The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Cameroon Seeks a Project Administrative Assistant (PAA)-WWF

13.01.2022

For the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project in Cameroon, we are seeking an Administrative assistant who will provide support to the Project Management Unit (PMU) staffs carrying out their duties.

Reports to: Project Manager (PM)

Location: Yaounde

Duration: 2 years Fixed term

Mission of the Department:

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council approved the 6-year Congo Basin Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program (CBSL IP) which encompasses a regional component, managed by UNEP, and several national child projects in the countries of the Congo Basin.

The Cameroon child project is managed by WWF-US as the GEF Agency, executed by the Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED) with WWF Cameroon as Financial Administrator. It addresses the drivers of forest loss and degradation through strategies aimed at strengthening the integrated management of Cameroon’s globally important forest landscapes in the Congo Basin, to secure its biological integrity and increase economic opportunities and livelihoods for forest dependent people.

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