Consultant – GLFx Coordinator

Reference number: 2623

Job status: In-progress

Job category: Consultancy

Duty station: Home-based, preferably within UTC to UTC+3 time zones

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CIFOR-ICRAF

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) envision a more equitable world where trees in all landscapes, from drylands to the humid tropics, enhance the environment and well-being for all. CIFOR and ICRAF are non-profit science institutions that build and apply evidence to today’s most pressing challenges, including energy insecurity and the climate and biodiversity crises. Over a combined total of 65 years, we have built vast knowledge on forests and trees outside of forests in agricultural landscapes (agroforestry). Using a multidisciplinary approach, we seek to improve lives and to protect and restore ecosystems. Our work focuses on innovative research, partnering for impact, and engaging with stakeholders on policies and practices to benefit people and the planet. Founded in 1993 and 1978, CIFOR and ICRAF are members of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food secure future dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources.

CIFOR-ICRAF is looking for a

Consultant – GLFx Coordinator

Overview

The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) was first launched in 2013 by CIFOR-ICRAF, with core partners including UNEP, the World Bank, and funded by the Government of Germany, the Government of Canada, the Government of Luxembourg, and the Global Environment Facility GEF. Today, the GLF - with 35 of the world’s leading development and environmental organizations engaged as Charter Members - has become the world’s largest knowledge-led forum on sustainable landscapes. Since its inception in 2013, the GLF has connected more than 25,000 organizations, 1.3 million youth, 100 governments, and millions engaged from 185 countries, while cumulatively reaching more than 4 billion people through social and traditional media.

Over the years, the GLF has evolved to strengthen local knowledge and action towards ecosystem restoration and sustainable development through sustainable finance, learning, youth engagement, and locally led development through the GLFx network.

Duties and responsibilities

Launched in
2020, the GLFx network brings together more than 60 locally rooted
organizations and community-led chapters across Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin
America and the Caribbean. Representing diverse landscapes, ecosystems, and
knowledge systems, these organizations respond to climate change, biodiversity
loss, and inequality through restoration, conservation, advocacy,
ecopreneurship, and collective action, while strengthening local livelihoods,
cultural heritage, and community knowledge systems.

Through the
GLF’s global ecosystem of partners, GLFx chapters engage in trust-based and
equity-centered collaboration, benefiting from peer learning, networking, media
visibility, participation in regional and global events, and access to funding
and partnership opportunities that support locally led landscape action.

The GLFx
Global Coordinator will serve as the global focal point for the GLFx network, with a special focus on the Africa region, leading the strategic coordination,
growth, and strengthening of the initiative across regions. Working within the
Community & Action team, including in close collaboration with the Youth
program, and alongside regional officers and the Learning, Knowledge, Digital
Communications, and Sustainable Finance teams, the coordinator will support the
effective implementation of the GLFx strategy and contribute to building a
vibrant, connected, and action-oriented global community rooted in landscapes.

The GLFx Coordinator will work closely with the following team members:

• GLF Program
  Manager, Community & Action

• GLFx
  regional officers and Community & Action team members

• GLF
  Learning, Knowledge, and Digital Communications teams

• GLF
  Sustainable Finance team

• GLF Africa,
  Asia-Pacific, and Latin America regional hubs

• CIFOR-ICRAF
  scientists and GLF Charter Members

Summary of responsibilities

1. Strategy development and global
coordination

• Lead the implementation and continuous
  development of the GLFx strategy, ensuring alignment of GLFx program activities
  with the broader GLF and CIFOR-ICRAF agenda.

• Ensure GLFx integration and collaboration
  among GLF programs, including Youth, Learning, Knowledge, Digital
  Communications, Sustainable Finance, and Administration.

• Coordinate the global GLFx ecosystem across
  regions (Africa, Asia-Pacific, LAC), ensuring both quantitative and qualitative
  growth and community ownership.

• Ensure strong co-creation and consultation
  processes with chapters, local organizations, and the GLFx Steering Committee
  to inform the program’s priorities and decisions.

• Guide the development and delivery of
  flagship programs (learning journeys, hubs, mentorship, grant calls, media
  collaborations, etc.), knowledge products, and global and regional activities,
  such as workshops, training, exchanges, assemblies, and conferences.

• Lead and oversee chapter selection,
  onboarding, and engagement processes, and ensure compliance with the GLFx
  governing terms and membership guidelines.

• Lead and support Community and Action
  regional and thematic officers, fostering collaboration, alignment, and
  effective communication.

2.
Community engagement, visibility, and representation

• Guide the development of practices and
  processes that support chapters’ local organizations in fostering a sense of
  belonging, a shared identity, cross-landscape collaboration, and a collective
  voice for landscape restoration.

• Coordinate with Digital Communications and
  Knowledge teams to strengthen visibility of GLFx chapters across platforms
  (website, newsletters, campaigns, etc.) and amplify narratives of local agency
  and leadership.

• Oversee engagement plans, messages, and
  activities to foster connections and collaboration among chapters and the wider
  GLF community and partners’ network.

3.
Impact-oriented partnerships, fundraising, and progress monitoring

• Foster partnerships between GLFx chapters,
  GLF Charter Members, CIFOR-ICRAF scientists, donors, and regional partners.

• Develop, lead, and maintain relationships with both
  new and existing strategic partners and donors to ensure the GLFx program is
  recognized, amplified, and supported by partners.

• Contribute to funding opportunities and
  resource mobilization efforts, including proposal development, donor
  coordination, and reporting.

• Identify, connect with, and coordinate with
  CIFOR-ICRAF networks to ensure technical support and evidence-based approaches
  are applied in GLFx activities.

• Support monitoring, evaluation, learning, and
  impact assessment (MELIA) processes, including tracking KPIs, impact
  indicators, lessons learned, and generating impact stories.

• Prepare and manage annual work plans and
  budgets, ensuring transparent and strategic use of resources.

Education, knowledge and experience

• University degree in a field relevant to one or more of the GLF themes and sustainable development goals.

• At least 5 years of professional experience in community engagement, international development, partnership coordination, landscape restoration, youth engagement, network management, Indigenous Peoples, youth-led movements, or related contexts combining grounded field experience with regional or global coordination and digital collaboration processes.

• Ability to plan, implement, and evaluate complex projects, considering the wide scope of dimensions within the landscape approach and those related to community organizing and engagement.

• Previous experience coordinating multicultural and geographically dispersed teams and partnerships.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate complex processes across time zones and cultural contexts, designing and implementing community engagement, learning, or networking initiatives at regional or global levels.

• Experience managing grants, donor-funded activities, budgets, and reporting processes is an asset.

• Fluency in English is required, and at least one additional language, particularly French, Portuguese, or Spanish.

Terms and conditions

• This is a full-time consultancy position.

• The consultancy period is expected to run from July 2026 to June 2027, with the possibility of extension.

• Work location: home-based, preferably within UTC to UTC+3 time zones

To learn more about CIFOR-ICRAF, please visit our websites at: https://www.cifor-icraf.org

CIFOR-ICRAF promotes Gender Diversity – Applications from women professionals are encouraged.

CIFOR-ICRAF is an equal opportunity employer. It fosters a multicultural work environment that values gender equality, teamwork, and respect for diversity.

Application process

The application deadline is 30 Jun 2026

We will acknowledge all applications, but will contact only short-listed candidates.