Technical Specialists for USAID/RDMA Counter Wildlife Trafficking Activity

Tetra Tech International Development (http://www.tetratech.com/intdev) is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates for various potential technical specialist positions on an expected USAID-funded program in Southeast Asia.

The five-year USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA)-funded Counter-Wildlife Trafficking Activity will conserve and reduce threats to biodiversity from wildlife trafficking and other wildlife crime in Asia by strengthening civil society, rules-based governance, and collective action to encourage the growth of regional constituents for the conservation of nature and wildlife. The Activity will focus on empowering regional civil society actors to act as change agents to effectively transform attitudes and behaviors to reduce wildlife trafficking; strengthen regional law enforcement, judicial and policy-making bodies to counter wildlife trafficking; and improve regional collective action among civil society, government, private sector and development partners to counter wildlife trafficking.

Various Technical Specialists will provide technical and management leadership and contributions to activities within their field of expertise to achieve project outcomes. These would be full-time positions based in Bangkok, Thailand or potentially in ASEAN representative countries.

Tetra Tech seeks candidates specialized in the following areas:

Biodiversity and Wildlife Conservation Specialist: Southeast Asia experience in combating wildlife trafficking to reduce illegal trade in wildlife at the nation/sub-regional and international level. Experience designing and implementing programming related to wildlife conservation, natural resource management, policy development, wildlife crime and trafficking prevention, with an emphasis on working with civil society and strengthening local institutions.

Wildlife Trafficking/Wildlife Crime Enforcement Specialist: Southeast Asia experience in combating wildlife trafficking to reduce illegal trade of wildlife at the nation/sub-regional and international level. Experience assessing and strengthening national and regional wildlife crime policies, developing wildlife trafficking enforcement strategies, and supporting training related to wildlife crime enforcement and prosecution.

Policy and Coordination Specialist: Southeast Asia experience in combating wildlife trafficking to reduce illegal trade of wildlife at the nation/sub-regional and international level. Experience working with high-level regional stakeholders and coordinating multi-agency responses to countering wildlife crime and/or strengthening natural resource management, including facilitating dialogue and building collective responses among broad coalitions of actors.

Behavior Change Communications Specialist, Wildlife Trafficking: Southeast Asia experience designing and implementing social and behavior change communications (SBCC) campaigns focused on biodiversity conservation and wildlife trafficking. Experience with developing and implementing knowledge, attitude and practice/behavior (KAP) surveys, using evidence-based theories and methodologies, and effective messaging platforms including social/digital media, radio, mobile communication, peer support and local messaging.

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Specialist: Southeast Asia experience promoting equity and inclusion for underrepresented groups including women, youth and indigenous peoples within natural resource management. Experience with mainstreaming GESI into activity design, supporting capacity building and institutional strengthening, and facilitating inclusive dialogue and coordination approaches across broad coalitions of actors.

Qualifications:

* Minimum of a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline is required;

* At least seven (7) years of experience in the respective field of technical expertise; preferably in the biodiversity conservation, environmental sciences, natural resource management, and working on large donor funded projects;

* Experience designing and implementing programming related to wildlife conservation or enforcement, natural resource management, policy development, wildlife crime and trafficking prevention, with a focus on institutional capacity development and best practices;

*Proven track record collaborating with a diverse array of stakeholders and fostering collaborative learning and adaptive management, and social inclusion with women, youth, indigenous and other vulnerable populations;

*Experience working in Southeast Asia required.