Science Leadership:

• Directs scientific activities within the Climate Change, Bioenergy & Low-Carbon Development theme, overseeing programs and projects to ensure alignment with rigorous scientific standards.
  
• Provides scientific guidance, supervises publication efforts, and drives research initiatives in the areas of climate change mitigation and adaptation, renewable energy, and circular bioeconomy, and climate finance.
  
• Ensures efficient and effective implementation of CIFOR-ICRAF's climate change initiatives.
  
• Supports the translation of research outcomes into actionable policies and practices, facilitating engagement with policy and practitioner communities.
  
  

Program Leadership and Management:

• Provides oversight to scientists, support staff and consultants working within the theme, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented work environment.
  
• Strategically plans and manages the theme's annual budget and activities, in close coordination with organizational leadership.
  
• Contributes to the development and delivery of transformative partnership platforms (TPPs – currently existing for REDD+, Blue Carbon and Bioeconomy Solutions) and CIFOR-ICRAF Flagship Products, enhancing CIFOR-ICRAF’s impact and visibility.
  

• Develops and executes strategies to secure funding for climate change initiatives, collaborating with directors, the resource mobilization team, and external implementation partners.
  
• Develops and cultivates relationships with key funding partners, ensuring sustained financial support aligned with the organization's strategic objectives.
  
• Leads efforts to prepare and submit funding proposals, leveraging expertise in grant writing and project design.
  

• Cultivates and maintains relationships with key partners and stakeholders, including through the TPPs, facilitating effective translation of the organization's work and objectives into impactful work by the implementing partners, and supporting the building of alliances for actionable solutions.
  
• Drives impactful collaboration with academia, policymakers, and practitioners to advance low-emission, climate-resilient development pathways.
  
• Treats all partners respectfully and diplomatically.
  

• Leads impactful dialogues policy-science, advocating for evidence-based decision-making at global, national, and regional levels.
  
• Represents the organization in international forums and conferences, showcasing research findings and contributing to global discourse on climate change. Lead the organization's delegation to UNFCCC annual COPs.
  
• Oversees capacity-building initiatives, providing mentorship to students and junior scientists, and fostering knowledge exchange within and beyond the organization.