Community Development Advisor (ILM)
Summary
Leads community engagement and integrated landscape management in Nigeria, coordinating stakeholders to transform rural areas through sustainable natural resource practices.
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Job Title: Community Development Advisor (ILM)
Location: Kano, Nigeria
Job Type: Contract
Job Description
As Community Development Advisor, you are leading Soil Values community engagement approach in NIGERIA. By doing so you contribute to the component 2 – INTEGRATE – of Soil Values project. Capitalizing on the landscape assessments and ILM guidance provided SNV, IWMI, IFDC and other knowledge partners across several river basins, you drive a strategic agenda which engages partners and stakeholders towards next-stage landscape transformation on the following topics:
Qualifications
To be considered for this role, you are expected to bring:
* University degree (master’s degree) in the field of rural development (Community Development, Agriculture, Sociology, Geography, etc.)
* Advanced knowledge on Integrated Landscape Management, or related field is a plus.
* 7 years of relevant working experience in a leadership role in the private sector, government agency or knowledge organization
* 7 years of experience in spatial planning, community-based watershed development, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, climate-smart agriculture, natural resource management, and/or agroecology/regenerative agriculture
* 5 years of working in consortiums, with good communication skills, experience working with government and local implementing partners (local authorities, land commission, civil society)
* Deep knowledge, interest and expertise in sustainable landscape development, and specifically to natural resource management linked to drylands and savannahs, land conflicts, and the reality of developing & fragile economies
* Results-oriented skills and attitude as well as a commitment to working with local partners and in remote and fragile areas
* Willingness to extensively travel in the region, at least 25% of your time (also in fragile and conflict areas)
* Fluency in English both written and spoken is required. Excellent intercultural leadership, teamwork, coaching, communication, networking and organizational skills.
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