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Tetra Tech ARD is the main implementing partner of the West Africa Biodiversity and Low Emission Development (WABiLED) Task Order under the Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights (STARR II) IDIQ. WABiLED is a four-year program (July 1021-July 2025) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Tetra Tech ARD is joined by five subcontractors to implement WABiLED: Born Free USA, TRAFFIC, re: wild, Dalberg Associates, and Winrock International.

WABiLED has 3 core objectives: combat wildlife trafficking and enhance great ape conservation; reduce deforestation, forest degradation, and biodiversity loss in key transboundary forest landscapes; and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration from land use.

Job Description

WEST AFRICA BIODIVERSITY AND LOW EMISSIONS DEVELOPMENT (WABiLED)

Campaigns and Awareness Specialist

PROJECT SUMMARY:

Tetra Tech ARD has been awarded a four-year contract for the project called West Africa Biodiversity and Low Emissions Development (WABiLED) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The purpose of WABiLED is to strengthen the capacity of national and regional networks and institutions to enforce and prosecute wildlife trafficking laws; improve regional and transboundary cooperation and conservation strategies that include private sector partnerships and incorporate best practices for sustainable natural resource management (NRM), and improve capacity for economic planning and development of Low Emissions Development (LED) strategies including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). To achieve the above WABiLED has three core objectives:

• Objective 1: Support Combating Wildlife Trafficking (CWT) and great ape conservation through improved regional coordination and the operationalization of national and regional policies, laws, and regulations;
• Objective 2: Reduce deforestation, forest degradation, and biodiversity loss in key forests through technical and knowledge management support; and
•  Objective 3: Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase carbon sequestration from land use.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Campaigns and Awareness Specialist will support the implementation of campaign and outreach activities under the WABiLED communications strategy, focused on increasing stakeholder awareness by promoting objectives related to combatting wildlife trafficking; reducing deforestation, forest degradation, and biodiversity loss; and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon sequestration from improved land use.

S/he will work closely with the communications team, other cross-cutting services team members, and diverse stakeholders and partners to ensure that program awareness outreach is strategically developed in a professional manner tailored to specific messages and audiences for maximum impact.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

The Campaigns and Awareness Specialist responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Develop and implement campaigns and advocacy strategies to increase awareness of stakeholders on WABiLED interventions.
• Utilize audience-tailored behavior change communications methods to change public perceptions and engage community members on issues pertaining to combatting wildlife trafficking, reducing deforestation, and promoting low emissions development.
•  Identify positive behaviors and practices that should be recognized and strengthened with a view towards replicating these and scaling up and out, potentially through locally identified champions.
• Develop, champion, and maintain social media campaigns with the Program and Digital Communications Specialist to raise awareness on program-related interventions and results for multiple stakeholders using multiple tools and platforms.
• Work with the Communications and Outreach Lead, Cross-cutting Lead, and Program and Digital Communications Specialist to develop advocacy and awareness materials with the technical team, targeted at the public, government, and relevant stakeholders including the private sector and development partners.
•  Develop behavior change communications materials in collaboration with communications, technical and cross-cutting staff, including visual products, advocacy training manuals, radio programming, that are accessible, user-friendly, timely, and tailored primarily for diverse audiences and stakeholders in West Africa.
•  Work innovatively within the realm of WABiLED’s private sector engagement pillar to develop campaign strategies that engage private sector companies on economic and social activities that support community constituents and highlight program interventions.
• Collaborate closely with Communications and Outreach Lead and M&E Specialists to develop campaign evaluation tools and monitor outreach activities and campaigning impact.
• Build the capacity of other staff and partner organizations such as ECOWAS and the Mano River Union with regards to campaigns and outreach support, including media relationship and PR management with journalists and media houses.
• Contribute to quarterly and annual reports, monitoring and evaluation reports, and work with the Communications team to develop outreach and awareness products that support the development of sustainable green enterprises and markets.