Greetings from Washington. My name is Cassie Hoffman and I am a Senior Associate at ECODIT LLC (www.ecodit.com), a US-based international development firm. I am writing because I am searching for a Senior-level, Nepali Natural Resource Management Specialist for a two month Biodiversity and Forestry Assessment for USAID (July 15 – Sept 30, 2025). We welcome you to submit your CV/resume to me at [email protected] as soon as possible for this position if you are interested and available, and/or pass on this message on to qualified colleagues and ask them to be in touch with me directly. Alternatively, you could send me the name and contact information of your colleague.

More details on the open position and task are below. I would be happy to answer any questions, but we are on a tight deadline so encourage you to submit your CV as well as fill out the attached USAID biodata form if you are interested and return as soon as possible, preferably tomorrow, Wednesday.

Thank you kindly, Cassie Ann Hoffman

Cassie Ann Hoffman
ECODIT LLC – www.ecodit.com
1600 Wilson Blvd, Suite 1220, Arlington, VA, 22209
1-703-841-1883, skype: cassie_ecodit

More Information:
Desired Personnel/Expertise
Local Technical Assistance (1 person): Senior Level Natural Resource Management Specialist with demonstrated experience in Nepal environmental law, policy and legal frameworks governing environmental management in Nepal and the analysis of relevant policies and thematic areas (including, but not limited to: biodiversity, forestry, water and/or ecosystem services). Good contacts within the Nepal government agencies, NGOs, international donors, and private sector is preferred. The Nepali member will work only in Nepal.

Capacity Building Specialist (1 person): An experienced analyst of individual and institutional capacities at the macro, meso and micro levels. The person should also be familiar and understand how capacity may exist yet there may be weaknesses in the enabling environment, or other weaknesses, including lack of awareness of key needed capacities, lack of resources, commitment etc that prevent capacities from being expressed.

Additional information on the Scope of Work:
The Team must evaluate tropical forest and biodiversity concerns in Nepal and must undertake the appropriate synthesis of the information addressing 1) actions necessary to conserve biodiversity, and 2) the extent actions proposed in the country strategic plans (particularly the forthcoming Country Development Cooperation Strategy –CDCS) meet, or could meet, the tropical forest and biodiversity needs thus identified. The latter includes identification of cross-cutting cross-sectoral linkages between proposed activities that would be low cost and/or enhance the effectiveness of proposed activities