Jobs at CIFOR-ICRAF

Provides financial oversight for restricted grants through budget preparation, expenditure verification, reconciliations, donor and internal reporting, audit coordination, cash-flow monitoring, and partner financial management. Reviews grant agreements and amendments for financial compliance, monitors receivables, payables, spending, timesheets, and supporting documentation, and advises project teams on budgets, risks, and donor requirements. The role also reviews partner reports, supports audits, and provides technical guidance to finance assistants.

Coordinates in-person, virtual, and blended AWARD training programs; develops inclusive curricula, learning modules, facilitator and learner materials; administers LMS content, assessments, records, and reports; supports virtual event technology; manages trainer contracts, logistics, and payments; maintains knowledge repositories; follows up on participant outcomes; and liaises with partners, trainers, and stakeholders to improve training delivery.

Develops and executes social media content and campaigns across multiple platforms, manages community engagement, supports paid social activities, monitors analytics, prepares reports, and creates or coordinates visual and multimedia content. The role also supports science writing, event coverage, live social reporting, and implementation of the organization’s social media strategy while maintaining brand and editorial consistency.

Coordinate the complete speaker journey, from identifying diverse global leaders and managing invitations to briefings and follow-up. Curate event sessions, maintain speaker databases and website updates, support communications and content creation, and strengthen community speakers’ presentation skills. The role also helps shape event narratives, connect global topics, promote speaker knowledge across media, support frontline representation, and nurture strategic partnerships.

Supports the Sri Lanka Country Director in designing and delivering capacity-development programs for project partners and stakeholders. Coordinates training, workshops, learning events, stakeholder engagement, and resource mobilization. Develops curricula, training materials, and toolkits; maintains online and conventional learning access; evaluates program effectiveness; supports student and intern research; contributes to project monitoring, reporting, communications, donor accountability, stakeholder records, and adaptive management.

Provide stakeholder engagement, policy engagement, and knowledge-translation support for a soil health initiative. Design inclusive engagement processes, facilitate workshops, translate technical evidence into policy-relevant briefs and guidance, and strengthen partnerships and visibility in regional and international policy fora.

Perform satellite image classification and time-series analysis using Sentinel and PlanetScope data; build and optimize ML classification pipelines; develop Google Earth Engine apps and geospatial tools; apply advanced geospatial and hydrological modelling; coordinate ground-truth collection; produce reports, research papers, and decision-support dashboards; support stakeholder engagement.

Lead and implement spatially informed land use planning and trade-off analyses using GIS and remote sensing; collect and clean spatial and socioeconomic data; produce tools, reports, and capacity-strengthening materials; coordinate projects, manage resources, mentor junior scientists, and engage provincial/district stakeholders and government.

Support research data collection and analysis at provincial/district levels; develop tools, workplans and stakeholder engagement plans; liaise with government, NGOs and communities; facilitate training and capacity building; document and report on green value chains, PES, and sustainable landscape management; maintain stakeholder records and follow-up actions.

Manage donor audit readiness and legacy audits, maintain grants documentation (SharePoint), build donor compliance knowledge hub, train staff, monitor cashflow and invoices, develop partner documentation guidelines, and lead a small grants compliance team.