Programme Manager – Restoration and Carbon

About the role

World Vision is looking for a Programme Manager in Nairobi to lead and coordinate a restoration programme focused on carbon and land tenure. The role provides technical and strategic leadership to the programme team, ensures deliverables are met on time and in line with donor expectations, and works in a matrixed environment across technical, MEAL and finance functions.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate restoration interventions with the Kenya Forest Service, County Governments, Community Forest Associations and Water Resource User Associations, and oversee land tenure, carbon rights and eligibility assessments.
• Ensure compliance with carbon standards, land-use regulations, environmental laws and safeguard requirements, and lead stakeholder engagement on carbon ownership and benefit-sharing.
• Develop implementation strategies from the approved PDD and budgets through quarterly, monthly and weekly work plans, and work with the accountant on budget utilisation.
• Lead a high-performing project team, covering performance management, mentoring, recruitment, onboarding, retention and succession planning.
• Ensure quality assurance, monitoring, reporting and evaluation, including baseline surveys, periodic reports to the regional and national offices, and audit readiness.
• Integrate the grant with the Area Development Programme and Child results, and mainstream gender and youth and conflict-sensitive approaches.
• Build partnerships with government institutions, research organisations and development partners, and run FPIC and benefit-sharing processes.
• Advocate on natural resource management issues at county and national level and share best practices and lessons learned.

Required profile

• Minimum 10 years of experience in natural resource management, forestry, climate change, landscape restoration or environmental conservation.
• Demonstrated experience leading restoration programmes in protected/gazetted forests and community-managed lands.
• Knowledge of the Voluntary Carbon Market and carbon project development lifecycles, including carbon accounting and monitoring protocols.
• Strong understanding of land tenure systems, community engagement and gender and diversity issues.
• Bachelor's degree in Forestry, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Agro-forestry, Range Land Management or a related field; postgraduate degree desirable.

Required skills

• Good financial and budget management.
• People management, training and coaching skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and strict deadlines, independently and within a team.