Overview
This role supports and coordinates the scoping phase of the Nature for Health initiative in Kenya to co-create an Implementation Project Document. The position aims to improve understanding of the links between environmental health and human/animal health, and to promote a preventive approach.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and organize stakeholders' workshops for Nature for Health (N4H) in Kenya.
- Support the development of the N4H Implementation Project Document.
- Develop an internal report on case studies and best practices for biodiversity economy.
- Develop a policy brief on bioeconomy.
- Coordinate a policy dialogue session on bioeconomy at CBD CoP17.
- Draft a donor-facing biodiversity economy proposal.
- Draft a baseline report to inform the Vanishing Treasures project sequel design.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 5 years of postgraduate work experience in project management and organizational partnership building in diverse multi-stakeholder environments is required.
- Experience organizing and coordinating workshops and processes for stakeholders across sectors is required.
- Experience in cross-sectoral partnership building and collaboration is required.
- Demonstrated experience in communication and presentation, planning and organizing, writing and reporting are required.
- Demonstrated experience in project management and programming for sustainable development is required.
- Experience in developing project documents including the intervention strategy and logframe that capture outcomes from meetings is required.
- Progressive responsible experience in sustainable use of biodiversity and landscapes management, biodiversity conservation and restoration or experience in Biodiversity Economy Projects implementation is desirable.
- Experience in System Thinking approaches is desirable.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (MSc level or higher) in the social, behavioral or management sciences is required. A first level degree with additional two years of qualifying experience maybe accepted in lieu of advanced degree.
