Job Description

Job Description

The Northern Rangelands Trust is a non-profit umbrella organization supporting 33 community conservancies across northern Kenya. Its mission is to develop resilient community conservancies, which transform lives, secure peace and conserve natural resources.

Key Tasks

• Overseeing all conservancy activities such as wildlife conservation, livestock programs, and other community development programs.


• Managing community relations, to ensure long-term self-sustainability, strong conservation and benefits to communities


• Developing appropriate attitudes to working with all staff and stakeholders and building community ownership


• Managing, training and mentoring conservancy staff and appraising their performance to ensure motivation and high productivity


• Oversee management of all conservancy budgets, expenses and revenue, ensure clear record keeping, accurate budgeting and compliance with NRT and donor financial procedures.


• Planning and implementing efficient operating procedures for the Conservancy


• Ensuring effective and efficient utilization of financial and other resources of the organization


• Preparing project proposals and reports to donor individuals and organizations forfunding


• Manage all conservancy logistics to ensure compliance with conservancy regulations and efficiencies


• Maintain conservancy assets at serviceable level


• Undertake capacity building of the various conservancy committees


• Supporting infrastructure development and ensuring community ownership


• Enhancing conservancy visibility


• Peace building initiatives


• Liaison with the conservancy partners


• Ensure transparent benefit sharing amongst the community

Qualifications: Education /Knowledge/ Skills and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Conservation, Natural Resource Management,


• Rangelands Management or Community Development.


• A minimum of four (4) years’ relevant experience.


• Demonstrated ability to think creatively and solve problems effectively


• A strong drive for results with demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a


• member of team; to work with a diversity of stakeholders and communities; and to


• effectively coordinate, lead and motivate a multidisciplinary staff.


• In-depth knowledge and demonstrated commitment to wildlife conservation and natural resource management.


• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in remote areas, in cross-cultural situations, with diverse economic and professional background.


• Excellent verbal and written communications (English and Kiswahili)


• Computer literacy especially in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Power point andE-mail.


• A firm understanding of pastoralist customary livestock practices and community engagement processes.

Method of Application

Submit your CV highlighting relevant experience, a daytime telephone contact, email address, and the names of three professional referees, copies of relevant documents and Application to  recruit@nrt-kenya.org
Use the title of the position as the subject of the email

Closing Date : 6 July. 2022

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