Officer, Policy Fellowships, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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Officer, Policy Fellowships, Yaoundé, Cameroon Organization: African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) Country: Cameroon City: Yaoundé Office: AWF Yaoundé, Cameroon Job Description Title: Officer, Policy Fellowships Department: Conservation Education and Youth Leadership Reports to: Senior Officer, Youth Leadership Program Matrix Management: Longlist-Officer, Policy Fellowships Supervises: N/A Location: Yaoundé,Cameroon Position Summary The AWF Youth Engagement Strategy has 3 pillars, namely: Leadership, Opportunities and Networks. Reporting to the Senior Officer, Youth Leadership, The Officer, Policy Fellowship will be responsible for delivering the AWF-Wall Policy Fellowship , a track of the AWF-Wall Youth Leadership Program. The AWF-Wall Policy Fellowship is a 9 months training program implemented by the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) in Collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) since 2022, with the aim of Building a pool of young African professionals skilled in International Biodiversity Governance , particularly the CBD, to influence policy at national, regional, and global levels. The role will deliver its work while ensuring alignemt with the sister track- the AWF-Wall Leadership and Management Fellowship and maintaining key focus to overall AWF priorities and strategic direction. Required capabilities for this position are a strong commitment to the program and organization by being able to work with minimal supervision, being a team player with interpersonal skills, the ability to design and implement learning experiences as well as experience to biodiversity policy making spaces. Key Duties and Responsibilities Program Development, Management and Training Design and thereafter implement the new online version of the AWF-Wall Policy Fellowship, adapted from the flagship version Continue to implement future cohorts of the flagship version of the AWF-Wall Policy Fellowship Provide technical guidance to the implementing partners and consultants of the AWF-Wall Policy Fellowship Coordinate the recruitment and supervision of experts/contract institutions as required to undertake tasks of the implementation of training programs. Coordinate the recruitment of trainee candidates for the program . Develop workplan and curriculum and deliver on the leaderships trainings as scheduled. Facilitate and train on various courses/modules as necessary. Plan and coordinate field trips and policy conferences for leadership trainings. Maintain records on technical and financial aspects of program operation, including monitoring of project activities and their outcomes, as well as minutes, decisions and recommendations of meetings and workshops. Partnership and Communications Support the establishment and maintenance of partnerships that can support the AWF-Wall Policy Fellowship. Ensure effective liaison and maintain good communication with relevant stakeholders. Support to generating ideas for products and initiatives that tell and communicate the powerful stories of young people. Measuring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Work with the AWF M&E global team to ensure that MEAL tools are developed, rolled out and analyzed according to institutional metrics; indicators are tracked; and findings inform the Youth Programming. Coordinate with communications and the Knowledge management department teams so that most significant change stories are documented, filed, and disseminated. Other Support other administrative and other services as required. Rights-based Conservation Human rights are a guiding principle in the AWF Strategic Vision [Click the Apply button below to apply, and Create my CV to build a CV tailored to this offer, professionally] , embedded in our core principles and core values. AWF's mission is to ensure that wildlife and wildlands thrive in modern Africa. AWF understands a modern Africa to be an Africa in which human rights are fulfilled and commits to respect, protect, and always promote human rights, irrespective of ethnic group, gender, race, sexual orientation, age, or class by adopting a rights-based conservation approach. The role holder will come in to

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