Social Marketing Capacity Building Training Consultant

About the Company

BirdLife International, through its Preventing Extinctions Programme and in partnership with SOS-Forêts, is implementing the project, 'Restoring Vulture Populations in Côte d'Ivoire through Community-Based Conservation.' The project aims to improve the conservation status of threatened vultures in and around Comoé National Park.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a report on SOS capacity needs related to social marketing, including training needs and recommendations
• Develop a Social Marketing Training Package in French, including presentations, trainer's guides, and participant handouts
• Create social marketing planning and baseline research tools such as stakeholder mapping, audience segmentation, and behavior analysis instruments
• Deliver training sessions and provide a Training Delivery Report including evaluation results and outcomes
• Submit a Final Consultancy Report summarizing all activities, outputs, and next steps

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Behaviour Change, Social Sciences, Conservation Biology, Natural Resource Management, or a related field
• At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in Behaviour Change and Social Marketing
• Proven experience in designing and delivering capacity-building and training programmes
• Experience working with conservation, biodiversity, or community-based natural resource management projects
• Excellent written and spoken French
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and deliver high-quality outputs within agreed timelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Africa, preferably West Africa