Program & Engagement Officer at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Duties and responsibilities

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.

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 Kenya’s 7th National Report to the CBD.
• Support report writing for AIM4NaTuRe Kenya Pilot, drafting narrative sections and analytical inputs for donor and national reporting.

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.

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.

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-ICRAF’s 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 bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline and at least five years of progressively responsible professional experience, ideally within development, climate, or environmental projects.