Internal Call Alliance Staff Only RFP300388 - Research Team Leader - Climate smart agriculture program policy

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Research Team Leader Climate smart agriculture program policy

The Organization

The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT delivers researchbased solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people s lives. Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition climate change biodiversity loss and environmental degradation.

The Alliance works with local national and multinational partners across Latin America and the Caribbean Asia and Africa and with the public and private sectors. The Alliance is part of CGIAR a global research partnership for a foodsecure future dedicated to reducing poverty enhancing food and nutrition security and improving natural resources and ecosystem services.

The Climate Action Lever focuses on both climate change mitigation and adaptation emphasising researchdriven insights cuttingedge digital innovations strategic finance and investments supportive policies and commitment to gender and social inclusion. Our work involves equipping diverse stakeholders from smallholder farmers to government agencies and privatesector entities with the tools and knowledge to identify and anticipate climate risks develop innovative responses to absorb and recover from shocks and shape policies and investments that foster sustainable growth and equitable outcomes.

About the position

The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is looking for a highly skilled Research team leader to support the climate action team s climate smart agriculture policy and programming work within the Climate readiness sublever. The candidate will provide leadership in policy support stakeholder engagement and capacitybuilding initiatives in climatesmart agriculture and broader climate finance pathways. The position involves leading in the preparation and review of key policy documents such as ClimateSmart Agriculture Investment Plans (CSAIPs) NDC 3.0 LTLEDS and NAPs alongside supporting the development of evidence to inform global policy processes (e.g. IPCC UNFCCC). A strong emphasis is placed on facilitating multistakeholder platforms to promote inclusive genderresponsive and sciencedriven adaptation policies. The successful candidate will also coordinate and deliver training sessions to enhance stakeholder capacities particularly for NDAs National Focal Points and policymakers ensuring robust access to climate finance. Additional responsibilities include collecting and synthesizing evidence on climate risks and finance flows preparing evidencebased reports and documenting best practices for scaling investments in agriculture. This will be accompanied by coordination of the alliance s work on climate readiness for Southern Africa.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead in the preparation and review of ClimateSmart Agriculture Investment Plans (CSAIPs) profiles and inputs into the agriculture components of NDCs LTLEDS and NAPs.
  
• Promote the integration and use of climate smart agriculture investment plans and other investment documents for the implementation of different climate policy documents.
  
• Promote the use of climate smart agriculture investment plans and other investment documents for investments from a variety of sources including public and private partnerships MDBs and climate funds.
  
• Provide technical inputs for policy development through collaboration with national and regional organizations and partners.
  
• Lead technical support and coordination of climate smart agriculture policy and investment work with multistakeholder platforms and forums.
  
• Support multistakeholder platforms to advance inclusive genderresponsive and sciencedriven climate adaptation and peacebuilding policies.
  
• Lead in the process of generation of evidence at the continental level to inform agriculture sector stakeholders and support global policies and processes such as IPCC UNFCCC.
  
• Lead in the design and delivery of training sessions to strengthen stakeholder capacities ensuring inclusivity in policy development and MEAL for agriculture sector climate finance projects.
  
• Coordinate with external service providers and partners to support onsite capacitybuilding activities.
  
• Contribute to the development of frameworks and capacitybuilding initiatives for NDAs National Focal Points and policymakers to develop and execute climate smart agriculture based climate finance program.
  
• Coordinate in documenting lessons learned and best practices for finance and investment access in the agricultural sector.
  
• Collect analyse and synthesize global regional and national data related to climate risks climate finance flows and adaptation/mitigation investment commitments.
  
• Support the development of evidencebased reports to inform climate finance investments.
  
• Ensure data quality consistency and alignment with project objectives and milestones.
  
• Contribute to the preparation of research proposals and related fundraising activities.
  

Requirements

• PhD or master s degree with specialization or equivalent in Climate Change Environmental Science Agriculture Economics or a related field.
  
• Extensive experience in processoriented work particularly in research or policy development related to climate adaptation and mitigation.
  
• Experience in stakeholder engagement and capacitybuilding initiatives preferably in the climate finance or agricultural sector.
  
• Familiarity with climate policy frameworks such as NDCs NAPs and LTLEDS.
  
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and translate it into actionable insights.
  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for engaging with multistakeholder groups.
  
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
  
• English required French (Desirable).
  

Benefits