Technical Specialist, Combating Wildlife Trafficking Activity At Fauna & Flora International

We are looking for an experienced and qualified Technical Specialist to join Fauna & Flora to provide both technical input and project management skills to the Combating Wildlife Trafficking Activity (CWTA) project. The project has been established to combat wildlife trafficking as a means to reduce threats to biodiversity in the Caribbean region. Working under the direction of the Chief of Party, CWTA, the role will involve working in close collaboration with Fauna & Flora staff, and coordination with partners and stakeholders in Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Jamaica, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, and across the region.

This role will be responsible for the technical design, delivery and reporting of activities for the CWTA project, which include ecological population monitoring, support for locally led patrols, policy advocacy, law enforcement and judicial capacity building, and behaviour change campaigns relating to illegal wildlife trade in the Eastern Caribbean.

We are looking for an experienced coordinator with the ability to deliver within a complex conservation project. The successful candidate will work proactively with agreed staff and partners to ensure the timely delivery of key technical elements of the project with limited day to day oversight from the project’s Chief of Party. They will also support effective monitoring, evaluation and reporting for elements of the project delegated to them. The successful candidate will have experience working on large-scale government-funded projects and know how to build good relationships with partners and donors, including smaller local partners that require mentorship. The applicant should have relevant technical skills (for example in either illegal wildlife trade and/or social sciences and conservation) and be able to work independently, while seeking appropriate skills and advice from cross-cutting team and regional experts.