Program & Engagement Officer

Center For International Forestry Research (CIFOR) And World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Job Location:

Nairobi - Kenya

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

1. Stakeholder Engagement & Movement Mobilization:

Lead youth engagement strategy and mobilization efforts for the Thrivelands project including outreach training sessions and intergenerational dialogues with youth leaders and networks.
Co-develop and coordinate the Thrivelands scaling grant mechanism working with local organizations schools and faith-based networks to support community-led restoration initiatives.
Support grassroots engagement and local consultations in Turkana County ensuring community voices and priorities underpin overall strategy.
Assist in documenting community perspectives and practices that inform broader restoration strategies communication and advocacy efforts.
Co-design and facilitate learning events stakeholder workshops and knowledge-sharing sessions.
Ensure events are inclusive participatory and responsive to the diverse needs of communities and partners.
Support preparation and coordination of government engagements technical working groups and policy dialogues.

2. Programme Coordination & Implementation

Support the development of annual workplans for Thrivelands and AIM4NaTuRe Kenya Pilot support oversee implementation timelines budget tracking and adaptive course-correction.
Support the implementation of the AIM4NaTuRe Kenya Pilot activities across national and county levels including stakeholder engagement technical-working-group facilitation data coordination and pilot monitoring efforts.
Ensure alignment of AIM4NaTuRe Kenya Pilot with national restoration goals and reporting needs by contributing to the ecosystem restoration monitoring roadmap data-sharing protocols and integration of restoration data into platforms like FMIS in support of Kenyas 7th National Report to the CBD.
Support report writing for AIM4NaTuRe Kenya Pilot drafting narrative sections and analytical inputs for donor and national reporting.

3. Partnerships & Business Development Support:

Draft Thrivelands stakeholder mapping and relationship management with government bodies DFIs donors NGOs and private-sector allies to secure technical in-kind and financial support and stewarding ongoing engagement.
Identify and track opportunities for alignment with donors philanthropies and private sector actors particularly in support of community-led and youth-focused initiatives.
Support the OCEO and Business Development manager in preparing for high-level partner engagements including cross-team coordination meeting/event support and maintenance of partnership trackers.
Contribute to the development of concept notes pitch materials and donor-facing presentations or updates.
Assist in designing and implementing follow-up mechanisms that promote sustained partner engagement long-term ownership and collaboration.

4. Enterprise Development & Market Linkages

Support the identification of promising community-led enterprises and restoration value chains.
Contribute to investor engagement activities by helping prepare profiles pitch decks and community narratives.
Assist in the organization of investor clinics matchmaking forums and visibility efforts for restoration entrepreneurs.

5. Other Responsibilities

Identify and mitigate potential risks within your work area
Take reasonable care of own occupational health and safety and that of others as obliged by CIFOR-ICRAFs Occupational Health and Safety Policy and cooperate with CIFOR-ICRAF in complying with requirements under any statutory health and safety provisions of relevant Country laws.

Requirements

Graduate-level training in a relevant field (e.g. environmental management climate change political science development studies international relations or business).
A bachelors degree in relevant discipline and at least five years of progressively responsible professional experience ideally within development climate or environmental projects.

Required Skills:

Graduate-level training in a relevant field (e.g. environmental management climate change political science development studies international relations or business). A bachelors degree in relevant discipline and at least five years of progressively responsible professional experience ideally within development climate or environmental projects.

1. Stakeholder Engagement & Movement Mobilization:Lead youth engagement strategy and mobilization efforts for the Thrivelands project including outreach training sessions and intergenerational dialogues with youth leaders and networks.Co-develop and coordinate the Thrivelands scaling grant mechanism...

1. Stakeholder Engagement & Movement Mobilization:

Lead youth engagement strategy and mobilization efforts for the Thrivelands project including outreach training sessions and intergenerational dialogues with youth leaders and networks.
Co-develop and coordinate the Thrivelands scaling grant mechanism working with local organizations schools and faith-based networks to support community-led restoration initiatives.
Support grassroots engagement and local consultations in Turkana County ensuring community voices and priorities underpin overall strategy.
Assist in documenting community perspectives and practices that inform broader restoration strategies communication and advocacy efforts.
Co-design and facilitate learning events stakeholder workshops and knowledge-sharing sessions.
Ensure events are inclusive participatory and responsive to the diverse needs of communities and partners.
Support preparation and coordination of government engagements technical working groups and policy dialogues.

2. Programme Coordination & Implementation

Support the development of annual workplans for Thrivelands and AIM4NaTuRe Kenya Pilot support oversee implementation timelines budget tracking and adaptive course-correction.
Support the implementation of the AIM4NaTuRe Kenya Pilot activities across national and county levels including stakeholder engagement technical-working-group facilitation data coordination and pilot monitoring efforts.
Ensure alignment of AIM4NaTuRe Kenya Pilot with national restoration goals and reporting needs by contributing to the ecosystem restoration monitoring roadmap data-sharing protocols and integration of restoration data into platforms like FMIS in support of Kenyas 7th National Report to the CBD.
Support report writing for AIM4NaTuRe Kenya Pilot drafting narrative sections and analytical inputs for donor and national reporting.

3. Partnerships & Business Development Support:

Draft Thrivelands stakeholder mapping and relationship management with government bodies DFIs donors NGOs and private-sector allies to secure technical in-kind and financial support and stewarding ongoing engagement.
Identify and track opportunities for alignment with donors philanthropies and private sector actors particularly in support of community-led and youth-focused initiatives.
Support the OCEO and Business Development manager in preparing for high-level partner engagements including cross-team coordination meeting/event support and maintenance of partnership trackers.
Contribute to the development of concept notes pitch materials and donor-facing presentations or updates.
Assist in designing and implementing follow-up mechanisms that promote sustained partner engagement long-term ownership and collaboration.

4. Enterprise Development & Market Linkages

Support the identification of promising community-led enterprises and restoration value chains.
Contribute to investor engagement activities by helping prepare profiles pitch decks and community narratives.
Assist in the organization of investor clinics matchmaking forums and visibility efforts for restoration entrepreneurs.

5. Other Responsibilities

Identify and mitigate potential risks within your work area
Take reasonable care of own occupational health and safety and that of others as obliged by CIFOR-ICRAFs Occupational Health and Safety Policy and cooperate with CIFOR-ICRAF in complying with requirements under any statutory health and safety provisions of relevant Country laws.