Position Summary
The Community Development Intern (CDI) will support the Campo Team and particularly Project Officer in ensuring successful implementing of activities of Community Development projects in the Campo-Ma’an Technical Unit, in Cameroon. The CDI will assist for differents AWF projects in the planification, realization and the monitoring of activities especially on nurseries and agroforestry plantations developpement and management. He/she will also give a support to communities for the valorization of Non-Timber Forest Products (organization of trainings, awareness-raising, market research and regular monitoring of activities).
Location: Campo-National Park
Duration: 1 year
Number of position: 1
Responsibilities

• Support with the planification, realization and reporting of community’s development activities (awareness raising, trainings, group structuration, etc.).
• Support with nurseries development, management and monitoring.
• Support with agroforests plantations development, management and monitoring.
• Assist in the development of training modules and capacity building facilitation sessions.
• Provide support for the structuration of producer groups (NTFP collectors and owners of agroforestry plantations) and income-generating activities development
• Provide support in the logistical preparation and organization of workshops, trainings and sensitization sessions, exchange visits, etc.
• Participate in site coordination meetings and the capitalisation of experience;
• Assist in the production and dissemination of communications material to partners;
• Perform other additional activities Task as requested by the Technical Advisor.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor in Agriculture, Crop production, Forestry, Anthropology, social science field related to conservation and development (Development, Project Management, Environmental or Natural Resource Management).
• At least 1 years’ experience in conservation and development programs, including significant time in community animation or related;
• Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training and other formal and non-formal methods;
• Experience in organizing and collecting socio-economic data and working with communities
• Ability to work effectively in remote and challenging areas, in cross-cultural situations and multicultural environment.
• Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment;
• Willingness and ability to travel to remote and sometimes physically challenging locations
• Self-organized and having own initiatives.
• French and English speaking.
• Good writing, synthesis and organizational skills
• Computer skills (MS Office)
• Adheres to AWF’s values