Consultant – Community Engagement and Communication, Youth Participation in TVET

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Sri Lanka.

📋 Description

• Deliver continuous strategic guidance and technical support to partners engaged in community outreach.

• Assist in the creation, implementation, and evaluation of research-based social marketing initiatives.

• Convert evidence-backed research into localized, community-centric campaign activities.

• Aid in tracking campaign outreach, behavior-change pathways, the adjustment of strategies, and documentation of insights.

• Collaborate with the STRIVE technical team, Women's Rights Organizations, youth advocates, TVET providers, private-sector stakeholders, and community representatives.

• Recognize obstacles hindering youth participation in TVET, focusing on young women and other marginalized groups.

• Organize awareness and outreach efforts, enhancing connections between communities, TVET providers, and relevant stakeholders.

• Support communication and advocacy efforts that encourage inclusive participation in TVET and skills enhancement.

• Identify and confront detrimental social norms that limit youth and female involvement in Agriculture and Hospitality & Tourism TVET programs.

• Examine research findings, district recommendations, labor market data, and TVET ecosystem insights to inform campaign priorities.

• Assist in audience and influencer targeting and analyze social norms, attitudes, practices, and accessibility challenges.

• Facilitate behavior-change pathways that connect barriers, behaviors, influencers, messages, engagement methods, and channels.

• Co-develop campaign strategies, messages, activities, channels, and execution plans.

• Offer technical coaching and support throughout the campaign implementation process.

• Conduct workshops for inception, evidence synthesis, norm prioritization, co-design, and implementation planning.

• Generate workshop facilitation reports, a social marketing and engagement strategy, partner-specific implementation plans, progress trackers, and a knowledge transfer and learning synthesis report.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven professional experience in developing campaign initiatives for community engagement and behavior change communication-focused social marketing activities.

• Experience in applying principles of gender equality and social inclusion, particularly with women, youth, and/or individuals with disabilities.

• Background in facilitating participatory processes and enhancing the capacity of local organizations or community-based partners.

• Familiarity with Sri Lanka’s TVET, youth employment, or skills development landscape is highly advantageous.

• Strong communication and written skills in Tamil are mandatory.

• Proficiency in English is preferred.

• Knowledge of Sinhala is a plus.

• Proven ability to create clear and concise quality reports and learning documentation.

• Submit CVs detailing experience in developing campaign strategies and processes for community engagement and social marketing.

🏝️ Benefits

• Potential for contract extension.

• Working days may be negotiated based on project needs.