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Project Manager – Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (Ofab)
African Agricultural Technology Foundation
Nairobi, Kenya
Permanent
Published 1 month ago · Expires 3 weeks from now
Job description
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Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership and Policy Advocacy
- Provides visionary leadership to position OFAB as a continental player in agricultural biotechnology, biosafety, and science-led agricultural transformation.
- Designs and delivers advocacy strategies and policy dialogues aimed at shaping, informing, and accelerating evidence-based policy change and implementation across partner countries
- As a member of AATF Management Team, serves as a key advisor to AATF leadership on emerging policy and advocacy trends, across Africa and globally, to anticipate opportunities and risks for advocacy intervention, ensuring proactive institutional positioning and response strategies.
- Supports and guides Country Chapters and partners to tailor advocacy initiatives including campaigns, country work plans, research and policy analysis to national and continental contexts while maintaining consistency in brand and message.
- Represents OFAB in regional and global platforms, including engagements with governments, RECs, AU organs, and international development partners.
- Drives strategic partnerships with governments, regional bodies, and research institutions to advance evidence-based policymaking.
- Leads and manages the OFAB Project Secretariat, including teams in ten countries and a multi-million budget
- Assesses the overall effectiveness of advocacy and campaigns and makes changes in approach and technique needed.
- Leads the design, execution and monitoring of integrated advocacy and communication campaigns (grassroots and high-level) that enhance understanding of agricultural biotechnology and support decision making, ensuring alignment with the project’s primary outcomes and AATF’s overall strategy.
- Provides support to the AATF leadership to maximise the impact of high-level external engagements on advocacy with international public officials, politicians, organisations and the private sector.
- Leads the translation of complex scientific information into accessible, high-impact communication materials (policy briefs, media content, opinion pieces) that inform decision-making, ensuring advocacy messages are grounded in credible data and contextual realities.
- Champions narrative cohesion sustaining relationships with media, academia, and civil society to position OFAB and enhance the credibility and visibility of its work.
- Promotes science-based narratives to counter misinformation and strengthen public trust in biotechnology innovation.
- Builds and sustains strategic multi-stakeholder coalitions engaging government...