Capacity-building Expert

Develops CITES capacity-building framework inputs by mapping existing initiatives, designing and analysing a party survey, coding survey responses and preparing materials for consultations and technical workshops.

Department: CITES Secretariat Outreach and Projects Unit

• Prepare a background paper mapping CITES capacity-building activities and relevant frameworks
• Compile lessons learned and good practices in capacity-building
• Design a survey for CITES Parties and stakeholders on support, needs, gaps and preferred approaches
• Code open-ended survey responses and analyse survey results
• Prepare a structured dataset and summary report for the Secretariat and working group
• Support regional consultations or technical workshops on the capacity-building framework
• Manage information objectively, accurately and confidentially in a multi-stakeholder environment

• Master's degree in environmental policy, conservation, social sciences, public administration or a related field, or a first-level university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least seven years of progressively responsible experience in capacity-building, institutional strengthening or related fields within international environmental governance, preferably in MEAs or intergovernmental processes
• Experience conducting analytical reviews, mapping exercises or comparative assessments of frameworks, tools or institutional mechanisms
• Experience designing, administering and analysing structured surveys for governments, international organisations or multilateral processes
• Experience coding open-ended survey responses, conducting thematic analysis and synthesising qualitative and complex information into structured written outputs using recognised analytical tools or software
• Fluency in English

• Consultancy duration is six months, equivalent to 90 working days over the period
• Assignment is home-based