The World Agroforestry Centre, is an international institute headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, and founded in 1978. The Centre specializes in the sustainable management, protection and regulation of tropical rainforest and natural reserves.

Duties and responsibilities

CIFOR seeks expressions of interest from qualified consultancy candidates in the following specializations:

• Environmental Economics/Value Chains,
• Financial Governance,
• Forest Law Enforcement,
• Governance and Trade (FLEGT),
• Land and Forest Tenure Reforms,
• Macroeconomics,
• Biomass,
• Biometrics,
• Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Measurement,
• Human Demography/Epidemiology,
• Nutrition,
• Landscape Ecology,
• Silviculture,
• Soil Science,
• Environmental History,
• Gender,
• Information and Communications,
• Legal with experience in international transactions and IP in the agricultural/biological field
• Support functions, e.g. Human Resources, Finance and Accounting, IT, and Administration.

Education, knowledge and experience

General Requirements

• Holds degree(s) in relevant background as required.
• Fluent spoken and written English. Ability in one or more international language(s) is an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience working in multicultural and multidisciplinary teams, in a non-profit organization will be an advantage.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills.
• Values the sharing of information and continuous improvement in a cooperative atmosphere of constructive evaluation and learning.