KAZA Project Coordinator: Wildlife Corridors (2 year fixed-term contract)

Position Overview

We are looking for an WWF KAZA CORRIDORS COORDINATOR - a dedicated, detail-oriented, passionate, creative, team player and committed professional who is always willing to push boundaries and exemplifies integrity and empathy.

The incumbent, who will be recruited and administered by WWF Namibia, will support identifying, securing, and facilitating key transboundary wildlife corridors across the KAZA landscape by integrating corridor conservation into the KAZA Conservation Strategy and Action Plan, the KAZA integrated master and subregional development plans (IDP) planning processes, and into the exploration and development of potential BNS opportunities, thus ensuring connectivity remains at the heart of all transboundary planning efforts.

Main Functions

• Leadership and management: planning, budgeting, reporting, procurement, as well as monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• Accountability functions: timely reporting and support the tracking and management of project budgets and expenditures, ensuring alignment with approved work plans and project implementation is within the budget and aligned to institutional and donor requirements.
• Monitoring, evaluation and learning: Develop project monitoring, evaluation and learning system and facilitate regional knowledge exchange through KAZA TFCA Secretariat mechanisms and implement monitoring frameworks to track progress toward EU NaturAfrica objectives and impact.
• Project planning: Set up an integrated planning process, ensuring alignment with various KAZA framework documents and strategies, regional environmental assessments and planning documents, global commitments, and building important climate change requirements into the IDPs and the other main actors in the NAF project.
• Relevance and integration of outputs: Ensure integration of information related to the wildlife corridors are fully integrated into the KAZA Conservation Strategy and Action Plan, the KAZA integrated master and subregional development plans (IDP) planning processes and potential bankable nature solutions (BNS).
• Stakeholders’ engagement: Coordination and implementation of inclusive and transparent stakeholders’ engagement through in-country and transboundary stakeholder’s workshops and consultations, in full compliance with WWF’s ESSF requirements and standards.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience

• A Master’s degree or equivalent in Conservation Biology, Natural Resource Management, Landscape Ecology, or a related field.

• At least five (5) years of experience in large landscape or corridor conservation, with a minimum of 5 years directly in the KAZA landscape.

• Demonstrated experience in identifying, mapping, managing, and safeguarding ecological corridors in transboundary contexts.

• Strong understanding of the ecological, social, and political dimensions of corridors in KAZA—including historical trends, threats, and community dynamics.

• Proven ability to engage with diverse stakeholders, including local communities, traditional authorities, and government institutions.

• Familiarity with KAZA TFCA institutions, governance frameworks, and IDP processes is a significant advantage.

Skills and Abilities

• Strategic and innovative thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and facilitation abilities.

• Team player who can work effectively across cultures and institutions.

• Self-starter with the ability to work independently under pressure.

Location for position

• Could be in any one of the three WWF Country Offices (Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe).

The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA), an initiative of the Partner States - Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, has been prioritized by the European Union (EU) NaturAfrica programme guided by the goal of reducing biodiversity loss while improving the sustainable quality of life of local communities under the three pillars of conservation, green economy and inclusive governance.

WWF has well-established country offices in three (Namibia, Zambia & Zimbabwe) of the five KAZA Partner States. This position will be managed through WWF Namibia office which is a dynamic, internationally recognized and locally grounded non-governmental organization. Since 1993, WWF Namibia has worked to support the Namibian Government, national organizations, and communities in conserving the country’s natural resources—while simultaneously unlocking opportunities for a sustainable, inclusive, nature-based economy that benefits all Namibians.

As part of WWF’s longstanding commitment to the KAZA TFCA, working through its three COs and leveraging its global network, WWF has established its presence in the landscape through the WWF KAZA programme which works closely with the KAZA TFCA Secretariat to help deliver on its mandate.