CIFOR-ICRAF

Consultant - Youth Program Coordinator

CIFOR-ICRAF  •  Bonn, DE (Onsite)  •  15 days ago
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Job Description


Strategy Development and
Implementation


  • Lead
    the development of multi-year strategies and frameworks to meaningfully
    integrate youth across GLF programs and activities, in close coordination
    with GLF , YIL Steering Committee, and key partners.

  • Lead
    the development and implementation of the annual GLF Youth Program
    Plan in collaboration with the GLF Youth Program team and YIL Steering
    Committee.

  • In
    collaboration with the Community & Action
    Program Manager define short- and long-term priorities for the GLF
    Youth Program, and test innovative approaches for scaling
    impact across regions, localities, themes and
    intersections.

  • Support
    monitoring, learning, and evaluation of youth-related processes and outcomes in
    collaboration with the Community & Action Engagement Officer and
    the GLF Knowledge team.

  • Ensure
    compliance with the YIL–CIFOR/GLF Memorandum of Understanding and uphold
    partnership integrity across all joint activities.


Team Management


  • Provide
    strategic, operational, and caring leadership to the GLF Youth Program team,
    ensuring high-quality delivery in a dynamic and creative environment.

  • Recruit,
    guide, and support a diverse and high-performing team, consultants, and other
    contributors.


Program management


  • Coordinate
    the Restoration Stewardship Program by fostering a caring, trust-based
    environment among fellows, mentors, stewards, and community teams.

  • Coordinate the
    development and delivery of youth-led activities, sessions, and engagement
    opportunities across GLF events and convenings, in collaboration with the YIL
    SC, youth network members, partners, and internal teams, ensuring inclusive,
    participatory, and impactful youth engagement.

  • Co-design
    capacity development opportunities with the GLF Learning team, ensuring they
    reflect the evolving needs of the youth network.

  • Co-produce
    knowledge with the GLF Knowledge team, the YIL network, and Restoration
    Stewardship fellows, ensuring youth engagement is demand-driven, consultative,
    and supports effective knowledge exchange.

  • Support
    the sustainable operations, growth, and regional expansion of the GLF Youth
    Network by strengthening engagement with members, partners, and YIL SC focal
    points, ensuring clear value for participation and fostering meaningful
    opportunities for co-creation, shared decision-making, and active participation
    across events, workshops, campaigns, and strategic processes.

  • Work
    closely with the Community & Action Storytelling Officer and the GLF
    Communications team to amplify the visibility, stories, achievements, and
    opportunities of the GLF Youth Program and YIL network across the GLF website,
    digital platforms, campaigns, and communication channels.

  • Facilitate
    youth inclusion from GLFx Chapters into GLF youth program activities
    in collaboration with the GLFx team, by working closely with
    the GLFx Coordinator.

  • Build
    and maintain strategic partnerships to enhance the visibility,
    recognition, and support of the GLF Youth Program, and collaborate with the
    Landscape Alliance (CIFOR-ICRAF), GLF Charter Members, and other initiatives to
    expand the visibility, reach, and impact of the YIL network.

  • Represent
    GLF in strategic networking spaces, conferences, global policy processes, and
    youth-focused platforms, including facilitating youth engagement in
    international forums such as COPs and other high-level convenings, while
    strengthening collaboration with global youth organizations and
    institutions.


Resource Mobilization and
Management


  • Mobilize
    financial and in-kind resources by integrating youth priorities into funding
    proposals, budgets, and strategic partnerships.

  • Oversee
    annual planning and budget management, ensuring resource are allocated effectively
    and aligned with program objectives.
CIFOR-ICRAF

About CIFOR-ICRAF

CIFOR-ICRAF brings more than 75 years of experience in harnessing the power of trees, forests, and agroforestry landscapes to address the most pressing global challenges of our time – biodiversity loss, climate change, food security, livelihoods and inequity. It has partnerships in 64 countries, 159 funding partners and 192 active projects, alongside more than 2,200 completed projects across 92 nations. The organisation has an annual budget of USD 100 million, and a combined legacy investment of USD 2 billion in research and technology, policy and development. On average, CIFOR-ICRAF research is cited nearly 137 times a day and appears in global media more than 3,000 times per year. CIFOR and ICRAF merged in 2019 and are both international organizations and CGIAR Research Centres. Learn more at cifor-icraf.org.

Industry
Biotech & Life Sciences
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Nairobi, KE
Year Founded
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