This is an opportunity to work with an Ashoka Fellow

Ashoka Fellows are leading social entrepreneurs that have been taken through a rigorous selection process, testing the quality of their ideas and character, to become part of the Ashoka Fellowship and Network. Ashoka Fellows take on the challenges of building innovative system change ideas to make and spread social impact in a world wrought with challenges. They refuse to let the ‘impossible’ stand in their way to creating a better world.

This is an unpaid, volunteer opportunity

About The Affiliated Organization

Conserv Congo is building a locally led conservation model in which communities, government institutions, and Congolese professionals become the principal actors protecting biodiversity- shifting conservation from externally driven protection toward a system rooted in local leadership, justice, opportunity, and long-term ownership.

For more information, please visit www.conservecongo.org

Job Description

Conserv Congo is launching a Volunteer Skills for Conservation Initiative to strengthen the systems, tools, communications, research, and professional capacity behind our conservation work in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The goal is to connect skilled professionals with practical challenges faced by a locally led conservation organizations working at the intersection of wildlife protection, wildlife-crime prevention, community engagement, education, sustainable development, and institutional strengthening. Each volunteer will work on clearly defined deliverables rather than simply providing general assistance.