Senior specialist integrated landscape approaches and capacity development

Location	Wageningen
Scientific field	Agriculture
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We are looking for

We are looking for
A specialist who combines expertise on integrated landscape approaches and education, to strengthen our multi-disciplinary team of professionals in a rapidly expanding portfolio on landscape approaches and capacity development. Your focus will be on landscape approaches, in particular leadership, entrepreneurial skills development and the development of public-private partnerships (PPP), in combination with capacity development, training and curriculum design. 

We ask
We are looking for an enthusiastic development practitioner who is highly experienced in capacity strengthening, training and curriculum development. Our work portfolio contains short term and longer term projects related to capacity development, supporting institutional innovation, and facilitating institutional change in the field of NRM, integrated landscape approaches, landscape restoration, conflict management, public-private partnerships, leadership and entrepreneurial skills development. We are especially looking for someone who looks at landscape approaches from a business perspective, hence candidates with a business related background are especially requested to apply.

We expect the specialist to:

• Be an excellent facilitator and trainer in the field of landscape approaches and natural resources related conflict management;
• Be experienced in topics of leadership, entrepreneurship and inclusive business development;
• Be an expert in competence-based training, training design and curriculum development, tailored to today’s competitive short course market;
• Be an experienced project manager, able to develop and manage your own portfolio in the field of landscape approaches, conflict management, and short course development;
• Have a large network in Asia and Africa, and a proven track record in acquisition.

The specialist will:

• Design and implement capacity development and training programmes on integrated landscape approaches, conflict management, PPP, leadership, entrepreneurial skills development;
• Critically examine and further develop our professional course programme with a special focus on curriculum development and market development;
• Facilitate training workshops and develop training-related approaches, materials, methods and tools;
• Carry out advisory missions, manage projects and contribute to the development of our portfolio on integrated landscape approaches and capacity development.

We ask

Selection criteria:

• A Masters or PhD degree preferably in a combination of education science and NRM-related science, with a development and/or business orientation;
• A minimum of fifteen years of work experience, with at least five years of experience working in developing countries (Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia);
• Experience in capacity development, training and curriculum development in a related field of study;
• Experience in leadership and entrepreneurship, private sector development and facilitation of public private partnerships;
• Experience in the acquisition and management of multi-annual projects;
• Ability to design and facilitate multi-stakeholder processes and institutional innovation processes;
• A strong interest in linking theory with policy and practice;
• High level communication and writing skills and sensitivity towards cultural differences;
• Excellent English language skills; fluency in French and/or Spanish will be an added benefit;
• Flexibility in work planning, and able to work 6-8 weeks per year in target countries.

We offer

We offer
An initial one year contract of 18 hours per week with a performance based possibility for extension. Scale 11 or scale 12 CAO Stichting DLO € 2972 - € 5247 gross per month, depending on education and experience of the candidate.

We encourage close collaboration with other groups in Wageningen UR, which includes shared appointments that enable staff to combine research work with the outreach and capacity development activities of the Centre for Development Innovation.

More information

For more information about CDI, please look at http://www.wageningenur.nl/cdi

For additional information please contact Cora van Oosten (Senior Specialist /Programme Coordinator Ecosystems & Landscape Governance) : +31 (0) 317481397

Please apply online before July 1st, 2014

Only applications sent to our website can be taken into consideration.
 

We are

You will join Wageningen UR’s Centre for Development Innovation. CDI facilitates innovation, brokers knowledge and helps to develop the capacities of individuals and organisations working for sustainability. Working on global issues and in countries with developing and transitional economies, our focus is on agri-food systems, rural development, natural resource management and business development in an integrated manner. A group of 70+ staff helps to link Wageningen UR’s knowledge and expertise with processes of society-wide learning and innovation. CDI works to inspire new forms of collaboration between citizens, governments, businesses, NGOs and the scientific community. The chosen candidate will play a role in further developing CDI’s international profile and portfolio of work.

Wageningen University and Research Centre
Delivering a substantial contribution to the quality of life. That's our focus – each and every day. Within our domain, healthy food and living environment, we search for answers to issues affecting society – such as sustainable food production, climate change and alternative energy. Of course, we don’t do this alone. Every day, 6,500 people work on ‘the quality of life’, turning ideas into reality, on a global scale.

Could you be one of these people? We give you the space you need.

For further information about working at Wageningen UR, take a look atwww.jobsat.wur.nl