K4GGWA Regreening Africa II focal point in Nigeria Readvertisement

The K4GGWA Regreening Africa II focal point position in Abuja, Nigeria, involves coordinating project activities, monitoring implementation, and collaborating with partners for effective project execution. Responsibilities include organizing meetings and workshops, conducting field visits, ensuring quality assurance, supporting resource mobilization, and representing CIFOR/ICRAF interests. The role requires strong communication and organizational skills, with a focus on knowledge management and partnership development.
Responsibilities and activities these include:
• Collaborate closely with program/country lead for planning and implementation of project activities in cost effective ways;
• Coordinate organization of project meetings training and workshops in liaison with all partners and collaborators such as Govt departments;
• Monitor and provide projects activities followups including ensuring monthly checkins with country teams HQ and partners on implementation of activities as well as conducting field monitoring and data collection;
• Identify and take action to mitigate potential risks within project the work area;
• Prepares various written report (meeting technical ) of incountry activities;
• Coordinate and collaborate with program/country lead to facilitate effective project implementation and address bottlenecks;
• Support program/country lead with other tasks as needed;
• Provide technical support and liaison between country teams and HQ counterparts resource persons and consultants
• Conduct project field/mission visits and reviews;
• Develop activity implementation plans scheduling work between different project components;
• Provide reviews on partner reports and planned activity schedules;
• Help organize and participate in SHARED designed inception and closing workshops Value chains and entrepreneurship development initiative jointly with local partners; and
• Represent CIFORICRAF and K4GGWA interests in countries where no other lead staff is based.

Knowledge Management and Quality Assurance
• Support documented knowledge exchange between CIFORICRAF technical staff and Implementing partners;
• Ensure the products or service delivered meet CIFORICRAF standards and requirements;
• Support quality data collection and dissemination work;
• Share stories and inputs for visibility and outreach products and opportunities; and
• Maintain records of recommended training and knowledge resources for partner and other users.

Support CIFORICRAF resource mobilization efforts
• Contribute to the fundraising process through networking and providing reliable information to program/country lead on current and future opportunities for proposals and concept notes development.
• Support mutual collaboration and partnership with other initiatives complementary to K4GGWA and Regreening Africa 2 projects.
• Participate in meetings with EU Delegations donors and relevant actors
• Performs other duties within functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient operation in the project sites.

Others
• Representation at relevant meetings with visitors/funders in coordination with program/country lead.
• Participates in and or coordinates field missions including provision of guidance to external parties (partners government officials) and drafting mission summaries etc;
• Produce