Rangelands Manager
2025-11-06T08:21:35+00:00
World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
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FULL_TIME
Mbarara
Mbarara
00256
Uganda
Professional Services
environment
2025-11-11T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
8
Job Summary
WWF Uganda is leading the Time2Graze Africa project (2025-2028)- a multi-country initiative across Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Uganda. The project focuses on advancing climate-smart grazing systems to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, regenerate degraded rangelands, and improve the livelihoods of pastoralist communities.
The project seeks to combine Earth Observation data, pasture growth models, and co-design with farmers and stakeholders Decision Support Tools (DSTs) and then deliver critical insights via SMS, web, and mobile apps tailored to local needs for effective climate-resilient grazing systems.
The Manager is responsible for cross country coordination of the Time Graze initiatives in line with the country’s strategic plan and specific country contexts. This role involves collaborating with diverse stakeholders, including government agencies, local communities, NGOs, and international partners, to drive the transition towards low emission and climate-smart grazing systems, ultimately contributing to country specific climate change policy agendas. The Manager will ensure the effective implementation of the project outcomes, promote cross country learning, and enhance the impact of WWF’s programs.
In this regard, the Rangelands Manager will perform the following:
Project Management
• In consultation with the Landscape coordinator, collaborate with multi-country implementation teams to provide leadership for the entire Time2Graze component.
• Coordinate regular and consistent communications and update Time2Graze activities and projects related developments to donors and other relevant partners, as required and in close consultation with participating country teams.
• Integrate ESSF guidelines and practices in the project implementation.
• Ensures that the Time2Graze activities are implemented in accordance with WWF standards, values and principles
Program Management and Coordination
• Provide leadership of the multi-country program ensuring that each participating country’s work package is aligned with the entire program as approved by the donor.
• Support all participating countries in annual planning and ensure coherence with project results framework.
• Lead the coordination of program wide reporting, ensuring comprehensive reporting.
• Work with the PMEL manager to plan and conduct baseline and periodic ecological assessments of rangelands, focusing on vegetation cover, biomass productivity, carrying capacity, and degradation patterns.
• Develop, validate, and maintain rangeland health monitoring protocols using both remote sensing data and ground-truthing methodologies.
• Generate ecological insights to inform rotational grazing plans and restoration activities.
• Work with other project team members to provide GIS and Remote Sensing support and analysis of High-Res imagery (e.g., Sentinel-2, Landsat) to produce spatial biomass maps, NDVI indices, and growth rate models.
• Collaborate with others to maintain geospatial dashboards and tools to visualize rangeland health trends for internal planning and external reporting.
Capacity building, knowledge sharing and cross learning
• Train and mentor community champions, technical officers, and partners in rangeland management and spatial data interpretation for decision making.
• Develop user-friendly training materials, technical manuals, and factsheets to guide field implementation and learning.
• Contribute to knowledge exchange across project countries and support WWF’s participation in national, regional and global policy engagements.
• Engage in multi-stakeholder technical working groups and represent WWF-Uganda in national-level dialogues on rangeland management and climate-smart agriculture.
• Work closely with academic, research and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure scientific rigor and validation of Decision-Support Tools.
• Coordinate with participating countries to organise both in person and virtual knowledge fairs that deepen practice and learning
• Generate evidence from project implementation and prepare scientific papers to present at national and regional platforms to showcase contemporary
Program budget and resources management
• Coordinate with the other WWF Country Offices to ensure that budgets and expenses are on track and in line with the approved work plans and accountability are submitted to the finance team on time.
• Accountable for Time2Graze Multi-country programs by leading the development and regular review of work plans to ensure consistency with the overall project document.
• Support the Resource Mobilization in fundraising through the provision and development of transformational proposal ideas, networking and partnerships.
