Founded in 1976, GRET is an international development NGO working on the ground to fight against poverty and inequality. In more than 28 countries, its professionals work on a wide range of issues to provide sustainable, innovative solutions for inclusive development. It combines field actions with expertise, contributions to public policy and the capitalization/dissemination of references. More information: https://gret.org/en/
Humanity depends directly on natural resources for its livelihood and is therefore directly affected by environmental degradation. This is why GRET encourages the participation of local populations in maintenance or restoration of ecosystems, through more inclusive governance of territories and common goods. Its actions contribute to the fight against climate change and preservation of biodiversity (SDGs 13, 14 and 15). GRET designs, implements and supports initiatives in the area of integrated water resources management (IWRM), social management of agricultural water, integrated coastal zone management (ICZM), sustainable management of forests and non-timber forest products, agroforestry, management of marine and terrestrial protected areas, and support for rural development.
GRET has received a Grant to support a sustainable management of this the Liberian Wonegizi – Wologizi landscape in close collaboration with Fauna and Flora and the Liberian Government. To implement this project, GRET is looking for a Young Professional who will be based in ZorZor.
Context of the project
Liberia, a biodiversity hotspot in West Africa, harbours 43% of the Upper Guinean rainforest, a crucial and relatively intact ecosystem. However, the country has lost nearly 2 million hectares of forest, approximately 20% of its total forest cover, due to deforestation. To combat this, Liberia has established five protected areas and committed to expanding its protected forest area from 500 000 to 1.5 million hectares, covering 30% of its forested land with new protected area being recognized and gazetted.
The AFD grant aims to support the sustainable and concerted management of the Wonegizi-Wologizi forest landscape in northwestern Liberia (approximately 127,000 hectares). It is the first AFD financing in the sector in Liberia, complementary to the AFD support to the Ziama biosphere reserve in Guinea – which forms with Wonegizi-Wologizi forests the transboundary landscape of Wonegizi-Wologizi-Ziama (WWZ).
The Wonegizi–Wologizi Initiative for Sustainable Ecosystems (WISE) project is jointly implemented by GRET (lead of the consortium) and Fauna and Flora who has been active within the region for about 10 years. It works closely with Liberia’s authorities (particularly the Forest Department Authority – FDA – and the Liberia Land Authority – LLA) in establishing a concerted and sustainable management of these forests, recognizing the rights of communities over these resources and contributing to the improvement of their living conditions. It also provides additional capacities to the Liberian authorities in managing their biodiversity assets. Based on an integrated landscape approach, the project supports sustainable management of natural resources in the two conservation areas as well as in their periphery, particularly in two priority corridors, to ensure forest connectivity. It has a strong focus on tackling the roots of deforestation by providing substantial support to surrounding communities to develop economic activities that would be sustainable in the long term.
To reach its objective, the project is structured into four components:
Protection and conservation management of forest areas in the Wonegizi-Wologizi landscape;
Sustainable livelihoods on the periphery of the proposed Wologizi and Wonegizi protected areas;
Institutional support and capacity building;
Project management, audits and evaluations.
The project will contribute to the mobilization of climate finance as Fauna & Flora is developing, within an MoU with the FDA, a REDD+ project associated to reduction of pressure of forests in the landscape. Promotion of agroecological practices and development of sustainable value chains should be consistent with such an objective.
Responsibilities
The young professional, under the responsibility and supervision of the Project Manager, will be in charge to support to the Agriculture Coordinator and Value-Chain Coordinator and their team (4 facilitators) with technical and methodological support. He will also support the M&E coordinator to implement the M&E system and analyze collected data.
