TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE PREVENTING EXINCTIONS PROGRAMME INTERN
Overall goal of the Internship
The Preventing Extinctions Programme Intern will assist in the delivery of the Preventing Extinctions Programme work particularly on vultures in West Africa. The intern will take a pivotal role of supporting the delivery of the ‘Behaviour change approaches to address belief-based use of vultures’ project taking place in Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, support implementation of the West Africa Vulture Conservation Action Plan and any actions that support vulture conservation in the region.
Relationships
The Preventing Extinctions Programme Intern will report to Preventing Extinctions Coordinator, Africa. He/she will be part of the Preventing Extinctions Programme team and will interact with other teams within the Secretariat (Africa/Global) as necessary.
Specific Terms of Reference
The Preventing Extinctions Programme Intern will support in the following tasks:
- Planning and organising training sessions for the ‘Behaviour change approaches to address belief-based use of vultures’ project partners Nature-Communauté-Développement (NCD, Senegal), the West African Birds Study Association (WABSA, The Gambia), Organização para a Defesa e Desenvolvimento das Zonas Humidas (ODZH, Guinea-Bissau) with the Behaviour Change consultant and follow-up on completion of tasks given out.
- Support the aforementioned partners in the running social marketing campaigns in their countries.
- Produce monthly updates of the project.
- Preparation of documents, presentations, notes from meetings and follow up actions with partners and members of respective Secretariat teams.
- Facilitate communication with the project partners such as, and ensure timely delivery of quality products, during the implementation of these actions.
- Update the Vulture Registry for the partners based in West Africa
- Design of a follow-up project based on the results of the IWT project.
- Support in organising partner or stakeholder webinars particularly the BirdLife Africa Vulture Forum, West Africa Vulture Conservation Action Plan working group
- Any other task that may be assigned from time to time by the Line Manager.
Expected outputs/outcomes.
- IWT project effectively implemented, and reports submitted in a timely manner.
- Completion of all outstanding training sessions and documents for the IWT project
- Project monthly progress reports and relevant documents, notes, presentations in place, in good order and accessible.
- Updated Vulture Registry
- Project concept for vulture conservation in West Africa developed and used for fundraising.
Qualifications:
- Degree, or at least studying the 4th year of an undergraduate degree in Biology, Ecology/Social Studies or related field; or candidates with an initial background /knowledge of biodiversity.
- Experience may also be considered in lieu of education (conservationists up to 30 years old, working for NGOs, Government, or the private sector are invited to apply for the subsidized internship).
- Experience of field work in biodiversity conservation, particularly in community consultations and/or communication activities for environmental protection.
- Good working knowledge of MS Excel (additional database management experience will be helpful);
- Good written and spoken English.
- Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
- Confidence, self-motivation, teamwork, pro-active and pragmatic
- High motivation to learn and a culture of results.
- Good level of English language in reading documents an advantage.
Internship period
The agreement will be for a period of 6 months from 15 May 2024 to November April 2024, working 5 days per week and will be based in Dakar, Senegal.
The Intern will work 40 hours a week from Monday through to Friday.
Expected stipend:
EURO 3500 for the entirety of the internship (6 months), which amounts to around EUR 550 per month.
How to apply:
Please submit a CV and a comprehensive cover letter to: recruitment-west-africa@birdlife.org
Do include in the email subject: Preventing Extinctions Programme, Intern.
Closing date: 10th May 2024