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Technical Leadership and Quality Assurance

• Provide technical guidance for the design and implementation of Collaborative Forest Management (CFM), community stewardship schemes and Natural Forestry Regeneration (NFR).
• Lead the technical planning and execution of restoration activities in degraded and erosion prone areas.
• Develop and standardise technical guidelines, methodologies and tools to ensure consistency across consortium partners.
• Ensure compliance with national forestry regulations, environmental standards and donor requirements.
• Conduct regular technical field monitoring visits to assess quality and adherence to restoration protocols.
• Identify technical risks and propose mitigation measures.
• Provide technical support and mentoring to partner organisations implementing forestry activities.
• Facilitate technical coordination meetings among consortium forestry focal points and participate in the Project Advisory Committee (PAC).
• Ensure harmonised data collection and reporting on forestry-related indicators in collaboration
• with the MEAL team.
• Contribute to technical sections of donor reports.
• Build the technical capacity of project staff and community structures on restoration best practices.

Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Development

• Liaise with relevant government forestry institutions and district authorities to ensure alignment with national policies and standards.
• Support the establishment and strengthening of community forest governance structures.
• Promote knowledge sharing, documentation of lessons learned and best practices.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen and scale up restoration approaches within the project area.