In particular, he/she will be involved in the following activities:
Support the coordinators and the facilitators with strategical, methodological and technical support on agro-ecological practices, agroforestry, producer organisations, infrastructure and equipment support and management, and value-chain support;
Support the coordinators with the elaboration and the planning of their actions;
Support the implementation of the field activities in close relationship with all stakeholders: public authorities, technical services, beneficiaries, local/international NGOs, consultants, etc.:
Farmer Field Schools to promote agro-ecological practices
Villages sensitizations, field visits, exchange visits in neighbouring countries
Strengthening farmer organizations/groups
Sustainable infrastructure and equipment management
Sustainable water management
Rice & fish farming
Processing of local products
Value chain structuring
Marketing, financing
…
Support the coordinators with the monitoring and the reporting of their activities;
Support the Monitoring and Evaluation coordinator in the implementation and analysis of the M&E system
Profile required
Master degree in agriculture or rural development, or similar sector;
Knowledge and / or proven references in Agroecological techniques and practices and/or Agroforestry and/or Value-chain support and Monitoring & Evaluation are an advantage;
At least one significant previous experience in agriculture/rural sector in developing countries;
Knowledge of Liberia or other Gulf of Guinea country will be an asset;
Knowledge of REDD+ will be an asset;
Flexibility and adaptability, good interpersonal skills, interest in teamwork and intercultural exchanges;
Interest in capacity building;
Strong analytical, synthesis and writing capacities;
Creativity and autonomy at work;
Rigor and organizational skills;
Capacities to live and work in remote context;
Languages: fluency in spoken and written English required, fluency in spoken and written French would be an asset to communicate with Gret HQ.
Conditions and duration
Contract of volunteer (Volontariat de Solidarité Internationale) for 12 months (with an option for an additional 12 months);
Volunteer allowance according to GRET VSI indemnities grid (starting from 1300 euros/months) + 1 flight ticket to home country per year;
Based in Zorzor (Liberia) with regular trips to Monrovia (meetings, seminars, etc.);
The starting date is as early as possible with few days for training and briefing before departure.
Due to the security context, specific security rules will be set up by Gret in order to ensure the safety of the volunteer.
Send a CV and a cover letter before the 22th of March 2026 to accueil@gret.org with mail subject: “VSI WISE Liberia”.
Only selected candidates will be invited for an interview.
GRET is committed to people with disabilities and actively fights against all forms of discrimination. This vacancy is open to anyone with the required profile.
Gret publishes all its job and internship offers on its website: https://gret.org/rejoindre-le-gret/
To apply, please refer exclusively to the job offer on GRET’s website.
Applications are free of charge. Any request for a financial contribution is tantamount to fraud. Please do not respond to any such requests.
Gret never uses personal data entry forms. Requests to fill in such forms could be an attempt to phish for your personal data.
Due to the urgent nature of the recruitment, GRET reserves the right to process applications as they are received and to contact candidates before the application deadline.
Expériences / Formation
Master degree in agriculture or rural development, or similar sector;
Knowledge and / or proven references in Agroecological techniques and practices and/or Agroforestry and/or Value-chain support and Monitoring & Evaluation are an advantage;
At least one significant previous experience in agriculture/rural sector in developing countries;
Knowledge of Liberia or other Gulf of Guinea country will be an asset;
Knowledge of REDD+ will be an asset;
Flexibility and adaptability, good interpersonal skills, interest in teamwork and intercultural exchanges;
Interest in capacity building;
Strong analytical, synthesis and writing capacities;
Creativity and autonomy at work;
Rigor and organizational skills;
Capacities to live and work in remote context;
Languages: fluency in spoken and written English required, fluency in spoken and written French would be an asset to communicate with Gret HQ.
Salaire
Contract of volunteer (Volontariat de Solidarité Internationale) for 12 months (with an option for an additional 12 months);
Volunteer allowance according to GRET VSI indemnities grid (starting from 1300 euros/months) + 1 flight ticket to home country per year;
Based in Zorzor (Liberia) with regular trips to Monrovia (meetings, seminars, etc.);
The starting date is as early as possible with few days for training and briefing before departure.
Due to the security context, specific security rules will be set up by Gret in order to ensure the safety of the volunteer.
Send a CV and a cover letter before the 18th of February 2026to accueil@gret.org with mail subject: “VSI WISE Liberia”.
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