with Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit organization established in 1895 and based in New York, that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues, crafting science-based solutions, and taking conservation actions that benefit nature and humanity. With a presence in more than 60 nations, and experience helping to establish over 150 protected areas across the globe, WCS has amassed the biological knowledge, cultural understanding and partnerships to ensure that vibrant, wild places and wildlife thrive alongside local communities. In the Greater Mekong WCS has country programs in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam and is managed through a dispersed regional network with a hub in Bangkok.
Reports to: Country Program Director, Cambodia
Location: Remote
Country Program/Sector: Global Conservation Program – Greater Mekong
Position Type: Consultant
Internal liaison: Landscape Technical Manager, Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
Expected travel: Travel to Monulkiri province.
Position Background:
Since 2003, WCS has provided technical and financial assistance to the management of Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary (KSWS) in the Eastern Plains Landscape. The Keo Seima REDD+ Project, which covers the core Zone of KSWS, is Cambodia’s flagship REDD+ project. It was the first large REDD+ project developed in Cambodia, the first to receive a multi-million-dollar carbon sale, and it is the longest running. In the ten years since it started, the project has demonstrated that emissions reductions can be achieved while maintaining a gold rating for benefiting local communities. A household livelihood survey is planned for villages in and around the Core Protection Area in KSWS for July 2025. This survey is intended to build upon similar surveys undertaken in 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022, and will focus on household livelihoods in 20 villages identified as of key importance for the REDD+ project at the site. As such, it aims to update understanding of livelihoods in those villages.
Position Summary:
The research team coordinator will be responsible for providing the following specific services:
Deliverables:
Proposed schedule:
The proposed schedule of work would be undertaken between Jun and October 2025. The consultant would be contracted for 900 household sample days over this period.
Initial consultation application must include: --C.V ,