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Consultant - Stakeholder Engagement, Policy and Knowledge Translation Specialist
Contract type
Freelance
Work mode
Remote
Experience
3 years
Job description
A consultancy to strengthen stakeholder engagement, policy influence and knowledge translation across a soil health initiative, ensuring technical outputs support evidence-informed decision-making and national and continental soil health priorities.
At a glance
- Employment
- Contract · Independent contractor
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Design, support and facilitate inclusive engagement processes that support the co-development of national soil health priorities, frameworks and use cases
- Strengthen collaboration with governments, the African Union Commission, CGIAR centres, development partners and other strategic stakeholders to ensure project outputs contribute to national, regional and continental policy processes
- Contribute to the translation of technical evidence into accessible knowledge products, including policy briefs, technical briefs and guidance documents that support policy uptake and implementation
- Support engagement in regional and international policy processes and events, including the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan (AFSH), CAADP, the Africa Food Systems Forum, UNCCD, UNFCCC, the UN Food Systems Summit and other relevant platforms
- Support the planning and delivery of stakeholder engagement processes, including stakeholder mapping, consultation design, workshop facilitation and multi-stakeholder dialogue
- Organise and support workshops and consultations to identify and validate priority soil health challenges, policy gaps and opportunities for strengthening national soil health frameworks and soil data systems
- Contribute to the development, review and quality assurance of technical briefs, policy briefs, guidance documents, training materials and other strategic knowledge products
- Provide oversight to ensure technical outputs are clearly communicated, policy-relevant and tailored to the needs of decision-makers and implementing partners
- Strengthen partnerships through regular engagement with AUDA-NEPAD, the African Union Commission, national governments, research organisations, development partners and other strategic stakeholders
- Support the Soil Health Monitoring Task Force and other technical working groups to ensure strong coordination and alignment with continental priorities
Your team
Soil health initiative
The consultant will work across multiple technical workstreams within the initiative to strengthen the interface between science, policy and implementation.
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Partners & customers
African Union CommissionCGIAR centresAUDA-NEPADresearch organisationsdevelopment partners