- Assist in rootcause analysis of key constraints (barriers) and best practices in the project area along with Stakeholder Engagement Officer. This includes identification of sustainable land management practices under different contexts and knowledge gaps for their adoption.
- Assist to review status quo stakeholder institutions in terms of their capacity to promote sustainable land management practices and develop an annual (detailed) work plan for capacity building of them with appropriate approaches in consultation with the ICRAF project management and relevant scientists.
- Organize and conduct stakeholder engagements meetings/workshops at different levels as requested by the ICRAF project management.
- Review existing training materials available at relevant agencies for their potential use in the exemplar landscape and SIDT 1.
- Develop suitable training materials with appropriate agencies & their use in the project area.
- Facilitate focus group discussions and conduct interviews with relevant stakeholders as required in coordination with ICRAF scientists.
- Support the project team leaders to ensure quality and manage highquality outputs and timely submissions of consultant and partner research outputs.
- Support in research activities for students and interns including facilitating and evaluating their work.
- Contribute to strengthening the capacity of partners at national and subnational levels including facilitating and organizing training workshops and other events in collaboration with partners and country teams.
- Represent the organization in engaging with public & private sectors and also smallholder farmers in various events as a resource person participant and other relevant capacity.
- Contribute to local and national discussions on relevant topics of expertise in close coordination with the supervisor and Sri Lanka senior researchers.
- Support the project team leaders to ensure accountability processes to donor(s) by contributing to timely submissions of reports and activities on the ground.
- Contribute to project reporting monitoring and evaluation in collaboration with other team members and project partners.
- Participate in biannual adaptive management reviews of implementation
- Maintain records on stakeholder engagements (e.g. prior notice list of attendances and contacts gallery of photos agenda & minutes preparation).
- Track the follow up actions of the decisions taken in the meetings.
- Provide monthly summary reports comprising type of engagement/meeting decisions taken progress of follow up actions and remarks and contribute to the annual donor reporting as required.
Master s degree in agriculture/forestry/plantation management or a degree in any other relevant field. Minimum of 3-years experience in editorial work and technology transfer to rural communities along with teamwork (priority will be given to those who had worked on time bound projects successfully). Knowledge and experience in communication/media/marketing/ agroforestry systems/ watershed & landscape management and participatory nature-based solutions will be an added qualification. Demonstrated experience in managing multiple implementation activities and budgets will be an added bonus.