Job Vacancy at BOS Foundation (Yayasan BOS) - Closing Date: 22-1-10

The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) is a non-profit organization supported by sister organizations around the world. It is consistently audited by a multinational auditor company and operating under the formal agreement with the Indonesian Ministry of Forest to conserve and rehabilitate orangutans. BOS manages orangutan rescue, rehabilitation and re-introduction programmes in East and Central Kalimantan. With almost 1000 orangutans to care for and over 400 staff BOS is the biggest primate conservation NGO worldwide. BOS is employing top notch professionals in the fields of biology, specifically primatology, of psychology, veterinary medicine, botany and forestry.

BOS Vision:
A secure future for orangutans, free and safe in their natural habitat, living in harmony with local people.

BOS Mission:
Protect Borneo’s orangutans in their natural habitat and to restore them when they are injured by human interference.

BOS Core Values:

* BOS believes orangutans can save the forest and all the species living there.
* BOS is convinced conservation must be fused with animal welfare.
* We respect and value both animals and people.
* BOS is indomitable, scientific and pragmatic.
* Our work expresses “budaya kerja”: We are professional, modern and Indonesian.



BOSF is funded by and cooperates with other NGOs and national BOS sister organizations abroad. BOS Global is the Fundraising arm of BOSF and is the umbrella of the BOS sister organizations. The international animal welfare organisation VIER PFOTEN is the major donor to the Samboja Satwa programme. VIER PFOTEN employee Dr. Signe Preuschoft is a primatologist who is acting as Satwa Manager Advisor to support and train the incoming Satwa manager and a fresh team of Satwa Coordinators and Supervisors.

BOSF policy makers are organized in a Board of Trustees and a Board of Supervisors. From 2010 on, its executives are headed by one CEO who directs the departments of Finance and Administration, of Human Resources (all based in Bogor) of Fundraising/BOS Global (based in Stockholm), and the Managers of the regional Programmes at Samboja, Nyaru Menteng, and Mawas.

Work Post
The successful applicants will work in a team for the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, based in Samboja, East Kalimantan, for 1 year, with a 6 month period of probation.


Assistant Coordinator for Releasable Orangutan Care
(Kalimantan Timur - Based in Samboja)

Responsibilities:

* Ability to train, mentor and discipline care takers
* Make animal caretaker time schedules incl. rotation and vacation planning
* Identify all orangutans individually by sight alone
* Suggest and discuss seating plans and social grouping for orangutans with the Coordinator of Orangutan Care
* In cooperation with Coordinator of Orangutan Care , develop/revise SOPs, implement SOPs
* Coordinate and supervise all sanitation, orangutan handling, grouping, feeding, enrichment, and training by staff inside the releasable orangutan department, and across departments with Veterinary and Technical Service staff.
* Inform Veterinary department daily on perceived health of every individual orangutan.
* Understand orangutan behaviour, supervise standard data collection and individual orangutan training by caretakers, evaluate observations and devise recommendations to the Coordinator of Orangutan Care for orangutan management on that basis
* In cooperation with Coordinator of Orangutan Care, develop standard procedures for orangutan rehabilitation, and reintroduction, implement these.
* Produce reports and summaries of activities as required by the Coordinator of Orangutan Care
* Assist in budget planning, esp. with respect to enrichment and nutrition
* Assist in planning and construction of holding facilities


* ROLE: Assistant Coordinator of Releasable Orangutan Care
* REPORTS TO: Coordinator of Orangutan Care
* STAFF MANAGED: 30 direct reports
* MAIN TASKS: Implement standards for daily routine operations, husbandry, and orangutan training, including supervision of basic behavioural recording by the care takers to provide top level care, enrichment and rehabilitation for releasable orangutans.

Requirements:

* Minimum S1 (Bachelor’s) degree in Zoology or Psychology
* Practical knowledge of orangutan behaviour and conservation
* At least 2 years of practical experience with rehabilitation/reintroduction of slow life history mammals
* Leadership skills
* Computer skills, especially MS office and emailing
* Fluent Indonesian language skills, spoken and written
* Basic English Language skills, spoken and written
* Knowledge of behavioural observation and recording methods
* Planning, project management, and organizing skills
* Capable of working both individually and as part of a team


* Preferable
o Experience with observing/censusing wild orangutans in the field
o Fluency in English, written and spoken
o Practical experience with rehabilitation/reintroduction or captive keeping of primates/orangutans.

APPLICATION PROCESS

All applications will be acknowledged, however only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Short-listed candidates will be requested to supply contact information of three persons for recommendations. Letter of interest and CV including contact information of three referees should be sent by email to:

Human Resources Department, BOS Foundation
hrd@orangutan.or.id
(Please indicate the position in the email subject line)

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