Nature-based Solutions Communications Expert (Call for Talent) at Oxford Policy Management

Oxford Policy Management is currently seeking applications from qualified Nature-based Solutions Communications Experts for an opportunity to support the management of nature-based solutions within the East African Community (EAC) for a 3.5-year programme from July 2025 until December 2027. This is an in-country consulting role , to be based performed in Kenya or Tanzania or Burundi .

We are an international development consultancy working to improve lives through sustainable policy change in low- and middle-income countries. Our vision is for fair public policy that benefits both people and the planet.

Through our global network of offices, we work in partnership with national stakeholders and decision makers to research, design, implement, and evaluate impactful public policy. We draw on our local and international sector experts to provide the very best evidence-based support. We deliver projects with expert knowledge and experience and can be relied upon for excellence in all aspects of project delivery. We work collaboratively, with ambition, to help deliver impactful public policy that will bring about lasting change.

Position Summary

The Victoria and Tanganyika basins in the EAC with the Riparian States of Burundi, DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda are particularly affected by climate change and its human and environmental consequences. Projected average temperature increase of up to 2.5 degrees by 2050 and increasingly frequent extreme climatic events are, will bear an outsized impact on communities already experiencing dire public health and economic impacts from the effects of climate change on agricultural production and health systems management.

This programme will seek to strengthen policy environment and technical mechanisms through which nature-based and climate resilient solutions can be effectively implemented within the EAC.  Key activity themes for the communications expert may include:

• Develop key dimensions of IWRM to facilitate monitoring of sustainable management of NbS in the basin with recommendations for policy makers.
• Identification of special challenges and issues related to NbS (including specific gender issues) in the region
• Ensuring technical communication with Integrated Water Resources Management stakeholders in Partner States for the development of key reports and of a concept for exchange mechanism for hydrological data and information with partner countries.
• Strategic dissemination of key reports to relevant stakeholders, such as population, policy makers and researchers.

Qualifications

Key Qualifications / Experience / Skills / Behaviours

• Advanced degree (Master, PhD or equivalent) in natural resources management, environmental management or climate change.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in communication of governmental impacts to diverse audiences on nature-based solutions and 5 years professional experiences on social media outreach.
• At least 8 years of professional experience in the water or climate sector, including 4 years of experience each in the development and implementation of strategies and concepts for technical cooperation projects in East Africa Community partner countries.
• At least 10 years of professional experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa and additionally, at least 5 years of professional experience in other regions of Africa, outside of the East African Community.
• At least 8 years of experience working on Development Cooperation projects with a regional scope.
• C1 Level proficiency in both English and French.
• Excellent communications skills, with the ability to work effectively as part of an intercultural team working with diverse stakeholders.

Our Offer

Whether you join us in a corporate position, as a project delivery colleague, or as an independent contractor driving programme management - at OPM you will find a company that places equal value on excellence and integrity. As a leading international development consulting firm, we strive to enable and empower everyone who works with us to do their best work in an environment that welcomes ambition, creativity and passion for positive change.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

We strongly believe in a fairer distribution of power between all stakeholders, and we commit to reflecting this in our organisational structures and in the design and delivery of our projects. We proactively work to evolve ourselves and our stakeholders to shape inclusive and fair programming, implementation, and policies. Our recruitment and procurement processes reflect our ambition to make the international development sector more diverse and inclusive.

Application

If you share our vision for fair public policy that benefits both people and planet, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your application through our careers’ site by the closing date . We review and interview applicants on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply by way of CV via our careers site at the earliest.

Please note that this opportunity is subject to the success award of this programme to OPM.