and implementation of participation and good governance. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 3.7 |
Establish systems and procedures for ensuring health safety and security in a protected area. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 3.8 |
Promote and implement change and innovation in management of a protected area. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 3.9 |
Ensure effective management of information and knowledge. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 4.1 |
Establish system-wide standards and practices for effective and efficient management and administration of protected areas. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 4.2 |
Establish system-wide mechanisms for participation and good governance. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 4.3 |
Build organisational capacity of protected area authorities for management and governance. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 4.4 |
Identify and evaluate risks to protected area institutions and introduce risk management and contingency planning measures. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 4.5 |
Promote the adoption of new approaches tools and techniques for managing protected areas across the system. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 4.6 |
Promote the adoption of new technologies for managing protected areas across the system. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
ORG 4.7 |
Monitor and review performance and effectiveness of protected areas across the system. | Organisational Leadership and Development |
PPP 3.1 |
Direct the participatory development of a protected area management plan using a recognised format and process. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 3.2 |
Direct a structured threat assessment for a protected area. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 3.3 |
Direct the development of a protected area zonation system. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 3.4 |
Direct development of project proposals and plans for a protected area using recognised formats and processes. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 3.5 |
Direct implementation of projects and plans. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 3.6 |
Direct the development of risk/disaster assessments and contingency plans. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 3.7 |
Direct identification and implementation of measures to address the impacts of climate change. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 3.8 |
Direct the planning implementation and monitoring of major construction projects. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 3.9 |
Coordinate protected area management with activities of neighbouring land and resource owners and users. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.1 |
Coordinate development and updating of national protected area policy and legislation. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.10 |
Coordinate Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) affecting protected areas. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.11 |
Coordinate measures for offsetting or securing compensation for damage to protected areas. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.12 |
Coordinate initiatives to determine the value of the services provided by the ecosystems of protected areas. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.13 |
Coordinate integration of protected area policy and management with other sectors. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.14 |
Promote and enable management-oriented research to support protected area planning and management. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.15 |
Coordinate major proposals for support and funding for protected areas. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.16 |
Coordinate international initiatives for developing protected area policy and improving protected area planning and management. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.2 |
Coordinate reviews of protected area policies strategies and plans. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.3 |
Coordinate processes for designing and establishing protected area systems. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.4 |
Coordinate processes for gazetting categorising establishing and modifying protected areas. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.5 |
Coordinate processes for establishing and maintaining the status of internationally designated protected areas. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.6 |
Coordinate processes for establishing ecological networks and connectivity between protected areas. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.7 |
Coordinate processes for recognising and establishing indigenous peoples and community conserved areas. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.8 |
Coordinate trans-boundary protected area and conservation initiatives. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
PPP 4.9 |
Coordinate protected area system-wide responses to climate change and associated impacts. | Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects |
TEC 2.2 |
Use online technology for advanced functions. | Technology |
TRP 4.1 |
Coordinate development of a national policy and strategy for public use tourism and recreation in and around protected areas. | Tourism recreation and public use |
TRP 4.2 |
Enable provision of appropriate opportunities for sustainable public use tourism and recreation across a protected area system. | Tourism recreation and public use |
TRP 4.3 |
Promote protected areas as destinations for public use sustainable tourism and recreation. | Tourism recreation and public use |
TRP 4.4 |
Contribute significantly to international initiatives for developing sustainable tourism and recreation in and around protected areas. | Tourism recreation and public use |
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