Special Projects Manager

The Peace Parks Foundation is hiring a Special Projects Manager: Limpopo National Park.

Duration: 2 Years Fixed Term (Renewable)

Reporting to: Head of Operations and Development

Location: Limpopo National Park (Mozambique)

Background

Peace Parks Foundation, founded by President Nelson Mandela, HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and Dr. Anton Rupert, is a leader in large-scale ecological restoration across southern Africa. Through co-management partnerships that unite governments, communities and donors, Peace Parks restores vast transboundary landscapes that deliver measurable conservation and livelihood outcomes. Vision 2050 will secure 17 functional landscapes spanning 980 000 km², the world’s largest land conservation initiative.

Visit: https://www.peaceparks.org

Job Profile

You are an experienced project manager with strong organisational skills and a collaborative approach. You communicate clearly, work effectively in teams, and possess above-average numerical aptitude (particularly with spreadsheets). You have a deep love of nature and are excited by the prospect of living in and experiencing the bush daily. Equally, you are adept with information technology—just as comfortable driving a laptop as a Land Cruiser.

Job Purpose

The incumbent will contribute to the development of Limpopo National Park and surrounding areas by planning, executing and finalising various donor-funded projects. Project themes include (but are not limited to) community development and livelihoods support, corridor development, infrastructure development, and tourism development. The role requires coordination of diverse stakeholders and teams, rigorous oversight of budget and procurement procedures, and ongoing monitoring of progress, risk identification and mitigation, and compliance with both PPF and donor policies. The Special Projects Manager will maintain effective communication between partners, funders and other stakeholders, ensuring that project activities align with the organisation’s strategic objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end oversight of multiple third-party funded projects (e.g., One Limpopo One Health; Transfrontier Conservation Area Livelihoods).
• Lead implementation planning, monitoring and quality control across assigned projects.
• Manage and control budgets, including basic forecasting and reallocations.
• Oversee procurement to ensure full compliance with Peace Parks Foundation and donor requirements.
• Ensure adherence to social and environmental safeguards.
• Maintain timely, professional donor communications.
• Support the development and monitoring of annual park work plans and budgets.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports for submission to Mozambique’s National Administration of Conservation Areas, the Limpopo National Park steering committee, the Transfrontier Conservation Area Technical Committee, SADC and relevant donor agencies.
• Support complex contracting procedures.
• Contribute to funding proposals and public relations materials.
• Support the establishment and management of the park’s monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) systems.
• Depending on expertise, provide technical oversight to selected park departments (e.g., infrastructure, tourism, community, public relations).

Minimum Requirements

• At least five years’ experience in project or operations management, with a demonstrated capacity for organisation, management and leadership.
• A passion for conservation and a commitment to living and working on site (with home rotations).
• Strong computer literacy (e.g., spreadsheets, project management tools).
• Experience managing budgets.
• A relevant qualification demonstrating capacity to manage operations, projects and processes, preferably in conservation, engineering, development studies, agriculture, or other project/field-based sectors.
• Excellent English language skills (written and verbal); Portuguese and/or Shangaan highly advantageous

Advantageous

• Proven experience managing large donor-funded projects, particularly those funded by institutional donors (e.g., KfW, AFD, USAID).
• Experience in the management, planning and development of conservation areas or projects, with specific understanding of community engagement and infrastructure programmes.

Interested candidates are invited to Curriculum Vitae, with full address, telephone number and email address. These should be submitted by 22 July 2026.

Please apply online.

We appreciate the time and effort taken by all applicants in expressing their interest in this role. Due to the high volume of applications received, we are only able to contact candidates who are selected for further consideration. If you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion. We encourage you to apply for future opportunities that match your skills and experience.