Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) Landscape Coordinator, Great Rift Valley at World Resources Institute (WRI)

What will you do:

Coordination of FLR activities in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley (85%):

• Ensure timely delivery of Restoration Initiative deliverables in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley as outlined in landscape workplans and through coordination with WRI’s regional restoration leads on monitoring, capacity building, finance, and policy as well as WRI partners such as One Tree Planted, Realize Impact and One Acre Fund
• Provide management support to key restoration staff operating in the landscape (portfolio specialist, monitoring analysts, capacity building specialists)
• Lead key stakeholder engagements in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley around WRI’s current Restoration programs in Africa, e.g., the Land Accelerator Africa, TerraFund for AFR100, Restoration Policy Accelerator, Landscape Monitoring Accelerator and other Capacity building programs
• Support customization of WRI’s Restoration programs in Africa, e.g., the Land Accelerator Africa, TerraFund for AFR100, Restoration Policy Accelerator, Landscape Monitoring Accelerator and other Capacity building programs, to fit the Kenya’s Great Rift Valley context prior to deployment
• Support the adoption of relevant tools, methodologies and datasets during the research, planning, implementation and tracking of restoration activities in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley
• Support convening and building synergies between sub-national stakeholders that include Government Agencies, CSOs, local NGOs, academic institutions, the private sector to foster landscape restoration and sustainable landscape management
• Serve as the focal point for development of “Restoration Registries” a system for cataloguing technical assistance and financing requests for restoration activities in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley; support building sub-national government and stakeholders buy-in into the concept, validating the Registries governance structure and identifying sustainable sources of data
• Guide, support and supervise consultants to provide technical assistance in the development and implementation of the FLR activities in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley as necessary
• Organize and support the planning and coordination of key events related to land restoration in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley
• Represent WRI in meetings with the sub-national Government, project consortia, and other partners in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley

Integrated landscape activities (10%):

• Participate in the development and implementation of workplans in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley
• Support the development and implementation of an integrated landscape approach in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley combining contextual contributions from the restoration, food, water, energy programs of the Vital Landscape pillar
• Support documentation of lessons learned and best practices from implementing integrated landscape approaches in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley to foster learning and knowledge sharing across WRI’s priority landscapes and beyond
• Lead or contribute to research and communication products

Administrative Responsibilities (5%):

• Input into WRI administrative processes (e.g., proposal development, project planning, landscape budget reviews, donor reporting, among others)
• Complete administrative paperwork related to contracts, sub-agreements, vendor payment, etc., in collaboration with WRI operations staff

What will you need:

• Education: A Bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences, natural resource management, forestry, agriculture, rural development, geography, or similar field
• Experience: 5+ years’ work experience in natural resource management, forestry, agriculture, environmental management, or related fields
• Experience in facilitating collaboration with partners including at sub-national level across government, donors, private sector, NGOs and local community-based organizations, among other stakeholders
• Understanding of policies and regulations on restoration and natural resource management in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley or similar ecosystems
• Experience in environmental research with forest and landscape restoration topics preferred
• Flexibility to live, work and travel to remote areas
• Good analytical skills, e.g., GIS
• Languages: Proficiency in verbal and written English