WWF-Viet Nam: Invitation for Individual Consultants - Consultancy Service to develop a comprehensive action plan for the wild elephant GPS collaring

Posted on March, 09 2021

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WWF-Viet Nam, in collaboration with Yok Don National Park (YDNP) and the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC), is implementing Phase III of a USFWS-funded project aimed at conserving the largest population of Viet Nam’s critically endangered elephants. The project plans to conduct a pilot GPS tracking collar program on  this elephant population to determine their movements and activity patterns. The aim is to inform protection and conservation efforts for this population and  to establish a sound basis for planning human-elephant conflict mitigation efforts in Dak Lak province. In order to support ECC and YDNP to develop the Action Plan for the GPS collaring, WWF-Viet Nam is looking for national and international experts as follow:
-         1 Vietnamese wildlife legal expert
-         1 International expert on elephant conservation  
-         1 International Veterinarian 

The detailed Terms of Reference of the assignment is attached.
 
HOW TO APPLY:
 
Interested candidates of each position should email a curriculum vitae in English, indicating position you wish to apply and proposed consultant fee to us via email no later than 19 March 2021. Submission email should have the subject heading indicating “Application to Consultancy service to develop an Action Plan for the Wild Elephan GPS Collaring” . Please kindly note that each email submission may not exceed 25MB in size.
 
For CV submissions and further information or any other inquiries related to the application process please contact Mr. Nguyen Quang Hoa Anh (Project Manager, Wildlife Practice) at anh.nguyenquanghoa@wwf.org.vn, Mr Le Quoc Thien at thien.lequoc@wwf.org.vn and Dr Carolina Soto-Navarro (Technical Advisor, Wildlife Practice) at Carolina.soto-navarro@wwf.org.vn