Sustainable Land Management Specialist

Allied Talent Partners (ATP), a Three Cairns Group initiative, is a mission-driven, not-for-profit talent marketplace focused on solving the human capital bottlenecks slowing down sustainable development efforts in emerging economies, with an initial focus on Africa. ATP connects vetted, experienced, context-relevant professionals to high-impact opportunities in energy access and sustainable development – strengthening local capacity and fuelling economic vitality. We specialize in fixed-term, deliverable-driven engagements – from interim leadership and generalist projects to niche technical expertise – handling project scoping, talent vetting and matching, contracting, payroll, and compliance so that our clients can focus on impact.
The client is seeking a Sustainable Land Management Specialist for a climate-finance framework assignment. Mobilized on demand, the specialist will help convert prioritized land-restoration, forestry, watershed, agroforestry and nature-based-solutions concepts into investment-ready opportunities.
The ideal candidate will be a senior sustainable land-management, forestry, restoration, agroforestry or natural-capital practitioner who connects field and landscape realities to feasibility and investment requirements
Role & Responsibilities
Role: Sustainable Land Management Specialist (Specialist Associate)
Direct Report: Senior Investment Fund & Climate Finance Advisor (Team Lead)
Candidates required: 1
Deliverables:

• Assess prioritized sustainable land-management, restoration, forestry, watershed, agroforestry and nature-based-solutions concepts, identifying gaps affecting investment readiness.
• Contribute to pre-feasibility and feasibility assessments of baseline conditions, degradation drivers, intervention options, land-use compatibility and implementation capacity.
• Assess land and resource tenure, stakeholder incentives, community participation, benefit sharing, maintenance and long-term stewardship arrangements.
• Develop technical parameters, cost and phasing assumptions, risk mitigation and monitoring indicators for investment cases and investor materials.
• Advise on restoration and land-management approaches, including soil and water conservation, agroforestry, landscape restoration, forestry and ecosystem-service models.
• Prepare technical assessment notes, terms of reference, project-preparation action plans and knowledge-transfer sessions
  

Requirements
Experience required:

• 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.
• Demonstrated experience preparing or reviewing land-use and restoration projects through concept, feasibility, project-design and investment-readiness stages.
• Track record working with governments, communities, development partners, DFIs, conservation organizations, investors or project developers.
• Sub-Saharan African experience is required; Rwanda or wider East African experience is strongly preferred
  

Technical requirements:

• Strong command of land-degradation assessment, restoration planning, soil and water conservation, forestry, agroforestry and climate resilience.
• Ability to evaluate feasibility, implementation arrangements, permanence and delivery risks and translate findings into investable designs.
• Experience addressing land tenure, community participation, benefit sharing and monitoring requirements with legal and environmental, social, gender and inclusion advisers.
• Experience contributing technical and impact inputs to feasibility studies, investment cases and financial models.
  

Soft skills:

• Strong analytical judgment and clear communication of biophysical and institutional issues to investment and policy audiences.
• Ability to consult constructively with public agencies, communities, landholders, developers, financiers and development partners.
• Collaborative multidisciplinary working style, integrity, cultural sensitivity and commitment to knowledge transfe
  

Additional information about desired profiles:
A senior sustainable land-management specialist with feasibility and investment-readiness experience, mobilized on demand through approved work orders.
Working arrangement
Location: Remote, with periodic in-person work in Rwanda or East Africa as required by approved work orders.
Travel requirements: Periodic regional and in-country travel may be required; frequency will follow the approved work order.
Terms of agreement
Required start date: October 2026, subject to award and contracting
Contracting period: Up to six months (October 2026–March 2027), with intermittent inputs deployed on demand against approved work orders.
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