A Consultancy - Innovation Manager (Part-Time, K4GGWA Innovation Facility
Center for International Forestry Research
Posted on Dec 16, 2024
- Operational Management
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Innovation Facility, including managing timelines, budgets, and administrative processes.
- Organize and facilitate biannual innovation competitions, ensuring seamless application processes and adherence to selection criteria.
- Manage the transfer of awards in strict accordance with EU and recipient country guidelines.
- Liaise with the Project Management Unit (PMU) and the Innovation Facility Advisory Council to implement recommendations and secure appropriate support mechanisms for grantees.
- Develop and implement communication and publicity initiatives in collaboration with the communications consultant of K4GGWA, where appropriate, the delegations of the European Union in Great Green Wall countries.
- Innovation Support
- Provide tailored support to grantees, including coordinating trainings, mentorship, arrangements for eventual consultancy services, and other targeted interventions.
- Develop and maintain relationships with innovators and field agents, ensuring continuous engagement and capacity building.
- Identify challenges faced by grantees and work collaboratively to propose solutions and growth strategies.
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Expand and manage a robust network of field agents, advisors, and partners, ensuring strong ties with the private sector, NGOs, governments, and international organizations.
- Foster collaboration with other innovation support projects by helping to build and operationalize the Green African Drylands Innovation Hub (GADIH).
- Engage organisations federating and/or promoting the interests of rural youths and women
- Monitoring and Reporting
- Track progress of supported innovations.
- Under the guidance of the Head of the Innovation Facility, prepare detailed reports, presentations, and updates for the PMU, the EU and its Delegations, other stakeholders, and the advisory councils.
- Collect and analyze data to assess the impact of funded initiatives, help successful grantees secure additional support,and inform future programming.
- Resource Mobilization
- Contributing to resource mobilization efforts to support innovators and the Facility.
