The Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus) announces a vacancy for the position of Expert on Agriculture for preparing a pilot (micro) project proposal applying L-SLM for mitigating land degradation and contributing to poverty reduction in Sighnaghi Municipality, Georgia, within the GEF funded project # 5825 “ Applying Landscape and Sustainable Land Management (L-SLM) for mitigating land degradation and contributing to poverty reduction in rural areas”
REC Caucasus is a non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal person – an independent, not-for-profit organization with international character based in Tbilisi, Georgia. The mission of REC Caucasus is to assist the Caucasus states in solving environmental problems and support in building the civil society through promotion of public participation in the decision-making process, development of free exchange of information and encouragement of cooperation at national and regional level among NGOs, governments, businesses, local communities and all other stakeholders.
Overall objective of the project is to support integration of good Landscape and Sustainable Land Management (L-SLM) principles and practices into national policy and institutional framework to ensure adoption of economically viable practices by rural communities.
One of the components of the project is to develop Pilot Project for applying SLM in rural areas.
Other important details: Interested applicants should submit a current CV and cover letter explaining their motivation to the attention of Ms Sophiko Akhobadze, Director of REC Caucasus to the following E-Mail address: vacancy@rec-caucasus.org with copy to Project manager: kety.tsereteli@rec-caucasus.org or submit hard copy application package to the following address:
13, Badri Shoshitaishvili Street, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
Deadline for application is September 16, 2017. Only shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.
