VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Rwanda Development Board (RDB) is seeking to recruit suitable Rwandan candidates to fill the vacant posts of Rangers in Akagera, Nyungwe, Volcanoes, and Gishwati-Mukura National Parks.

JOB TITLE: Rangers (Akagera, Nyungwe, Volcanoes and Gishwati-Mukura National Parks)

REPORTING TO: Law Enforcement Warden

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The Rangers will be primarily responsible for conducting law enforcement, securing the integrity and keeping the security of the park through land, water, and sometimes air patrols and monitoring of wildlife in the field while at the same time performing related side duties among them fire management, electric and other fences’  monitoring and tracking of particular species and all the Rangers will be reporting to the Law Enforcement Warden.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Carry out patrols according to plans and instructions
• Detect and counteract illegal activities as well as report the same immediately
• Monitor key indicators for illegal activities and wildlife observations, using GPS units
• Carry out duties related to fire management
• Keep monitoring the buffer wall at the Volcanoes National Park and Work closely with the electric fence attendants (for Akagera)
• Carry out problem animal control duties

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS 

The interested candidates should have a minimum of Senior Six of Secondary School Education or TVET and be aged between 18-25years. A University Degree and related pieces of training will be a plus. Qualifying female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Required competencies 

• Strong physical abilities and perfect fitness
• Empathy for bush and nature work
• Strict compliance and abidance to high standard discipline
• Ability to perform demanding and flexible work, during day and night time
• Integrity; inter-personal skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good communication and reporting skills
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively as part of the team
• Ability to work in remote or isolated areas,
• Ability to work under pressure and overtime

Not to have been definitively sentenced to a term of imprisonment equal to or exceeding six (6) months.

Added advantage

• Knowledge and experience of GPS use
• Bushcraft and survival skills
• Skills in First aid
• Motorcycle driving license
• Having worked under security organs

Languages: 

Fluency in Kinyarwanda and either English or French.

Interested and well-qualified candidates are advised to forward an Application letter, certified copies of their academic qualifications, a Curriculum Vitae, National ID/Passport, a medical certificate, and a copy of the criminal record certificate, through [email protected] copying [email protected]. Please note that all attachments should be in PDF, JPEG, or TIF format.

Only candidates with the needed qualifications and relevant experience will be shortlisted and contacted for further recruitment processes.

The deadline for applications submission is on Thursday, February 24th, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Done at Kigali on 10th February 2022