Overall Responsibilities
- The African Grasslands and Pastoralists Senior Manager is
responsible for managing and supporting a range of technical and strategic
duties and partnerships. This includes working closely with the Regional
Grasslands and Savannah Senior Director and with local, regional, and
global technical staff to deliver high-quality strategic and technical
support. They monitor progress and provide periodic technical reports on
progress against goals. The Senior Manager will significantly contribute
to the oversight of external partnerships and support in building partner
capacity on demand across the African region.
- As directed, the Senior Manager supports fundraising efforts
including developing funding proposals and budgets and supporting senior
staff in pursuing funding opportunities.
- This position supervises the Science Communication and
Knowledge Management Manager, the Regional Grasslands and Savannah Impact
Manager and the H4H Restoration Manager, and the African Pastoralism
Technical Specialist.
Responsibilities
Strategy, Planning and Governance
- Contribute to CI’s Grassland and Savannah strategy development
and implementation in support of the Regional Grasslands and Savannah
Senior Director.
- Together with technical support teams, identify and prioritize
activities needed to successfully achieve conservation and human
development outcomes in grasslands, savannah, and other dryland
ecosystems.
- Led CI teams in implementing the Herding for Health
amplification strategy by working closely with PPF partner and CI’s
Regional Project Managers and landscape leads and supporting external
partners.
- Provide technical leadership in rangeland ecology, climate
adaptation, and mitigation strategies for deployment in Herding for Health
sites and in line with the needs of the landscape.
- Provide strategic and technical leadership in sustainable
livestock management techniques including animal health, productivity, and
nutrition for communal livestock farming.
- Provide support to Herding for Health team in landscapes to
ensure enhanced engagement of farmers/farmer groups and support landscape
teams to establish community governance structures.
- Provide strategic leadership to H4H teams and work closely
with enterprise partners. Act as a bridge between enterprises, and H4H
implementation to ensure H4H implementation follows necessary standards
for relevant markets.
- Work with enterprise partners to help unlock relevant
livestock value chains and provide access to markets for pastoralists and
implement a market-based incentive approach for sustained implementation
of the H4H model in the landscape.
CI’s H4H Portfolio Management and Reporting
- Ensure all CI projects implementing the H4H model are aligned
and delivering against objectives and intended outcomes in a consistent
manner.
- Develop annual work plans with H4H Implementation managers.
- Ensure compliance with CI policies and frameworks across all implementation
sites
- Provide input in policy briefs developed from the evidence
generated during implementation.
- Where relevant, manage H4H budgets and costs in line with
donor requirements and keep track of H4H budgets being implemented by
other leads within CI.
- Working with relevant project managers, provide periodic
reports and assessments on progress against goals for internal and
external audiences on the overall success of the H4H portfolio. Assess
progress and refine action plans and outcomes as needed.
- Supervise H4H technical team(s) including partner staff and
contractors and ensure alignment with the H4H Toolkit
- Collaborate with H4H Partners in Peace Parks Foundation and
other organizations to implement and deliver commitments for the Herding
for Health (H4H) program.
- Co-lead the development of the H4H implementation framework
together with PPF.
- Co-lead in designing and implementing the Africa Rangeland
Watch as part of regional monitoring of restoration activities across
Africa.
- Co-develop H4H feasibility studies as needed.
- Support the development of Rangeland Stewardship Agreements
together with H4H teams.
- Oversee H4H reporting.
- Develop capacity-building plans to support the implementation
of H4H model and engage relevant training partners and institutions to
conduct training.
Risk Management and Impact Monitoring
- Support the design and review of H4H MEL framework.
- Provide leadership needed for the implementation of the H4H
MEL framework consistently across all CI sites.
- Ensure the implementation of Environmental and Social
Safeguards in H4H projects across all CI sites.
- Record and manage risks across all CI sites and document and
share lessons for adaptive management across all H4H sites.
- Coordinate and manage H4H knowledge exchange events and
participate in regional and international conferences
Stakeholder Relationship Management
- Support the Africa Grassland Director in leading a technical
community of practice focused on grasslands and savannah in Africa.
- Cultivate new partnerships and manage existing ones in all CI
H4H sites, and when needed, provide technical support to partners to
ensure they achieve their intended H4H targets.
- Create and manage partnerships with relevant research
institutions to support H4H sites with applied research activities.
- Serve as a recognized technical resource and share technical
best practices within and outside CI.
Research, Knowledge Management, and Science
Communication
- Oversee the search, knowledge management, and science
communication activities for the Africa Grasslands Program to ensure the
successful delivery.
- Guide the t preparation of appropriate internal and external
communication materials including case studies, fact sheets, and lessons
learned from project sites.
- Ensure research carried out in H4H sites is helpful,
respectful, applied, and relevant to implementation with local community
needs taking priority.
- Archive and organize CI H4H program materials in SharePoint.
- Oversee the H4H Impact portfolio and support partners to have
an updated monitoring system.
- Support in organizing high-level meetings including steering
committee meetings, stakeholders’ meetings, training and partner meetings.
Financial Sustainability and Resource
Mobilization/Fundraising
- Support the development and implementation of an H4H
investment strategy including innovative conservation financing and
unlocking soil organic carbon revenue opportunities for CI sites.
- Support fundraising for the Africa Grasslands and Savannah
Program portfolio.
- Support the creation and growth of a funding pipeline for the
Africa Grasslands and Savannah Program portfolio.
People Management
- Supervise the Science Communication and Knowledge Management
Manager, the Regional Grasslands and Savannah Impact Manager, and the
African Pastoralism Technical Specialist
- Where necessary, supervise Division and Country Level
Technical staff.
- Foster a culture of building a team for collaboration and
teamwork and motivate and support team members as needed.
Working Conditions
- Extended work hours may be required.
- Frequent travel of more than 30% may be necessary including
travel to remote locations.
- May need to work out of doors in adverse weather conditions.
- This position follows a hybrid work structure, working some
days from the office and some remotely. Guidance will be shared during the
interview process.
- Expected to be a 3-year assignment.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s in grasslands ecology, climate, and related
sciences, grasslands and savannah production ecology, natural resource
economics, livestock production, veterinary sciences, or wildlife
management.
- 5 to 7 years of work experience in sustainable livestock
management, community development with Pastoralists or landscape/grassland
management involving pastoralists. At least 3 years working with communal
livestock farmers and pastoralists on livestock management, with a proven
track record of providing relevant market access opportunities and
strategy development experience.
- Up to 2 years of experience supervising implementation teams.
- Someone who has a passion for African Pastoralism and the
great potential pastoralism presents as a nature-based grasslands
restoration solution.
- Proven ability to understand, interpret, and apply technical
and scientific information and data to achieve tangible results.
- Excellent working knowledge of carbon projects.
- Proven ability to work in a team environment and work well
across cultures and within and across organizations.
- Fluency in English is required.
Preferred
- Multidisciplinary expertise and a Masters/PhD degree in any
related field is an advantage.
- Advanced skills in Project Management.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Experience in scientific procedures and reporting.
- Passion for strategy design and delivery combined with a
passion for the successful delivery of livestock interventions that
provide benefits to farmers/pastoralists while delivering ecological
outcomes.
- Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication
skills.
- Attention to detail and time management skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Be a highly flexible and dynamic individual able to work under
pressure and deliver under various field conditions as part of a small and
very dynamic team working with multiple partner organizations.
How To Apply