WRRT Technical Advisor

QUALIFICATIONS

In 2001, Wildlife Alliance launched the Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team (WRRT) to stop illegal shipments of wildlife on Cambodia’s national roads and borders, and to arrest traffickers.  The WRRT is a team of Forestry Administration officials and Military Police committed to suppressing the illegal wildlife trade throughout Cambodia with support and technical assistance from Wildlife Alliance. To date, WRRT has rescued over 43,000 live animals and stopped 80% of restaurants in Phnom Penh from serving wildlife.

We are looking for an international candidate for the position of WRRT Technical Advisor to work with the current project manager and supervise a team of 12 staff.  The ideal candidate will have proven management and leadership skills; experience in the field with law enforcement and investigation; is hard-working, diplomatic, well-organized with good attention to detail and follow-up.  The applicant should also have good reporting skills, good data management skills, excellent English and Khmer language skills, good intercultural skills and a passion for protecting wildlife and forests

Previous law enforcement or military experience an advantage.

DUTIES

Management of the WRRT

The management of the WRRT includes:

• Building the capacity of the team in operations and investigations
• The careful handling of rescued and confiscated live wildlife 
• Oversight of performance of WRRT members in office and on operations
• Going on operations with WRRT, conduct briefing of the teams after every operation
• Ensuring proper law enforcement, proper application of the law of WRRT members and follow-up of cases.
• Promote operation and investigation skills among the team to increase team effectiveness
• Ensuring rapid and coordinated response once information is received to crackdown on illegal activities.
• Providing ongoing training for WRRT members, monitoring adherence to Wildlife Alliance policies and operating procedures
• Promote leadership among members of the WRRT
• Conducting joint operations with other law enforcement teams
• Continually improve and implement wildlife crime investigations
• Collaborating, and maintaining good relations, with relevant government ministries and agencies, and other Wildlife Alliance projects to achieve WRRT’s goals and objectives.
• Taking steps to further coordinate ASEAN-WEN in Cambodia. 

Administration

• Reviewing counterpart officers’ reports to ensure they are prepared in a correct and timely fashion
• Overseeing inventory and maintenance of all WRRT equipment, allowing for regular inventory and maintenance checks and repairs on cars, motorbikes, radios, weapons, etc.
• Ensuring that WRRT data sheets are filled in after each case
• Ensuring the wildlife and traders database is regularly updated.  Analyze and compile data for reports as requested 
• Completing reports according to the report templates for each operation: the operation case form and operation case photo templates and on a monthly basis: the WRRT monthly case template and relaying information to WRRT Management Team. 

Perform other duties that may be assigned from time to time. 

Work location based in Phnom Penh and in the field as needed.

Competitive salary will be offered, depending on qualifications, level and years of experience.

Applicants should submit a recent CV and a cover letter with names of 3 references in English to House 51, Street 352, Boeung Keng Kang I, Phnom Penh, or email to lperlman@online.com.kh on or before November 18, 2011.  Only short listed candidates will be contacted for interview.