Sustainable Land Management Specialist – Climate Finance

About the role

The client seeks a senior Sustainable Land Management Specialist to support a climate‑finance framework assignment. The specialist will translate prioritized land‑restoration, forestry, watershed, agroforestry and nature‑based solutions concepts into investment‑ready opportunities, working remotely with periodic field visits in Rwanda or East Africa.

Key responsibilities

• Assess prioritized land‑management and nature‑based solutions concepts, identifying gaps that affect investment readiness.
• Contribute to pre‑feasibility and feasibility studies, evaluating baseline conditions, degradation drivers, intervention options and implementation capacity.
• Analyze land and resource tenure, stakeholder incentives, community participation, benefit‑sharing and long‑term stewardship arrangements.
• Develop technical parameters, cost and phasing assumptions, risk mitigation measures and monitoring indicators for investment cases.
• Prepare technical assessment notes, terms of reference, project‑preparation action plans and knowledge‑transfer sessions.

Required profile

• Advanced degree in natural‑resource management, forestry, land restoration, environmental science, soil science, ecology, climate change or a closely related field.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in sustainable land management, landscape restoration, forestry, agroforestry, watershed management or nature‑based solutions.
• Proven track record preparing or reviewing land‑use and restoration projects through concept, feasibility, design and investment‑readiness stages.
• Experience working with governments, communities, development partners, DFIs, conservation organisations, investors or project developers in Sub‑Saharan Africa, preferably Rwanda or East Africa.

Required skills

• Land‑degradation assessment
• Restoration planning
• Soil and water conservation
• Forestry management
• Agroforestry design
• Climate‑resilience analysis
• Feasibility and investment‑readiness assessment
• Land‑tenure and stakeholder incentive analysis
• Monitoring and risk mitigation