Required Qualifications
• Master’s degree in Rangeland Ecology, Environmental Science, Natural Resources Management, or a related field;
• Post graduate training in Project Planning and Management is desirable
• Training and understanding of GIS and Remote Sensing is an added advantage
• At least 7 years of relevant professional experience
• Proven experience in project management with multi-stakeholder collaboration
• Experience implementing Natural Resources Management and Rangeland Projects
Required skills
• People management and partnership development skills
• Excellent organization skills
• Superb oral and written communications skills
• Proven interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a multi-cultural, multi-interest, multi-ethnic environment
• Ability to handle complex processes and information integration issues
• Ability to coordinate major capacity building activities, planning, development and implementation of capacity building initiatives
• Good team leadership and team membership
• Ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor own work plan and those under his/her supervision
• Able to work effectively under minimum supervision
• Must be detail-oriented and can multi-task
• Adherence to WWF’s values, which are: Integrity, Courage, Respect, and Collaboration
Project Management • In consultation with the Landscape coordinator, collaborate with multi-country implementation teams to provide leadership for the entire Time2Graze component. • Coordinate regular and consistent communications and update Time2Graze activities and projects related developments to donors and other relevant partners, as required and in close consultation with participating country teams. • Integrate ESSF guidelines and practices in the project implementation. • Ensures that the Time2Graze activities are implemented in accordance with WWF standards, values and principles Program Management and Coordination • Provide leadership of the multi-country program ensuring that each participating country’s work package is aligned with the entire program as approved by the donor. • Support all participating countries in annual planning and ensure coherence with project results framework. • Lead the coordination of program wide reporting, ensuring comprehensive reporting. • Work with the PMEL manager to plan and conduct baseline and periodic ecological assessments of rangelands, focusing on vegetation cover, biomass productivity, carrying capacity, and degradation patterns. • Develop, validate, and maintain rangeland health monitoring protocols using both remote sensing data and ground-truthing methodologies. • Generate ecological insights to inform rotational grazing plans and restoration activities. • Work with other project team members to provide GIS and Remote Sensing support and analysis of High-Res imagery (e.g., Sentinel-2, Landsat) to produce spatial biomass maps, NDVI indices, and growth rate models. • Collaborate with others to maintain geospatial dashboards and tools to visualize rangeland health trends for internal planning and external reporting. Capacity building, knowledge sharing and cross learning • Train and mentor community champions, technical officers, and partners in rangeland management and spatial data interpretation for decision making. • Develop user-friendly training materials, technical manuals, and factsheets to guide field implementation and learning. • Contribute to knowledge exchange across project countries and support WWF’s participation in national, regional and global policy engagements. • Engage in multi-stakeholder technical working groups and represent WWF-Uganda in national-level dialogues on rangeland management and climate-smart agriculture. • Work closely with academic, research and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure scientific rigor and validation of Decision-Support Tools. • Coordinate with participating countries to organise both in person and virtual knowledge fairs that deepen practice and learning • Generate evidence from project implementation and prepare scientific papers to present at national and regional platforms to showcase contemporary Program budget and resources management • Coordinate with the other WWF Country Offices to ensure that budgets and expenses are on track and in line with the approved work plans and accountability are submitted to the finance team on time. • Accountable for Time2Graze Multi-country programs by leading the development and regular review of work plans to ensure consistency with the overall project document. • Support the Resource Mobilization in fundraising through the provision and development of transformational proposal ideas, networking and partnerships
• People management and partnership development skills • Excellent organization skills • Superb oral and written communications skills • Proven interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a multi-cultural, multi-interest, multi-ethnic environment • Ability to handle complex processes and information integration issues • Ability to coordinate major capacity building activities, planning, development and implementation of capacity building initiatives • Good team leadership and team membership • Ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor own work plan and those under his/her supervision • Able to work effectively under minimum supervision • Must be detail-oriented and can multi-task • Adherence to WWF’s values, which are: Integrity, Courage, Respect, and Collaboration
Master’s degree in Rangeland Ecology, Environmental Science, Natural Resources Management, or a related field; • Post graduate training in Project Planning and Management is desirable • Training and understanding of GIS and Remote Sensing is an added advantage • At least 7 years of relevant professional experience • Proven experience in project management with multi-stakeholder collaboration • Experience implementing Natural Resources Management and Rangeland Projects
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Vacancy title:
Rangelands Manager
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Professional Services, Category: environment]
Jobs at:
World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, November 11 2025
Duty Station:
Mbarara | Mbarara | Uganda
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Date Posted: Thursday, November 6 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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Job Summary
WWF Uganda is leading the Time2Graze Africa project (2025-2028)- a multi-country initiative across Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Uganda. The project focuses on advancing climate-smart grazing systems to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, regenerate degraded rangelands, and improve the livelihoods of pastoralist communities.
