Project description

The "Selous and Nyerere Ecosystem Conservation and Development Project (SANEP)” concerns the sustainable development and conservation of the Selous-Nyerere Ecosystem. The purpose of the Project is to consolidate and expand the previous successes in protecting and sustainably using the Selous-Nyerere Eco-system, which includes the Selous Game Reserve, Lukwika Lumesule Game Re-serve, Nyerere National Park, and surrounding areas like Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) and the Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor (SNWC). The Project aims to contribute to the socio-economic development of the local population in selected rural districts and to ensure the integrity of the globally significant Selous-Nyerere Ecosystem.
The proposed project area consists of:

• Selous Game Reserve (SGR)
• Nyerere National Park (NNP)
• Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in the surrounding areas of SGR and NNP
• Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor (SNWC) and
• Lukwika Lumesule Game Reserve (LLGR).

The Project includes measures to strengthen protected area management, involve the local population, and improve infrastructure as well as Tanzania National Parks Authority’s (TANAPA) and Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority’s (TAWA) capacities in operating and maintaining existing infrastructure.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT) shall play an overseeing role for the Project, and will be jointly implemented by TANAPA, TAWA, and the co-implementers Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
The design of the project foresees the following outputs to be financed from the grant:

Output 1: The Management Efficiency of TANAPA and TAWA is strengthened in the Selous Game Reserve (SGR), Nyerere National Park (NNP), and Lukwika Lumesule Game Reserve (LLGR).
This Output will be implemented by FZS in close cooperation with TANAPA and TAWA

Output 2: The Infrastructure and Equipment of Selous Game Reserve (SGR), Nyerere National Park (NNP), and Lukwika Lumesule Game Reserve (LLGR) is improved.
This Output will be implemented by an Implementation Consultant in close cooperation with TANAPA and TAWA.

Output 3: Community based sustainable resource management, local income opportunities and the participation in the natural resources protection in the adjacent Districts are improved.
The focus of these activities shall be on the permanently settled resident commu-nities and their socio-economic realities, as well as the Human Wildlife Conflicts (HWC) they face. This Output will be largely implemented by WWF in close coop-eration with TANAPA and TAWA.

Job description

The Chief Technical Advisor will be responsible for the overall coordination of the project implementation and the supervision and guidance of the Consultant’s team.
The tasks of the CTA include but are not necessarily restricted to the following:

Overall advice to the TANAPA and TAWA for the implementation of the Project and the coordination with other stakeholders;

Financial management / Disposition fund management;

Follow-up (monitoring) and revision and adjustment of the project financial plan and annual budgets;

Preparation of the procurement plan and tender documents as well as design, selection and procurement of equipment and infrastructure;

Supervision of infrastructure works and with provisional and final acceptance;

Develop and support the implementation of a strategy to access finance from nature based solutions (carbon credits, biodiversity credits) in the Selous eco-system and beyond.

Development, update and implementation of the environmental and social management instruments (those relevant for the infrastructure components) as per Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), namely update as appropriate of the existing ESMF, development of the required safeguard instrument for the different infrastructure components as per ESMF, integration of ESMPs in tender documents and continuous tracking of ESHS performance of contractors;

Elaboration of regular reports and digital dashboards for KfW including for all components;

Preparation of meetings, field missions and workshops including logistics;

Development of Force Account capacity with partners, preparation, review, im-plementation and consultation of O&M and sustainability concepts for infrastructure; 

Documentation and digital archiving of all project related documents.