Senior Project Officer, Connectivity Conservation Program

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I. Background

For more than 50 years, WWF has worked to safeguard the future of nature. Operating in over 100 countries and supported by nearly five million members worldwide, WWF combines global reach with a strong scientific foundation to deliver solutions that balance the needs of people and nature.

The Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (KKFC) lies within the transboundary Dawna Tenasserim Landscape (DTL), the largest contiguous forested area in mainland Southeast Asia, covering approximately 18,000 km². Around 81.6% of the landscape remains forested (Global Forest Watch, 2018), including extensive protected areas such as Thailand’s Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM). The DTL spans the Dawna and Tenasserim mountain ranges, forms a critical regional watershed, and provides essential habitat for a wide range of endangered and endemic species across Thailand and Myanmar.

In response to the conservation importance of this landscape, WWF-Thailand is launching the Rewilding the Dawna Tenasserim Program, a five-year initiative to restore the Tenasserim Corridor—a 120 km natural linkage connecting Thailand’s two key tiger landscapes, the Western Forest Complex and the Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex, both World Heritage Sites.
The program will work with local communities, government agencies, and landholders to strengthen community forest management, improve habitat connectivity within remaining forest areas, and reduce the impacts of infrastructure barriers on wildlife movement. Ultimately, the program aims to halt forest fragmentation and restore ecological connectivity, supporting the long-term movement and survival of wildlife across the Tenasserim Corridor.

II. Major Duties and Responsibilities

1. Technical assistance:
   • Tenasserim Corridor and KKFC wildlife monitoring
     1. Develop and implement wildlife monitoring plans aligned with corridor and KKFC objectives, including calculating ungulate prey indices to support area management that enhances habitat capacity for ungulate populations.
     2. Identify priority species and indicators (e.g. tigers, elephants, prey species) relevant to the Tenasserim Corridor and KKFC.
     3. Coordinate and conduct field surveys in collaboration with DNP rangers, community monitors, and project partners.
     4. Oversee camera trap deployment, maintenance, retrieval, and data management.
     5. Train and support DNP staff, rangers, and local monitors on wildlife monitoring techniques.
     6. Support basic data analysis and interpretation of monitoring results related to Tenasserim Corridor and KKFC.
     7. Utilize satellite imagery to interpret land use conditions within the Tenasserim corridor to plan for potential wildlife habitat.
     8. Collect and manage wildlife monitoring and its data for project MEL systems to contribute to the technical report preparation.
     9. Document lessons learned and best practices for corridor-level wildlife monitoring.
   • Alternative design concepts for linear infrastructure
     1. Support the development of evidence-based alternative design concepts for linear infrastructure (e.g. wildlife overpasses, underpasses, and mitigation measures) to maintain ecological connectivity with a consultant team.
     2. Compile, analyze, and synthesize ecological, spatial, and key species and other wildlife presence data to inform design options and technical recommendations.
     3. Coordinate with government agencies, developers, consultants, and technical experts to ensure alignment with conservation objectives and regulatory requirements.
     4. Collect, manage, and report technical and field data in accordance with project Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) systems.
     5. Document lessons learned and best practices.
   • Community Forest
     1. Support communities in the establishment and formalization of community forests in line with national laws and regulations.  
     2. Facilitate the development and updating of community forest management plans, including boundary demarcation, zoning, and basic forest inventories.
     3. Strengthen the capacity of community forest committees and members through training on forest management, monitoring, patrolling, reporting, and legal compliance.
     4. Promote understanding of conservation corridor objectives among community forest stakeholders.
     5. Collect, manage, and analyze data on forest cover, resource use, and management activities in line with project Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) systems.
     6. Document lessons learned and good practices to support reporting and scaling up of community forest models.
2. Networking, relationship building and communications:
   Support PM in order to maintain regular contacts with local communities, local stakeholders, national and sub-national committee i.e. government agencies (Royal Forest Department, Treasury Department, Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation, and others to assess public land management policies and determine policy and management approaches to improve connectivity), academics, CSOs, NGOs, and INGOs assigned under the project administration including community forest gazettement, public land management approaches, protected area gazettement, linear infrastructure mitigation, and reforestation.
3. Financial function:
   • Ensure the accuracy and punctually of payments and relevant payment documents for all project activities
   • Prepare cash advance and travel expenses claim related to project activities under responsibility
4. Administrative function:
   • Report on activities according to donor requirements and M&E plan under the responsibility
   • Assist the team in organizing workshops, events, meetings and training, and site visits including a preparation of related documents (i.e. official letter, invitation letter, agenda, etc.) and arranging equipment.
   • Assist a senior PM in development the contracts for any consultant required to work under the project deliverables.
   • Organize official letters of incoming and outgoing files and official communications between WWF and its partners.
   • Create and manage the project database, including official letters, contact lists, photo galleries, etc., and ensure that team members have seamless access to the data
   • Assist with any additional tasks as needed by team members.

III. Qualifications

1. Postgraduate degree (MSc.) in conservation biology, landscape ecology, natural resource management, forest management, or related fields.
2. At least 5 years of working experience in community forestry and/or community livelihood technical support, protected area management, or landscape-level conservation.
3. Substantial work experience in Thailand preferred / both protected and non-protected areas in Thailand.

IV. Required skills and competencies

1. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and diplomatic skills internally and externally.
2. Familiar with governmental and non-governmental environmental conservation initiatives, key players, and challenges in Thailand.
3. Fluency in Thai (required) and competence in English (strongly preferred).

V. Working Relationships

Internal: Interact regularly with WWF-Thailand Conservation, Finance, and Communications staff, as well as WWF Greater Mekong specialists and WWF-Network donor offices (WWF European and other national offices).
External: Local community leaders, Thailand government officials, consultants, academic, civil society organizations (CSOs) and INGO partners. 

Please upload your covering letter and CV in English. Priority will be given to applications with both documents indicated.

Deadline for applications: 21 July 2026

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

At WWF, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where every individual feels valued and respected. We believe that a diverse workforce will help us to achieve our mission to stop the degradation of the Earth's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing fair and unbiased consideration for all candidates regardless of their background. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply and join us in fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.