The project seeks to combine Earth Observation data, pasture growth models, and co-design with farmers and stakeholders Decision Support Tools (DSTs) and then deliver critical insights via SMS, web, and mobile apps tailored to local needs for effective climate-resilient grazing systems.
The Manager is responsible for cross country coordination of the Time Graze initiatives in line with the country’s strategic plan and specific country contexts. This role involves collaborating with diverse stakeholders, including government agencies, local communities, NGOs, and international partners, to drive the transition towards low emission and climate-smart grazing systems, ultimately contributing to country specific climate change policy agendas. The Manager will ensure the effective implementation of the project outcomes, promote cross country learning, and enhance the impact of WWF’s programs.
In this regard, the Rangelands Manager will perform the following:
Project Management
• In consultation with the Landscape coordinator, collaborate with multi-country implementation teams to provide leadership for the entire Time2Graze component.
• Coordinate regular and consistent communications and update Time2Graze activities and projects related developments to donors and other relevant partners, as required and in close consultation with participating country teams.
• Integrate ESSF guidelines and practices in the project implementation.
• Ensures that the Time2Graze activities are implemented in accordance with WWF standards, values and principles
Program Management and Coordination
• Provide leadership of the multi-country program ensuring that each participating country’s work package is aligned with the entire program as approved by the donor.
• Support all participating countries in annual planning and ensure coherence with project results framework.
• Lead the coordination of program wide reporting, ensuring comprehensive reporting.
• Work with the PMEL manager to plan and conduct baseline and periodic ecological assessments of rangelands, focusing on vegetation cover, biomass productivity, carrying capacity, and degradation patterns.
• Develop, validate, and maintain rangeland health monitoring protocols using both remote sensing data and ground-truthing methodologies.
• Generate ecological insights to inform rotational grazing plans and restoration activities.
• Work with other project team members to provide GIS and Remote Sensing support and analysis of High-Res imagery (e.g., Sentinel-2, Landsat) to produce spatial biomass maps, NDVI indices, and growth rate models.
• Collaborate with others to maintain geospatial dashboards and tools to visualize rangeland health trends for internal planning and external reporting.
Capacity building, knowledge sharing and cross learning
• Train and mentor community champions, technical officers, and partners in rangeland management and spatial data interpretation for decision making.
• Develop user-friendly training materials, technical manuals, and factsheets to guide field implementation and learning.
• Contribute to knowledge exchange across project countries and support WWF’s participation in national, regional and global policy engagements.
• Engage in multi-stakeholder technical working groups and represent WWF-Uganda in national-level dialogues on rangeland management and climate-smart agriculture.
• Work closely with academic, research and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure scientific rigor and validation of Decision-Support Tools.
• Coordinate with participating countries to organise both in person and virtual knowledge fairs that deepen practice and learning
• Generate evidence from project implementation and prepare scientific papers to present at national and regional platforms to showcase contemporary
Program budget and resources management
• Coordinate with the other WWF Country Offices to ensure that budgets and expenses are on track and in line with the approved work plans and accountability are submitted to the finance team on time.
• Accountable for Time2Graze Multi-country programs by leading the development and regular review of work plans to ensure consistency with the overall project document.
• Support the Resource Mobilization in fundraising through the provision and development of transformational proposal ideas, networking and partnerships.
Required Qualifications
• Master’s degree in Rangeland Ecology, Environmental Science, Natural Resources Management, or a related field;
• Post graduate training in Project Planning and Management is desirable
• Training and understanding of GIS and Remote Sensing is an added advantage
• At least 7 years of relevant professional experience
• Proven experience in project management with multi-stakeholder collaboration
• Experience implementing Natural Resources Management and Rangeland Projects
Required skills
• People management and partnership development skills
• Excellent organization skills
• Superb oral and written communications skills
• Proven interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a multi-cultural, multi-interest, multi-ethnic environment
• Ability to handle complex processes and information integration issues
• Ability to coordinate major capacity building activities, planning, development and implementation of capacity building initiatives
• Good team leadership and team membership
• Ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor own work plan and those under his/her supervision
• Able to work effectively under minimum supervision
• Must be detail-oriented and can multi-task
• Adherence to WWF’s values, which are: Integrity, Courage, Respect, and Collaboration
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