Overview

We are Recruiting!

Our client, a Conservancy, is looking for a Field Operations Manager to join their team in Northern Zambia.

If you are interested or would like to know more, please click the link below.

This role leads conservation delivery across two Game Management Areas. The position is based at Mutundu Base Camp in Nsama District and requires frequent field travel. It focuses on overseeing field operations, resource protection, infrastructure development, governance support, and community engagement within these community‑managed conservation areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead planning and implementation of all GMA activities, ensuring operational, administrative, financial and HR targets are met, including compliance, budgeting and KPI tracking.
• Manage field operations such as infrastructure development (offices, housing, roads, checkpoints), fire management, camp oversight, logistics, inventories, safety, communications and mobility assets.
• Coordinate law enforcement operations jointly with DNPW, ensuring effective patrols, SMART reporting, and high operational standards in training, discipline and readiness.
• Support community governance systems, human–wildlife conflict response, transparent financial management by Community Resource Boards, and conservation education in schools and local communities.
• Oversee and supervise ethical safari hunting operations and data‑driven quota setting.
• Plan and deliver wildlife translocations, species reintroductions, and ecological monitoring (camera traps, transects, hunting monitoring).

Candidate Profile

• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) and 5–10 years’ experience in conservation project management or protected area operations.
• Experience in law enforcement support, infrastructure development, ecological monitoring, and/or community governance.
• Professional or safari hunting background and understanding of the role of hunting in conservation.
• Experience in wildlife translocations and reintroductions.
• Strong budgeting, procurement, compliance and operational planning skills.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary field teams in remote, culturally diverse environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, SMART, GIS and digital reporting tools.
• Excellent communication, record‑keeping and organisational abilities with high attention to detail.

What the Role Offers

• Meaningful work contributing to long‑term conservation in a globally significant landscape.
• Opportunity to work in a remote, high‑value wilderness area with an experienced field team.
• Professional development and growth within a mission‑driven conservation programme.
• Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience.

• Lead planning and implementation of all GMA activities, ensuring operational, administrative, financial and HR targets are met, including compliance, budgeting and KPI tracking.
• Manage field operations such as infrastructure development (offices, housing, roads, checkpoints), fire management, camp oversight, logistics, inventories, safety, communications and mobility assets.
• Coordinate law enforcement operations jointly with DNPW, ensuring effective patrols, SMART reporting, and high operational standards in training, discipline and readiness.
• Support community governance systems, human–wildlife conflict response, transparent financial management by Community Resource Boards, and conservation education in schools and local communities.
• Oversee and supervise ethical safari hunting operations and data‑driven quota setting.
• Plan and deliver wildlife translocations, species reintroductions, and ecological monitoring (camera traps, transects, hunting monitoring).

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, SMART, GIS and digital reporting tools.
• Excellent communication, record‑keeping and organisational abilities with high attention to detail.

• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred)
• 5–10 years’ experience in conservation project management or protected area operations.
• Experience in law enforcement support, infrastructure development, ecological monitoring, and/or community governance.
• Professional or safari hunting background and understanding of the role of hunting in conservation.
• Experience in wildlife translocations and reintroductions.
• Strong budgeting, procurement, compliance and operational planning skills.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary field teams in remote, culturally diverse environments.